– Jeremiah Bailey wonders aloud whether or not Clement of Rome wrote or quoted from the Epistle to the Hebrews.

– Nick Norelli asks “To whom should we pray?”

– Michael Patton begins a series telling us why he is not a charismatic (though he is a charismatic because the Spirit has gifted him, even if he doesn’t like the label).

– The Roman Catholic Church may purchase the Crystal Cathedral.

– If your looking for a funny blogs let me recommend ‘Homilies & Pablum‘ and ‘Starbucks Spelling‘.

The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/):

Amar Annus and Alan Lenzi
Ludlul Bel Nemeqi: The Standard Babylonian Poem of the Righteous Sufferer
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7601
Reviewed by Christopher A. Rollston

Willis Barnstone
The Restored New Testament: A New Translation with Commentary, Including the Gnostic Gospels Thomas, Mary, and Judas
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7383
Reviewed by Marvin J. Hudson

Rowan A. Greer
Theodore of Mopsuestia: Commentary on the Minor Pauline Epistles
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7873
Reviewed by Frederick G. McLeod

David G. Horrell, Cherryl Hunt, Christopher Southgate, and Francesca Stavrakopoulou, eds.
Ecological Hermeneutics: Biblical, Historical and Theological Perspectives
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7868
Reviewed by Russell Pregeant

Matthew W. Mitchell
Abortion and the Apostolate: A Study in Pauline Conversion, Rhetoric, and Scholarship
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7548
Reviewed by William S. Campbell

John J. Ranieri
Disturbing Revelation: Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, and the Bible
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7057
Reviewed by George Heyman

Sandra L. Richter
The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=6976
Reviewed by Russell Meek
Reviewed by Stephen Moyise

Richard G. Smith
The Fate of Justice and Righteousness during David’s Reign: Narrative Ethics and Rereading the Court History According to 2 Samuel 8:15-20:26
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7482
Reviewed by Walter Dietrich

Einar Thomassen, ed.
Canon and Canonicity: The Formation and Use of Scripture
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7360
Reviewed by Donatella Scaiola