Το τρέχον τεύχος του The Bible and Critical Theory / The current issue of The Bible and Critical Theory

The Bible and Critical Theory 10:2 (2014)

ADMEN AND EVE

• Caroline Blyth, "Lost in the “Post”: Rape Culture and Postfeminism in Admen and Eve"
• Robert J. Myles, "The Commodification of Biblical Texts in Advertising and Contemporary Capitalism" 
• Johanna Stiebert, "The Eve-ing of Bathsheba in Twentieth Century Film" 
• Ibrahim Abraham, "Would you Adam and Eve it? Social Scientific Contributions to the Study of the Reception of Scripture in Consumer Society" 
• George Aichele, "Connotations of Eve"

Τρία άρθρα βιβλικού ενδιαφέροντος στο τρέχον τεύχος του In die Skriflig / Three articles of biblical interest in the current issue of In die Skriflig

In die Skriflig / In Luce Verbi 49:1 (2015)

• Jacob J. Scholtz, "Reading Matthew 13 as a prophetic discourse: The four parables presented in public"
• Jacob J. Scholtz, "Reading Matthew 13 as a prophetic discourse: The four parables presented in private"
• Marius Nel, "What is ‘the sign of the Son of man in heaven’ (Mt 24:30)?"

RBL 24.4.2015

James Aston and John Walliss, eds., Small Screen Revelations: Apocalypse in Contemporary Television

Reviewed by Sylvie Raquel

Joseph A. Bessler, A Scandalous Jesus: How Three Historic Quests Changed Theology for the Better

Reviewed by Mary K. Schmitt

Daniel Bodi, ed., Abigail, Wife of David, and Other Ancient Oriental Women

Reviewed by Benjamin J. M. Johnson

Jared C. Calaway, The Sabbath and the Sanctuary: Access to God in the Letter to the Hebrews and Its Priestly Context

Reviewed by Carl Mosser

Ohad Cohen, The Verbal Tense System in Late Biblical Hebrew Prose

Reviewed by Bálint Károly Zabán

John Granger Cook, Crucifixion in the Mediterranean World

Reviewed by Charles L. Quarles

Jerome F. D. Creach, Violence in Scripture

Reviewed by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

Arthur J. Dewey and Robert J. Miller, eds., The Complete Gospel Parallels

Reviewed by Thomas J. Kraus

Matthew Drever, Image, Identity, and the Forming of the Augustinian Soul

Reviewed by Cheuk Yin Yam and Anthony Dupont

Diana V. Edelman, ed., Deuteronomy-Kings as Emerging Authoritative Books: A Conversation

Reviewed by Trent C. Butler

Shawn W. Flynn, YHWH is King: Development of Divine Kingship in Ancient Israel

Reviewed by Michael B. Hundley

Steven J. Friesen, Sarah A. James, and Daniel N. Schowalter, eds., Corinth in Contrast: Studies in Inequality

Reviewed by Thomas R. Blanton IV

Matti Friedman, The Aleppo Codex: In Pursuit of One of the World’s Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books

Reviewed by Paul Sanders

Cornelis den Hertog, The Other Face of God: ‘I Am That I Am’ Reconsidered

Reviewed by Richard S. Briggs

Christl M. Maier and Carolyn J. Sharp, eds.,Prophecy and Power: Jeremiah in Feminist and Postcolonial Perspective

Reviewed by Andrew Shead

Heinz-Günther Nesselrath and Florian Wilk, eds., Gut und Böse in Mensch und Welt: Philosophische und religiöse Konzeptionen vom Alten Orient bis zum frühen Islam

Reviewed by Michael S. Moore

Jonathan Miles Robker, The Jehu Revolution: A Royal Tradition of the Northern Kingdom and Its Ramifications

Reviewed by Aren M. Maeir

David C. Sim and James S. McLaren, eds., Attitudes to Gentiles in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity

Reviewed by Avram Shannon

Mirjam van der Vorm-Croughs, The Old Greek of Isaiah: An Analysis of Its Pluses and Minuses

Reviewed by Randall X. Gauthier

Stephen Westerholm, Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking a Pauline Theme

Reviewed by David J. Neville

Ένα άρθρο βιβλικού ενδιαφέροντος στο τρέχον HTS / An article of biblical interest in the current HTS

Hervomde teologiese studies 71:1 (2015)

Jaco Gericke, "A comprehensive philosophical approach to Qohelet’s epistemology"

Δαιμονολογία του 1 Ενώχ / Demonology of 1 Enoch

Ένα ενδιαφέρον άρθρο του Archie T. Wright για τους δαίμονες στο 1 Ενώχ και τις απαρχές της δαιμονολογίας δημοσιεύεται στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation: 

The Origin of Evil Spirits in Early Jewish Literature

Το τρέχον τεύχος του EC / The current issue of EC

Early Christianity 5:4 (2014)

• Hans Förster, "Schrift und Schriftverständnis in Joh 20,8f," 419-440 (abstract)
• Richard Last / Sarah E. Rollens, "Accounting Practices in P. Tebt. III/2 894 and Pauline Groups," 441-474 (abstract)
• Markus Öhler, "Cultic Meals in Associations and the Early Christian Eucharist," 475-502 (abstract)
• Beatrice Wyss, "Der gekreuzigte Sophist," 503-528 (abstract)

New Discoveries

• Trevor W. Thompson, Online Papyrological Resources for the Study of Early Christianity; pp. 531-535

Annual John William Wevers Prize in Septuagint Studies

The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS) offers an annual prize of $350 to be awarded to an outstanding paper in the field of Septuagint studies. The prize has been named in memory of John William Wevers to honor his many contributions to Septuagint studies.

The field of Septuagint studies is construed broadly, and a paper may focus on any aspect of the study of the Greek translation of the Jewish Scriptures.  The IOSCS wants to encourage the study of these translations by younger scholars, and eligibility is thus limited to advanced graduate students or recent Ph.D. recipients (4 years or less after receiving the degree).

The papers will be judged by a committee of IOSCS members, with the expectation that the winning paper be published in the Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies (JSCS).

The deadline for submitting papers for the current year is August 15. Papers should be sent electronically to Dr. Karen Jobes: ( karen.jobes@wheaton.edu ).

(Πηγή: Zwinglius Redivivus, J. West)

To τρέχον τεύχος του Liber Annuus / The current issue of Liber Annuus

Liber Annuus 64 (2014)

• Alberto Mello, "Il Miserere (Sal 51). La firma davidica al Salterio," 29-44 (abstract)
• Alviero Niccacci, "Proverbi 1-9. Testo, traduzione, analisi, composizione," 45-126 (abstract)
• Vincenzo Lopasso, "Il compito di Elia in Malachia 3,23-24 (TM)," 127-135 (abstract)
• Rosario Pierri, "Accentazione delle ossitone in rapporto ai segni di divisione nei vangeli in B (03)," 137-163 (abstract)
• Matteo Munari, "‘Fa’ che non cadiamo in tentazione’ (Mt 6,13a). Interpretazione e traduzione della sesta petizione del Padre Nostro," 165-182 (abstract)
• Frédéric Manns, "Une lecture juive de l’annonce faite à Zacharia," 219-235 (abstract)
• Matteo Crimella, "Verso Gerusalemme. Il «grande viaggio» di Luca e la cristologia: un’indagine narrativa," 237-254 (abstract)
• Piotr Blajer, "The Limit of the Lukan Journey Section Reconsidered," 255-271 (abstract)
• Blažej Štrba, "Joshua’s leadership into the Promised Land epitomized in Luke 23:42," 273-285 (abstract)
• Francesco Piazzolla, "Il binomio verbale πιστεύω/ὁράω nel Vangelo di Giovanni," 287-305 (abstract) 
• Alessandro Cavicchia, "Tratti messianici a confronto: applicazione del metodo intertestuale a 4QpIsa (4Q161) fr. 8–10,17-25 e Gv 19,2-5," 307-336 (abstract)
• Thomas Witulski, "Einheitlichkeit versus Relecture: Gal 3,6-141 als Testfall," 337-390 (abstract)
• Elisa Chiorrini, "Prime eco della controversia gnostica in Gc 1,17 nelle lezioni dei codici Sinaitico e Vaticano?," 391-416 (abstract)
• Asher Ovadiah / Sonia Mucznik, "Deisidaimonia, Superstitio and Religio: Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Early Christian Concepts," 417-440 (abstract)
• Leah Di Segni, "Epiphanius and the Date of Foundation of Aelia Capitolina," 441-451 (abstract)
• Ofer Sion / Yehudah Rapuano, "New Discoveries from Excavations inside Jaffa Gate of Old City Jerusalem," 453-490 (abstract)
• Yehudah Rapuano, "Appendix 1: Pottery from Excavations inside Jaffa Gate of Old City Jerusalem," 491-533 (abstract)
• Brigitte Ouahnouna, "Appendix 2: The Glass Vessels from Jaffa’s Gate Excavations (A-5815/2010)," 535-545 (abstract)
• Ariel Berman  / Donald T. Ariel, "Appendix 3: Coins from Excavations inside Jaffa Gate of Old City Jerusalem," 547-557 (abstract)
• Mordechai Aviam / Jacob Ashkenazi, "Late Antique Pilgrim Monasteries in Galilean Loca Sancta," 559-573 (abstract)
• Győző Vörös, "Machaerus Anastyloses: The Re-Erection of Two Complete Herodian Columns in the Fortified Royal Palace at the Dead Sea," 575-589 (abstract)
• Émile Puech, "Inscriptions en araméen christo-palestinien du Wadî Hajjaj (Sinaï)," 591-601 (abstract)
• Asher Ovadiah / Sonia Mucznik, "The Symbolic Significance of the Menorah," 603-614 (abstract)
• Bruno Callegher, "Note su Augustus Spijkerman numismatico (1920-1973)," 615-647 (abstract)

Το φιλολογικό είδος και το ακροατήριο των ευαγγελίων / The gospels' genre and audience

Στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation έχει αναρτηθεί ένα σύντομο κείμενο του Justin Marc Smith σχετικά με το φιλολογικό είδος των ευαγγελίων και τη σημασία που έχει ο καθορισμός του είδους για τον εντοπισμό του ακροατηρίου των ευαγγελίων. Ο Smith υιοθετεί την θέση του Richard Burridge ότι τα ευαγγέλια υπάγονται στο φιλολογικό είδος των βίων και προτείνει μία νέα τυπολογία όσον αφορά στο ακροατήριό τους: α) μη σύγχρονος εστιασμένος, β) μη σύγχρονος ανοικτός, γ) σύγχρονος εστιασμένος και δ) σύγχρονος ανοικτός. Ο Smith θεωρεί ότι τα ευαγγέλια ανήκουν στον τελευταίο τύπο, όπου, πρώτον, ο συγγραφέας ανήκει στους αυτόπτες μάρτυρες ή έχει μία προσωπική σχέση με τον Ιησού κι όσους τον έζησαν και, δεύτερον, το ακροατήριό του δεν είναι σαφώς οριζόμενο:

Genre Matters: What Kind of Bioi are the Canonical Gospels?

[Α.Τ.: τα όσα λέει ο Smith δημιουργούν αναμφισβήτητα έναν προβληματισμό όσον αφορά τόσο στο φιλολογικό είδος των ευαγγελίων όσο κυρίως για το ακροατήριο στο οποίο απευθύνονται. Βέβαια κάποια από τα συμπεράσματά του θα πρέπει να συζητηθούν περισσότερο, γιατί γεννιούνται κάποια ερωτήματα: α) πόσο άμεση είναι η σχέση του ευαγγελιστή με τους αυτόπτες μάρτυρες; β) ποιος ο ρόλος της εκκλησιαστικής κοινότητας ως ο τόπος διατήρησης της παράδοσης για τον Ιησού και ως πηγής του ευαγγελιστή; γ) πόσο ανοικτό μπορεί να είναι το ακροατήριο των ευαγγελίων, ποια στοιχεία στα κείμενα το αποδεικνύουν;]

RBL 17.4.2015

Bill T. Arnold, Introduction to the Old Testament
Reviewed by David W. Baker
Reviewed by Anselm C. Hagedorn

Mark A. Chancey, Carol Meyers, and Eric M. Meyers, eds., The Bible in the Public Square: Its Enduring Influence in American Life
Reviewed by Randall Balmer

Raymond F. Collins, Accompanied by a Believing Wife: Ministry and Celibacy in the Earliest Christian Communities
Reviewed by William R. G. Loader

Andrew Crislip, Thorns in the Flesh: Illness and Sanctity in Late Ancient Christianity
Reviewed by John J. Pilch

B. C. Hodge, Revisiting the Days of Genesis: A Study of the Use of Time in Genesis 1–11 in Light of Its Ancient Near Eastern and Literary Context
Reviewed by Jeffery M. Leonard

Jey J. Kanagaraj, John
Reviewed by Jo-Ann Brant

Laurel W. Koepf-Taylor, Give Me Children or I Shall Die: Children and Communal Survival in Biblical Literature
Reviewed by Jason A. Riley

Katherine Low, The Bible, Gender, and Reception History: The Case of Job’s Wife
Reviewed by Jordan M. Scheetz

Burton MacDonald, Larry G. Herr, D. Scott Quaintance, Geoffrey A. Clark, and Michael C. A. Macdonald, The Ayl to Ras an-Naqab Archaeological Survey, Southern Jordan 2005–2007
Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

J. Gordon McConville, Joshua: Crossing Divides
Reviewed by Trent C. Butler

Douglas J. Moo, Galatians
Reviewed by Richard Manly Adams Jr.
Reviewed by Roy E. Ciampa

James M. Morgan, Encountering Images of Spiritual Transformation: The Thoroughfare Motif within the Plot of Luke-Acts
Reviewed by Jean-François Racine

Reinhard Muller, Juha Pakkala, and Bas ter Haar Romeny, Evidence of Editing: Growth and Change of Texts in the Hebrew Bible
Reviewed by John F. Quant

Miguel Pérez Fernández and Olga Ruiz Morell, El Beso de Dios: Midrás de la Muerte de Moisés. Edición bilingüe hebreo-español y comentario
Reviewed by Francisco García-Treto

Allen P. Ross, A Commentary on the Psalms: 42–89
Reviewed by Christine Jones

Robert A. Spivey, D. Moody Smith, and C. Clifton Black, Anatomy of the New Testament: A Guide to Its Structure and Meaning
Reviewed by Brian C. Small

Jamie Viands, I Will Surely Multiply Your Offspring: An Old Testament Theology of the Blessing of Progeny with Special Attention to the Latter Prophets
Reviewed by Marvin A. Sweeney

Julius Wellhausen; Rudolf Smend, ed., Briefe
Reviewed by James Alfred Loader