The annual Review of Biblical Literature presents a selection of reviews of the most recent books in biblical studies and related fields, including topical monographs, multi-author volumes, reference works, commentaries, and dictionaries. RBL reviews German, French, Italian, and English books and offers reviews in those languages.

Alicia J. Batten is Professor of Religious Studies and Theological Studies at Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo, Canada. She is the coeditor of Dress in Mediterranean Antiquity (2021).