Η χρήση του Άσματος Ασμάτων στην αρχαία συναγωγή / The use of Song of Songs in ancient synagogues

Κυκλοφόρησε από τον εκδοτικό οίκο Brill η μελέτη της Laura S. Lieber (Duke University) σχετικά με την αξιοποίηση του Άσματος Ασμάτων από τους Ιουδαίους ποιητές της Ύστερης Αρχαιότητας (4ος-7ος αι. μ.Χ.). 

Laura S. Lieber, A Vocabulary of Desire. The Song of Songs in the Early Synagogue (The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 40), Leiden, Brill 2014

xii, 450pp.

ISBN: 9789004234635

€162,00

Description 

In A Vocabulary of Desire, Laura Lieber offers a nuanced, multifaceted and highly original study of how the Song of Songs was understood and deployed by Jewish liturgical poets in Late Antiquity (ca. 4th-7th centuries CE). Through her examination of poems which embellish and even rewrite the Song of Songs, Lieber brings the creative spirit-liturgical, intellectual, and exegetical-of these poems vividly to the fore. All who are interested in the early interpretation of the Song of Songs, the ancient synagogue, early Jewish and Christian hymnography, and Judaism in Late Antiquity will find this volume both enriching and accessible.

The volume consists of two interrelated halves. In the first section, four introductory essays establish the broad cultural context in which these poems emerged; in the second, each chapter consists of an analytical essay structured around a single, complete poetic cycle, presented in new Hebrew editions with annotated original English translations.

Contents

Preface

Part 1:Essays

Chapter 1 “A Garden Enclosed”: The Song of Songs as a Gateway to Synagogue Poetry

Chapter 2 “Let Him Kiss Me”: The Place of Piyyut in the History of Interpretation of the Song

Chapter 3 “Your Voice is Sweet”: Piyyut as an Extension of Biblical Rhetoric

Chapter 4 “I Am My Beloved’s and His Desire Is for Me”: The World of the Songs

Part 2: Texts and Commentary

Translator’s Introduction

Chapter 5 A Love Song to the Torah: Anonymous, Qedushta Shir ha-Shirim Commentary

Chapter 6 Lyrics of Love: Yannai, Shivata Shir ha-Shirim Commentary

Chapter 7 Of Ritual and Reciprocity: Yannai, Qedushta Shir ha-Shirim Commentary

Chapter 8 The Power of Dew: Eleazar birabbi Qallir, Shivata for Dew Commentary

Chapter 9 Youthful Love Is Eternal: Eleazar birabbi Qallir, The Groom’s Qedushta Commentary

Chapter 10 Like Stars of Light: Eleazar (birabbi Qallir?), Yotzer Shir ha-Shirim Commentary

A Conclusion

Ένα άρθρο στο τρέχον τεύχος του HTS / One article of biblical interest in the current issue of HTS

Hervomde teologiese studies 70:1 (2014)

James Alfred Loader, "Understanding of failure and failure of understanding: Aspects of failure in the Old Testament" (Original Research: A.S. Geyser Commemorative Lecture)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Ricerche Storico Bibliche / In the current issue of Ricerche Storico Bibliche

Ricerche Storico Bibliche 25:2 (2014)

• Giuseppe Bellia, "Appunti per un'introduzione storico-teologica ai ministeri delle origini cristiane," 5-20
• Jacques Schlosser, "I Dodici : origini, ruolo, scomparsa," 15-36
• Giorgio Jossa, "Pietro e Giacomo; apostoli e presbiteri," 37-48
• Augusto Barbi, "Le figure ministeriali fuori di Gerusalemme nel libro degli Atti," 49-76
• Stefano Romanello, "Figure ministeriali nelle lettere paoline indisputate," 77-109
• Yann Redalié, "I ministeri nelle epistole pastorali (1 e 2 Timoteo, Tito)," 111-119
• Carlo dell'Osso, "L' organizzazione ecclesiale in Ignazio d'Antiochia," 121-141
• Enrico Cattaneo, "La successione apostolica in Clemente Romano e Ireneo," 143-164
• Enrico Norelli, "Presenza e persistenza dei ruoli carismatici : il caso delle assemblee sul montanismo nel II secolo," 165-195

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

Theology 117/2014

• Ian Wallis, "New directions in Jesus studies," 349-356 (abstract)
• Beverley Jameson, "Difficult Texts: Psalm 88," 357-360 (abstract)
• Larry W. Hurtado, "Review of N. T. Wright's Paul and the Faithfulness of God", (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του PzB / In the current issue of PzB

Protokolle zur Bibel 23:1 (2014)

• Christian Schramm, "Empirisch gepflückt: Alltagsexegesen = An outcome of empirical work: "Alltagsexegesen" : Forschungsüberblick und methodologische Erwägungen," 2-40
• Michael Zugmann, "Lukas liest LXX = The Lukan reception and mimesis of the LXX : Septuaginta-Rezeption und -Mimesis des dritten Evangelisten," 41-63
• Cyprien Longayo Pongombo, "Die Jesusbewegung nach Lukas = The solidarity with the poor in the Jesus movement according to Luke : von der galiläischen Armensolidarität zur universalen Solidarität mit den Armen," 65-79

Η θρησκευτικότητα των αρχαίων ναυτικών / Religious expression of ancient seafarers

Timmy Gambin, "Maritime activity and the Divine: an overview of religious expression by Mediterranean seafarers, fishermen and travellers", in: Ships, Saints and Sealore: Cultural Heritage and Ethnography of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea (ed. Agius, D. et al., Archaeopress 2014)

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

Bulletin of Biblical Research 24:2 (2014)

• Andrew T. Abernethy, "Theological patterning in Jeremiah : a vital word through an ancient book," 149-161
• Armin D. Baum, "Does the pericope adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) have canonical authority? : an interconfessional approach," 163-178
• Julie A. Glavic, "Eutychus in Acts and in the church : the narrative significance of Acts 20:6-12," 179-206
•  Brisio J. Oropeza, "The expectation of grace : Paul on benefaction and the Corinthians' ingratitude (2 Corinthians 6:1)," 207-226
• Ryan P. Juza, "Echoes of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of the Lord : intertextuality and tradition in 2 Peter 3:7-13," 227-245

BMCR: Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions (review)

Διαβάστε στο ηλεκτρονικό δελτίο του Bryn Mawr Classical Review την βιβλιοκρισία στο ενδιαφέρον βιβλίο της Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz για τις απελευθερωτικές πράξεις στη Θεσσαλία κατά τα ελληνιστικά και ρωμαϊκά χρόνια. Καθώς το θέμα της δουλείας και της στάσης του Παύλου και γενικότερα του αρχέγονου Χριστιανισμού απέναντι σε αυτό έχει απασχολήσει ιδιαίτερα τους καινοδιαθηκολόγους η παρούσα μελέτη, η οποία συμπληρώνει ένα κενό στην έρευνα, μπορεί να αποτελέσει ένα χρήσιμο βοήθημα. Παραθέτω μία μόνο παράγραφο από τη βιβλιοκρισία του Kostas Vlassopoulos (University of Nottingham): 

"Most manumission inscriptions come from relatively small communities in central and northern Greece, like Chyretiai, Hypata and Leukopetra. The need to publicise manumission acts cannot therefore sufficiently account for manumission inscriptions. Any account of manumission inscriptions must explain why they are overwhelmingly absent from large urban communities with strong and diversified epigraphic habits, where the problems of publication would be particularly acute, and why they are present where they are. In other words, we need to understand the epigraphic habit, as well as the social dynamics of those communities that set up manumission inscriptions. Answering the question that Zelnick-Abramovitz raises, would involve a number of case-studies of local communities and their epigraphic habits; this important desideratum is perhaps the greatest gap in our knowledge and understanding of post-classical Greek history. This slim but informative volume is a welcome addition towards that end."

BMCR: Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz, Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions. Mnemosyne supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, 361.   Leiden; Boston:  Brill, 2013.  Pp. xiv, 176.  ISBN 9789004253896.  $119.00

Reviewed by Kostas Vlassopoulos, University of Nottingham

Targumim και παραδόσεις της εποχής του Δεύτερου Ναού / Targumim and Second Temple traditions

Κυκλοφόρησε από τον εκδοτικό οίκο Brill ένας συλλογικός τόμος με θέμα τα targumim της εποχής του Δεύτερου Ναού και τις παραδόσεις που συνδέονται με αυτά.

Thierry Legrand / Jan Joosten (επιμ.), The Targums in the Light of Traditions of the Second Temple Period (JSJ. Suppl. 167), Brill, Leiden 2014

ISBN:  9789004269545

€110,00

Description 

Although the Jewish Targums were written down only from the second century CE onward, and need to be studied against their Late Antique background, the issue of their connection to earlier sources and traditions is an important one. Do the existing Targums link up with an oral translation of Scripture and, if so, how far does it go back? Do the Targums transmit traditional exegetical material in a distinct form? What is the relation between the Targums and "parabiblical" literature of the Second Temple period (including the New Testament)?

In the present volume, these and other questions are studied and debated by an international group of scholars including some of the best specialists of Targumic literature in all its diversity, as well as specialists of various Second Temple writings.

Contents

• Introduction, Thierry Legrand & Jan Joosten

TARGUMIM AND TARGUMISMS

• Ingo Kottsieper, "Das Aramäische als Schriftsprache und die Entwicklung der Targume"
• Jan Joosten, "Des targumismes dans la Septante?"
• Beate Ego, "Retelling the Story of Esther in Targum Sheni in Light of Septuagint Traditions – Main Outlines"
• Christophe Bonnard, "Targums samaritains et traditions du Second Temple"

COMPARATIVE APPROACHES

• Robert Hayward, "God as father in the Pentateuchal Targumim: The case of Abraham’s garden at Be’er Sheba"
• Claude Tassin, "Zabulon et Nephtali dans le Targum: un éclairage de Mt 4,13-16?"
• Willem F. Smelik, "The Lost Tomb of Moses Revisited: Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Deut. 34.5-6"
• Innocent Himbaza, "Le Targum Pseudo-Jonathan témoin de son époque et de celle du Second Temple"

THEMATIC ISSUES

• Michael Langlois, "Malheur à qui donne la couronne à l’orgueilleux! Les targums et la critique du pouvoir à l’époque du Second Temple"
• Thierry Legrand, "Miracles, événements spectaculaires dans le Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: quelques échos de la littérature du Second Temple"

Ο Richard Bauckham κι ο Chris Marshall για τον ιστορικό Ιησού / Richard Bauckham & Chris Marshall on historical Jesus

Στην ιστοσελίδα Biblical Studies Online έχει αναρτηθεί μια σειρά από διαλέξεις με θέμα τον ιστορικό Ιησού που έδωσαν οι Richard Bauckham και Chris Marshall στο Carey College στο διάστημα 7-8 Αυγούστου 2014 .

Richard Bauckham & Chris Marshall on historical Jesus