Theological Journals, Part 5: 8/29/2022

Themelios (Dec 2021): in “Ben Sira’s Canon Conscious Interpretive Strategies: His Narrative History and Realization of the Jewish Scriptures,” Peter Beckman (PhD candidate, U. of Ottawa) brilliantly notes the canonical consciousness of Ben Sira which gives a good view of 2nd century BC consciousness. Bravo! Reformed Presbyterian Theological Journal (1837): the Editor offers several prayers of individuals in the OT whose prayers were answered: Job, Moses, and others. The subject, after expositing the WSC, is the “efficacy of prayer.” Southwestern Theological Journal (Fall 2021): BOOK REVIEW: Demons: What the Bible Really Says about the Powers of Darkness. By Michael Heiser. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020, xviii+320pp., $19.99. Hongy Yai of Southwestern comments favorably on Heiser’s assertion in ontological entities, spiritual beings, as per the OT and NT. With no apologies to Western denials by the derelict and decadent Protestants. The Biblical Repertory/Princeton Review (January 1837). The Editors review “Melancthon’s Letters:” Dr. Bretscheider puts forward the proposal to publish editions of Luther, Calvin, Zwingli Melanchthon and others.