Το τρέχον τεύχος του JS / The current issue of JS

Journal of Semitics 24:2 (2015)

• Kristopher Lyle, "Benefits of a principled analysis of Biblical Hebrew prepositions," 403-426 (abstract)
• Jock Matthew Agai, "Rethinking Yoruba culture in the light of Yoruba origins," 427-450 (abstract)
• Gudrun Lier, et al., "An appraisal of source material for the study of Targum minor prophets," 451-469 (abstract)
• Sidney Berman, "Translation shifts and the improvement of Bible translations : the case of Ruth 4:13 in the Setswana versions," 470-483 (abstract)
• Johan Wildenboer, "Joshua 24 : some literary and theological remarks," 484-502 (abstract)
• Casper Greeff, "Hidden messages from teeth of the past revealed; palaeodontology in the Holy Land," 522-543 (abstract)
• Aron Pinker, "Schadenfreude in the Tanak," 544-574 (abstract)
• Gudrun Lier / Lucas Cornelis Muller, "Another look at the function of מַשָֺּׂא in prophetic literature," 575-593 (abstract)
• Risimati Hobyane, "Canonical narrative schema : a key to understanding the victory discourse in Judith : a Greimassian contribution," 638-656 (abstract)
• Wilhelm J. Wessels, "Leaders and times of crisis : Jeremiah 5:1-6 a case in point," 657-677 (abstract)
• V. Christides, "The Himyarite kingdom on the eve of and after the Ethiopian dominance in the sixth century A.D. in the Martyrdom of St. Arethas and his companions and in the Acts of St. Gregentius," 678-700 (abstract)
• Paul Decock, "Bernard of Clairvaux's reading of the Song of Songs 2:4-5 : wounded by love - putting order in love," 701-718 (abstract)
• David Ussishkin, "Sennacherib's campaign in Judah : the conquest of Lachish," 719-758 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JS / The current issue of JS

Journal of Semitics 24:1 (2015)

• Jaco Gericke, "Philosophical perspectives on theological why-questions in the Hebrew Bible," 1-19 (abstract)
• Annette Evans, "Two iconographical examples of sun-disc connections to the development of Jewish beliefs in angels," 20-35 (abstract)
• Hans-Georg Wunch, "Ruth, a proselyte par excellence - exegetical and structural observations," 36-64 (abstract)
• Joseph Jacobus De Bruyn, "Constructing a living deity - framing the god of Israel in the stories of Daniel and Bel and the dragon," 65-92 (abstract)
• Anne Marie Smith, "The Ashkelon dog cemetery conundrum," 93-108 (abstract)
• Susandra J. Van Wyk, "The concealed crime of the nadītu priestess in §110 of the laws of Hammurabi," 109-145 (abstract)
• Casper Greeff,  "The significance of palaeodontology in revealing the palaeodemography of ancient Egypt," 146-168 (abstract)
• Pieter Van der Zwan, "Bedeutungen und Bilder der Gebärmutter in der Hebräischen Bibel," 169-197 (abstract)
• Evangelia G. Dafni, "Collective guilt and self-sacrifice in Sophocles' Antigone and in II & IV Maccabees - preliminary cultural-critical remarks : Septuagint conference articles (LXXSA 2014)," 198-215 (abstract)
• Johann Cook, "The intention, genre, dating and provenance of 2 and 4 Maccabees : Septuagint conference articles (LXXSA 2014)," 216-236 (abstract)
• Cynthia L. Miller-Naude / Naude, Jacobus A., "The metatexts of 1 and 2 Maccabees : Septuagint conference articles (LXXSA 2014)," 237-270 (abstract)
• Gert J. Steyn, "The Maccabean literature and Hebrews : some intertextual observations : Septuagint conference articles (LXXSA 2014)," 271-291 (abstract)
• Gerhard Swart,  "Words of wisdom, words of war : a study of terms and concepts in IV Maccabees : Septuagint conference articles (LXXSA 2014)," 292-306 (abstract)
• Paul B. Decock, "Virtue and philosophy in 4 Maccabees : Septuagint conference articles (LXXSA 2014)," 307-324 (abstract)
• Gideon R. Kotze, "Lion imagery in 1 Maccabees 3:4 : Septuagint conference articles (LXXSA 2014)," 326-351 (abstract)
• Pierre J. Jordaan, "The temple in 2 Maccabees - dynamics and episodes : Septuagint conference articles (LXXSA 2014)," 352-365 (abstract)
• Eugene Coetzer, "A rhetorical analysis of the first prefixed letter (1:1-1:10a) in 2 Maccabees : Septuagint conference articles (LXXSA 2014)," 366-380 (abstract)
• Michael Tilly, "Use and function of metaphorical discourse in 1 Maccabees : Septuagint conference articles (LXXSA 2014)," 381-399 (abstract)

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του Journal of Semitics / In the current issue of the Journal of Semitics

Journal of Semitics 23:2 (2014)

• Temba Rugwiji, "The salvific task of the suffering servant in Isaiah 42:1-7 : a contemporary perspective," 289-314 (abstract)
• Wilhelm J. Wessels, "Leadership in times of crisis : Nahum as master of language and imagery," 315-338 (abstract)
• Lee Roy Martin, "Rhetorical criticism and the affective dimension of the biblical text," 339-353 (abstract)
• Blessing Onoriode Boloje / Alphonso Groenewald, "Malachi's vision of the temple : an emblem of eschatological hope (Malachi 3:1-5) and an economic centre of the community (Malachi 3:10-12)," 354-381 (abstract)
• Joseph Jacobus De Bruyn, "Constructing a deceitful deity - the disempowerment of Bel - Bel and the dragon, verses 1-22 (OG/Th)," 382-403 (abstract)
• Aron Pinker, "On the meaning of Job 26:9," 404-422 (abstract)
• Bruk Ayele Asale, "The legacy of 1 Enoch on Ethiopian literature,"423-442 (abstract)
• Susandra J. Van Wyk, "Lost in translation : present-day terms in the maintenance texts of the nadiātu from old Babylonian Nippur," 443-483 (abstract)
• Joshua Joel Spoelstra, "Hebrew הבח : a kompositions- und redaktionsgeschichte," 484-499 (abstract)
• David Tuesday Adamo, "Reading Jeremiah 13:23 in an African context," 500-530 (abstract)
• V. Christides, "The sources of Cosmas Indicopleustes' miniatures of animals : the case of the 'unicorn'," 531-546 (abstract)
• Willie Van Heerden, "Dealing with the history-nature dualism in ecological theology," 547-568 (abstract)
• Ber Kotlerman, "South African writings of Morris Hoffman : between Yiddish and Hebrew," 569-582 (abstract)
• Jaco Gericke, "Is there philosophy in the Hebrew Bible? Some recent affirmative perspectives," 583-598 (abstract)
• Cynthia L. Miller-Naude / Jacobus A, Naude, "Incorporating ancient Israel's worldview into the teaching of Biblical Hebrew," 599-614 (abstract)  
• Harry Van Rooy, "The use of interrogatives in the book of Ezekiel and their translation in the ancient versions," 615-632 (abstract)
• Kevin Chau, "Metaphor's forgotten brother : a survey of metonymy in Biblical Hebrew poetry," 633-652 (abstract)
• Boaz Zissu / Omri Abadi, "Paleo-Hebrew script in Jerusalem and Judea from the second century B.C.E. through the second century C.E. : a reconsideration," 653-664 (abstract)