Congrats to Loren for five years of excellent blogging. Is it coincidental that four of the authors listed are also bloggers (Stephen Carlson, April DeConick, James Crossley, and Scot McKnight)?

I just got my hands on the library copy of Douglas Campbell’s new book on Paul (The Deliverance of God). DOG—as its being called—is a massive tome of over 1,200 pages and for that reason I won’t be able to give it a thorough reading until the semester is over. Nevertheless, just browsing the table of contents, which you can do at Amazon, shows how wide-reaching this volume is. Whether one ultimately agrees with Campbell’s rereading of Romans (particularly 1.18-3.20), Campbell’s work offers a very valuable history of scholarship, at least in the sections I’ve read. Loren Rosson has, as usual, written a superb and detailed review of DOG. So buy the book and read Rosson’s review. Hopefully Eerdmans will have them on massive discount at SBL, since it retails at $60. My one complaint so far is: why the end notes, Eerdmans?

NB: Is “Deliverance of God” a subjective or objective genitive? ;-)