Jeremy Thompson

Tag: Reviews

  • Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament – Review

    This review is of the Kindle edition of Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament edited by Vanhoozer (print edition here). In terms of the layout of the text, everything in the Kindle version is pretty user friendly.  The Table of Contents is all linked up nicely, which makes the text easier to navigate in many…

  • War in the Bible & Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century Review

    My friend Karyn has written a very thorough review of the book War in the Bible and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century.  It is in three parts here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.  Violence in scripture is a topic that preoccupies my mind a great deal as I am sure that it does…

  • What I've Been Reading

    I’ve been posting quotes from a lot of books here recently and wanted to consolidate.  I’ll post here what I’ve been reading along with if I’d recommend reading it by a scale of 1-10, with 10 being “yes, read it” and 1 being “don’t bother.”  5 might mean something like “only if your interested in…

  • Does the Bible Justify Violence? – Review

    This morning I finished reading John Collins’ Does the Bible Justify Violence? It is a very short monograph that (obviously) seeks to answer the question contained in the title. Pros of Does the Bible Justify Violence? First off, I think this little book has some important points to make, though I am sure they are…

  • My Friend Karyn Reviews iPhone Apps for the Hebrew Bible

    HERE is a post where my friend Karyn (who is in the same doctoral program I am in) reviews iPhone apps for reading the Hebrew Bible.  It is a very in depth and helpful review.  If you have looked at these apps you know that there is an enormous price difference.  BibleReader almost literally costs…