+ Francis Gignac (1933-2014)

Στις 4 Ιουνίου απεβίωsε ο γνωστός καινοδιαθηκολόγος Ιησουΐτης ιερέας και καθηγητής του Catholic University of America Francis Gignac. Έγινε διδάκτορας το 1964 στο πανεπιστήμιο της Οξφόρδης με την εργασία "The Language of the Post-Christian Greek Papyri". Στα 1968 του απονεμήθηκε η L.S.T. από την Σχολή Ιησουϊτών στον Σικάγο με την εργασία "Semitic Interference in New Testament Greek". Δίδαξε στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Fordham και Union Theological Seminary και από το 1974 στο Catholic University of America. Διεύθυνε το πρόγραμμα Βιβλικών Σπουδών από το 1976 έως και το 2012. Υπήρξε συγγραφέας πολλών μελετών σχετικά με τη γλώσσα της Καινής Διαθήκης, μιας πολύτομης γραμματικής των ελληνικών παπύρων της ελληνορωμαϊκής περιόδου και μίας εισαγωγής στη μελέτη της γλώσσας της Καινής Διαθήκης. Έγινε ομότιμος το 2013.

Το τρέχον τεύχος του NTS / The current issue of NTS

New Testament Studies 60:3 (2014):

• Larry W. Hurtado, "Oral Fixation and New Testament Studies? ‘Orality’, ‘Performance’ and Reading Texts in Early Christianity," 321-340 (abstract)
• Peter-Ben Smit, "Paul, Plutarch and the Problematic Practice of Self-Praise (περιαυτολογία): The Case of Phil 3.2–21," 341-359 (abstract)
• Julien M. Ogereau, "Paul's κοινωνία with the Philippians: Societas as a Missionary Funding Strategy," 360-378 (abstract)
• J. Albert Harrill, "Ethnic Fluidity in Ephesians," 379-402 (abstract)
• Brittany E. Wilson, "‘Neither Male nor Female’: The Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts 8.26–40," 403-422 (abstract)
• Timothy A. Brookins, "The Supposed Election of Officers in 1 Cor 11.19: A Response to Richard Last," 423-432 (abstract)

Η έρευνα για τον ιστορικό Ιησού σήμερα / The Historical Jesus Quest today

Στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation έχει αναρτηθεί το κείμενο του Mark Allan Powell, καθηγητή της ΚΔ, σχετικά με τις σπουδές για τον ιστορικό Ιησού σήμερα:

Historical Jesus Studies Today: An Update

Το νέο τεύχος του ΟΤΕ / The current issue of OTE

Old Testament Essays 27:1 (2014)

• Elewani Farisani, "Tribute to Prof Gunther H. Wittenberg, 5 April 1935 - 29 March 2014," 15-16
• Nissim Amzallag, "The musical mode of writing of the Psalms and its significance," 17-40
• Gianni Barbiero, "Messianismus und Theokratie : die Verbindung der Psalmen 144 und 145 und ihre Bedeutung für die Komposition des Psalters," 41-52
• Blessing Onoriode Boloje / Alphonso Groenewald, "Malachi's eschatological Day of Yahweh : its dual roles of cultic restoration and enactment of social justice (Mal 3:1-5; 3:16-4:6)," 53-81
• Ettienne Ellis, "Reconsidering the fear of God in the wisdom literature of the Hebrew Bible in the light of Rudolf Otto's Das Heilige," 82-99
• Llewellyn Howes, "'Who will put my soul on the scale?': psychostasia in Second Temple Judaism," 100-122
• Louis Jonker, "Within hearing distance? Recent developments in Pentateuch and Chronicles Research," 123-146
• Paul A. Kruger, "Women and war brutalities in the Minor Prophets : the case of rape," 147-176
• Leonard P. Mare, "Facing the deepest darkness of despair and abandonment : Psalm 88 and the life of faith," 177-188
• Madipoane Masenya, "For ever trapped? An African voice on insider/outsider dynamics within South African Old Testament gender-sensitive frameworks," 189-204
• Ndikho Mtshiselwa, "A re-reading of 1 Kings 21:1-29 and Jehu's revolution in dialogue with Farisani and Nzimande : negotiating socio-economic redress in South Africa," 205-230
• Daniel F. O'Kennedy, "Purification of priest, prophet and people : a comparative study of Zechariah 3 and 13," 231-246
• Sampson S. Ndoga, "Contemporary reflections on Ezekiel 22:23-31 as a depiction of collective responsibility of leaders for national demise," 247-262
• Jordan M. Scheetz, "Canon-conscious interpretation : Genesis 22, the Masoretic Text, and Targum Onkelos," 263-284
• Joshua Joel Spoelstra, "The function of the משחהיין in the Book of Esther," 285-301
• Lubunga W'Ehusha, "Redeeming the priestly role of theology for the land of Africa," 302-319

RBL 4/6/2014

Elie Assis, The Book of Joel: A Prophet between Calamity and Hope
Reviewed by Stephen Breck

Reid John Granger Cook, Roman Attitudes toward the Christians: From Claudius to Hadrian
Reviewed by Warren Carter

Jason von Ehrenkrook, Sculpting Idolatry in Flavian Rome: (An)Iconic Rhetoric in the Writings of Flavius Josephus
Reviewed by Jeff Jay

John C. Endres, First and Second Chronicles
Reviewed by Michael Avioz

Jack R. Lundbom, Deuteronomy: A Commentary
Reviewed by Glen A. Taylor
Reviewed by Timothy M. Willis

Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò, The Origin Myths of Holy Places in the Old Testament: A Study of Aetiological Narratives
Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

Peter R. Rodgers, Exploring the Old Testament in the New
Reviewed by Michael Labahn

Beth M. Sheppard, The Craft of History and the Study of the New Testament
Reviewed by Ken Olson
Reviewed by Joseph E. Sanzo

CfP: Journal Melilah

via PaleoJudaica

CALL FOR PAPERS. The editorial board of Melilah invites submissions for its 2014 volume, for which the theme is 'Jewish Studies and the New Testament', to be defined broadly. Interested authors are encouraged to contact the editors in advance. 

 Melilah is an interdisciplinary Open Access journal available in both electronic and book form concerned with Jewish law, history, literature, religion, culture and thought in the ancient, medieval and modern eras. It encourages work from younger scholars at the start of their academic careers as well as contributions from established scholars. The editors are Daniel Langton and Renate Smithuis.

Melilah: Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies

Για χειρόγραφα και γραφείς / On manuscripts and scribes

Ένα ενδιαφέρον κείμενο με πολύ όμορφες φωτογραφίες για τους γραφείς και τη διαδικασία αντιγραφής των χειρογράφων του Μεσαίωνα έχει αναρτηθεί στο ιστολόγιο της British Library.

The Burden of Writing: Scribes in Medieval Manuscripts

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του VE / In the current issue of VE

Verbum et ecclesia 35:1 (2014)

• Gert Breed, "The meaning of the diakon word group in John 12:26 applied to the ministry in congregations"
• Lee Roy Martin, "Old Testament foundations for Christian hospitality"
• Andre van Oudtshoorn, "The ethics of absolute relativity: An eschatological ontological model for interpreting the Sermon on the Mount"
• Annette Potgieter,"Psalm 26 and Proverbs: Tracing wisdom themes"
• Dirk G. van der Merwe, "Old Testament spirituality in the gospel of John"
• Blessing O. Boloje / Alphonso Groenewald, "Marriage and divorce in Malachi 2:10–16: An ethical reading of the abomination to Yahweh for faith communities"

Το τρέχον τεύχος του BSac / The current issue of BSac

Bibliotheca Sacra Apr.-June 2014

• Douglas Stuart, “Marry a Promiscuous Woman” (Hos. 1:2) and “Your Wife Again” (Hos. 3:1)  
• Christine Tan, "A Critique of the Idealist and Historical Views of the Two Witnesses in Revelation 11"
• Benjamin L. Merkle, "The Fiery Furnace in Daniel 3 Charles E. Baukal Isaiah 65–66: The Destiny of God’s Servants in the New Creation"
•  Douglas K. Blount, "Open Theism and Biblical Interpretation"

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του Biblical Interpretation / In the current issue of Biblical Interpretation

Biblical Interpretation 22:3 (2014)

• Benjamin Morse, "Introduction to a Dandy, Part II
: Qoheleth’s Turn, with Duchamp at Monte Carlo," 233-252
• Heidi Epstein, "Post-War Trauma and Postmodern Love. Musical Double Entendres “in” the Song of Song," 253-291
• Elizabeth Boase, "Grounded in the Body
. A Bakhtinian Reading of Lamentations 2 from Another Perspective," 292-306
• Moshe Reiss / David J. Zucker, "Co-opting the Secondary Matriarchs. Bilhah, Zilpah, Tamar, and Aseneth," 307-324
• Roland Boer, "Lenin’s Gospels
," 325-345

Το απόκρυφο ευαγγέλιο του Βαρνάβα / The apocryphal Gospel of Barnabas

Ένα εμπεριστατωμένο άρθρο της Annete Yoshiko Reed για το απόκρυφο ευαγγέλιο του Βαρνάβα δημοσιεύεται στο rd magazine του USC University of Southern California: 

"Muslim Gospel" Revealing the "Christian Truth" Excites the Da Vinci Code Set

Τιμητικός τόμος για την Anneli Aejmelaeus / Festschrift for Anneli Aejmelaeus

Κυκλοφόρησε από τον εκδοτικό οίκο Peeters ο τιμητικός τόμος για την καθηγήτρια της Παλαιάς Διαθήκης στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Helsinki Anneli Aejmelaeus:

K. De Troyer / T. M. Law / M. Liljeström (επιμ.), In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes. Studies in the Biblical Text in Honour of Anneli Aejmelaeus (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology, 72), Peeters, Leuven 2014, σ. XVI + 749
ISBN:978-90-429-3041-4 84 ευρώ

(Για να διαβάσετε τα περιεχόμενα πατήστε επάνω στον τίτλο του βιβλίου)

Ένα άρθρο βιβλικού ενδιαφέροντος στο τρέχον τεύχος του JRC / An article of biblical interest in the current issue of JRC

Journal of Religion and Culture 24 (2013)

Calogero A. Miceli, "'Pay to Caesar the Things of Caesar, and to God the Things of God': A Narrative Reading of the Denarius in the Gospel of Mark (12:13-17)"

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του Jewish Bible Quarterly / In the current issue of Jewish Bible Quarterly

Jewish Bible Quarterly 42:2 (2014)

• Hayyim Angel, "Text and Historical Motivations Behind the Commentary of Rabbi Ovadiah Sforno on the Torah"
• Byron L. Sherwin, "The Tower of Babel in Eliezer Ashkenazi's Sefer Ma'aseh Hashem"
• Shimon Bakon, "Why Did the Torah Allow Servitude?"
• Dov Lerner, "The Three-Day Plan Berel"
• Zvi Ron, "The Book of Jubilees and the Midrash: Part 2: Noah and the Flood"
• Raymond Apple, "The Psalms of the Day"
• Samson O. Olanisebe, "Laws of Tzara'at in Leviticus 13-14 and Medical Leprosy Compared"
• Morris Rosman, "Moses: Not a Man of Words" 
• Joshua Backon, "Why Isaac Wasn't Permitted to Resist at the Akedah: Legal Requirement to Obey the Command of a Prophet"