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Finding Their Voices--A Rhetorical Reflection, Gary S. Selby

Leaven

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Gospel Handles: Old Testament, David Milz

Concordia Journal

Properly administered, a gospel handle is faithful to the text while providing a smooth yet, for the hearer, unexpected transition to the gospel.

Introducción A La Teología Mestiza De San Agustín. By Justo L. González, Alberto Garcia

Concordia Journal

In the introduction González defines and explains the hermeneutical key of “mestizaje” and situates Augustine within his own “mestizaje.”

1–3 John. Concordia Commentary Series. By Bruce G. Schuchard, Robert Yarbrough

Concordia Journal

The commentary will prove particularly valuable to seminary students seeking to get a feel for these epistles’ message in light of ongoing scholarly discussion.

Zechariah 9–14. International Exegetical Commentary On The Old Testament. By Paul L. Redditt, Reed Lessing

Concordia Journal

Redditt’s commentary is a welcome contribution, not only in Zechariah studies, but also for those who continue to research and write on the Book of the Twelve.

Reading Zechariah With Zechariah 1:1–6 As The Introduction To The Entire Book. Contributions To Biblical Exegesis And Theology, 59. By Heiko Wenzel, Reed Lessing

Concordia Journal

Those who preach and teach from this, the longest of the Minor Prophets, will find Wenzel’s study to be invaluable.

Mark 1:1–8:26 Concordia Commentary By James Voelz, Jack Kingsbury

Concordia Journal

Isagogically, Voelz emphasizes that because a literary approach to the Gospel of Mark takes seriously the story of the narrative as a whole, interpreters ought not feel constrained, as has been and is still the case, to use the text as a “window” to discover matters of history

Book Reviews

Eleutheria: John W. Rawlings School of Divinity Academic Journal

Review by Shane Kraeger of Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament: Colossians and Philemon. by Murray J. Harris. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2010. xxxii + 272 pp., $24.99.

Review by Joshua C. Stone of To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World by James Davison Hunter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, 358pp., $27.95.

Review by R. Lee Webb of Interpreting the Psalms for Teaching and Preaching. Eds. Herbert W. Bateman IV and D. Brent Sandy. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2010, 292 pp., $34.99.

Review by Roberto Rodriguez-Nunez of Augustine as …