Melammu: The Ancient World in an Age of Globalization (open access)

Στη σελίδα Edition Open Access του Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge διατίθεται σε ηλεκτρονική μορφή ο τόμος πρακτικών συνεδρίου για τις πολιτισμικές επαφές μεταξύ πολιτισμών και κρατών της αρχαιότητας.

Μ.J. Geller (ed.), Melammu: The Ancient World in an Age of Globalization (Proceedings 7), Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development 

ISBN: 978-3-945561-00-3

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CFP: Muted Voices

Neglected Texts and Early Christian Identities 

Durham University, 16-17 April, 2015

Please join us in the historic city of Durham for a two-day conference on neglected epistolary texts and early Christian identities. These texts include (but are not limited to) James, Hebrews, 1-2 Peter, as well as the Epistle of Barnabas and 1 Clement. In an era where a Pauline- or Gospel-centered reading is often the starting point for ‘the’ normative/orthodox reading, this gathering hopes to privilege these ‘muted’ texts to explore Christian identities from another perspective. The conference will take a multi-faceted approach, investigating identities via a number of avenues: theological, anthropological, sociological, reception historical, and political readings. Our world-class invited speakers will facilitate this discussion through plenary addresses, and we encourage you to contribute by submitting when our call for papers opens. We invite all those interested in the New Testament and Early Christianity to attend.

In order to foster interdisciplinary dialogue, we welcome papers that adopt approaches from a variety of fields, including theology and religious studies, social sciences, ancient history, and literary studies. The unifying element will be the body of texts, as papers must deal with a non-Pauline and non-Johannine early Christian letter[s] (typically datedpre-third century), as well as the theme of identity. This can include aspects of early Christian identities revealed in the letters or how these letters shaped or influenced the identities of future Christians. Although comparative studies with other NT texts are welcome, papers that address these neglected texts in their own right will be preferred. We welcome papers from researchers at every level, including postgraduate students.

Please e-mail your abstract of no more than 200 words to mutedvoices2015@gmail.com by 18th January 2015.

Ελεύθερη πρόσβαση σε άρθρα του NTS / Free access to articles of NTS

Mε αφορμή την κυκλοφορία του 60ου τόμου του περιοδικού New Testament Studies δίνεται η πρόσβαση σε μία επιλογή άρθρων του περιοδικού μέχρι τις 31 Δεκεμβρίου 2014.

Discover highlight articles from 60 years of scholarship

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

New Testament Studies 60:4 (2014)

• Joel Marcus, "‘The Twelve Tribes in the Diaspora’ (James 1.1)," 433-447 (abstract)
• Anthony Giambrone, "‘According to the Commandment’ (Did. 1.5): Lexical Reflections on Almsgiving as ‘The Commandment’," 248-265 (abstract)
• Jean-René Moret, "‘Aucun prophète n'est propice dans sa propre patrie’ : la péricope de Nazareth," 266-274 (abstract)
• James Ware, "The Resurrection of Jesus in the Pre-Pauline Formula of 1 Cor 15.3–5," 475-498 (abstract)
• Joel R. White, "‘Peace’ and ‘Security’ (1 Thess 5.3): Roman Ideology and Greek Aspiration," 449-510 (abstract)
• Korinna Zamfir, "Is the ekklēsia a Household (of God)? Reassessing the Notion of οἶκος θεοῦ in 1 Tim 3.15," 522-548 (abstract)

Canons: ένα φοιτητικό περιοδικό για τις Θρησκειολογικές σπουδές / Canons: an undergraduate journal for Religious Studies

Το τμήμα Θρησκειολογικών Σπουδών του Παν/μίου McGill (Montreal, Καναδά) εκδίδει το περιοδικό Canons, όπου προπτυχιακοί φοιτητές δημοσιεύουν επιστημονικές μελέτες.

Tα τελευταία τεύχος του Canons :

• Canons Vol. IX, Issue II Personal Study, Personal Religion
• Canons Vol. IX, Issue I Special Issue: Religion and Globalisation
• Canons, Vol. VIII, Practical Religion: Living Through the Ages
• Canons, Vol. VII, Diversity in Religious Studies

H πρώτη αναπαράσταση του τάφου της Αμφίπολης / The first reconstruction of the new Amphipolis tomb

Δόθηκε στη δημοσιότητα από το ΥΠΠΟΑ η πρώτη αξονομετρική σχεδιαστική αναπαράσταση του ταφικού μνημείου, από τον αρχιτέκτονα του ΥΠΠΟΑ, Μ. Λεφαντζή, με τους δύο διαφραγματικούς τοίχους επί των οποίων φέρονται, στον μεν πρώτο οι Σφίγγες, στον δε δεύτερο οι Καρυάτιδες.

Ας σημειωθεί επίσης ότι πριν λίγο δημοσιεύματα έκαναν λόγο για την εύρεση επιχρωματισμένου επιστυλίου στο χώρο πίσω από τις Καρυάτιδες.

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

Journal for the Study of the New Testament 37:1 (2014)

• Dale B. Martin, "Jesus in Jerusalem: Armed and Not Dangerous," 3-24 (abstract)
• David A. deSilva, "Grace, the Law and Justification in 4 Ezra and the Pauline Letters: A Dialogue," 25-49 (abstract)
• C. Andrew Ballard, "Tongue-tied and Taunted: Paul, Poor Rhetoric and Paltry Leadership in 2 Corinthians 5.13," 50-70 (abstract)
• Brian Glenney and John T. Noble, "Perception and Prosopagnosia in Mark 8.22-26," 71-85 (abstract)
• Jeffrey M. Tripp, "A Tale of Two Riots: The synkrisis of the Temples of Ephesus and Jerusalem in Acts 19–23," 86-111 (abstract)

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του Svensk exegetisk årsbok / The current issue of Svensk exegetisk årsbok

Svensk exegetisk årsbok 79 (2014)

Exegetical Day 2013

• Katherine E. Southwood, "‘But now … do not let all this hardship seem insignificant before you’: Ethnic History and Nehemiah 9"
• Blaženka Scheuer, "Response to Katherine E. Southwood"
• Denise Kimber Buell, "Challenges and Strategies for Speaking about Ethnicity in the New Testament and New Testament Studies"
• James A. Kelhoffer, "Response to Denise Kimber Buell: A Plea for Clarity in Regard to Examining Ethnicity in, Based on, or in Scholarship on the New Testament"
• Hans Leander, "Hybrid Jews/Judeans: Renarrating Ethnicity and Christian Origins in the Context of Empire"
• Mikael Tellbe, "Response to Hans Leander: The Complexity of Ethnicity"

Other articles

• Rikard Roitto, "Reintegrative Shaming and a Prayer Ritual of Reintegration in 
• Matthew 18:15–20"
• Tobias Hägerland, "Prophetic Forgiveness in Josephus and Mark"
• Samuel Byrskog, "Birger Gerhardsson in memoriam"

Ένα ακόμη φοιτητικό περιοδικό / One more student academic journal

Σε προηγούμενη ανάρτηση είχαμε μιλήσει για τα φοιτητικά περιοδικά και τις δυνατότητες που αυτά δίνουν σε νέους επιστήμονες να ασχοληθούν σοβαρά με τη συγγραφή ακαδημαϊκών άρθρων και μελετών και να εκπαιδευτούν μέσα από αυτήν τη σημαντική άσκηση. Σήμερα παρουσιάζουμε ακόμη ένα τέτοιο περιοδικό. Πρόκειται για το περιοδικό Hirundo, the McGill Journal of Classical Studies, το οποίο εκδίδεται από τους προπτυχιακούς φοιτητές της Classics Students Association of McGill. Το περιοδικό φιλοξενεί μελέτες φοιτητών και αποφοίτων με θέματα σχετικά με την ιστορία, την τέχνη και τη γραμματεία των λαών της αρχαίας Μεσογείου, Εγγύς Ανατολής και Ευρώπης. 

Μία αξιόλογη πραγματικά προσπάθεια. 

Hirundo, the McGill Journal of Classical Studies

Ένα νέο βιβλίο για τις παραβολές / A new book on parables

Από τον εκδοτικό οίκο HarperCollins κυκλοφόρησε το νέο βιβλίο της Amy-Jill Levine για τις παραβολές και τη σπουδαιότητά τους. Η συγγραφέας τοποθετεί αυτές τις μικρές ιστορίες μέσα στο ιστορικό τους πλαίσιο, εξηγεί τη σημασία τους, διευκρινίζει τις όποιες παρανοήσεις που έγιναν σχετικά με αυτές μέσα στο χρόνο και προσπαθεί να αναδείξει το πιθανό τους νόημα για τον σύγχρονο αναγνώστη.

Amy-Jill Levine, Short Stories by Jesus. The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, HarperOne 2014

320 p.

ISBN: 9780061561016

$25.99

Description 

The renowned biblical scholar, author of The Misunderstood Jew, and general editor for The Jewish Annotated New Testament interweaves history and spiritual analysis to explore Jesus’ most popular teaching parables, exposing their misinterpretations and making them lively and relevant for modern readers.

Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus’ stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives.

In this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus’ narratives. In Short Stories by Jesus, she analyzes these “problems with parables,” takingreaders back in time to understand how their original Jewish audience understood them. Levine reveals the parables’ connections to first-century economic and agricultural life, social customs and morality, Jewish scriptures and Roman culture. With this revitalized understanding, she interprets these moving stories for the contemporary reader, showing how the parables are not just about Jesus, but are also about us—and when read rightly, still challenge and provoke us two thousand years later.

Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Science in Nashville, Tennessee; affiliated professor at the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations at Cambridge; and a self-described "Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible

Belt." She is the author of The Misunderstood Jew and the editor of The Jewish Annotated New Testament.

Συνέντευξη της Levive για τις παραβολές / Interview of A.J. Levine on her new book