Book Review: Exodus [BTC]
Reviewing commentaries is a tricky business – particularly for me as a generalist, and an in-publisher editor of commentaries! I tend to offer my review based on the format and content of the volume, and its utility or otherwise to … Continued
A Psalm a Day: Psalm 73
Throughout September 2022, I managed to read and reflect – briefly – on a Psalm each day. For December 2022, I attempted to pick up the discipline. I got part-way through that month, and so after a long hiatus, am … Continued
Book Review: Power Women
In some ways, this might be a strange book to read – I am neither an academic nor a woman, and so the only obvious link for me to read this book is the faith aspect. Yet, I work in a … Continued
Learning from 2023, and Reading Older Books: Some 2024 Reading Goals
I find it helpful to reflect briefly on what I’ve read in the year behind, as well as look forward to what I’m reading in the year before me. For 2023, my reading goals were as follows: Read 150 books. … Continued
A Psalm a Day: Book 2 of the Psalter
One of my ongoing projects, as a form of spiritual discipline, is to try and cover every Psalm in an ‘A Psalm a Day’ format. I recently finished ‘Book 2’ of the Psalter, Psalms 42 through 72. I’ve collected links … Continued
Top Ten Books of 2023
After a few years of having top 20, or a top 21 for 2021 and so on, this year I came to the realisation that doing that was a fool’s game – hypothetically, by 2080, I might be only reading … Continued
Top Twenty Commentaries of 2023
This is a blog post that will make more sense if you’ve had a glance at my longer post about what I read in 2023, as well as my post on the reading of commentaries generally, as well as another … Continued
What I read in 2023 – The Long List*
After some years of aiming for different goals, I started 2023’s reading with some more deliberate and intentional things that I was aiming for: Read 150 books. // Done, with room to spare At least 20% by non-white authors. // Missed. … Continued
Book Review: Job [The People’s Bible Commentary (BRF)]
Reviewing commentaries is a tricky business – particularly for me as a generalist, and an in-publisher editor of commentaries! I tend to offer my review based on the format and content of the volume, and its utility or otherwise to … Continued
Book Review: Ruth [NICOT]
Reviewing commentaries is a tricky business – particularly for me as a generalist, and an in-publisher editor of commentaries! I tend to offer my review based on the format and content of the volume, and its utility or otherwise to … Continued