Δευτέρα 4 Μαΐου 2015

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Sacra scripta / The current issue of Sacra Scripta

Sacra Scripta 12:1 (2014)

Mihai Handaric, "Zechariah 9,9-19 in the OT and Early Judaism," 7-42
The scholars accept that the second part of Zechariah, known also as the Deutero-Zecharia (chapters 9-14), creates some of the most difficult problems concerning its literary structure, authorship, historical setting and its relationship with Proto-Zechariah (chapters 1-8). The passage from Zechariah 9,9-10 is one of these texts intensely debated by theologians. This paper intended to show that Zechariah 9,9-10 may have been circulated as an independent unit before being introduced in the book of Zechariah. Comparing this text with other similar biblical passages, it was supported that the text circulated in the form of a special oracle vision. Based on the internal evidences, it was suggested that Zechariah 9,9-10 could be composed during the time of Josiah's reign, a Davidic king, who represented the hope for Judah. Even though the sudden death of Iosiah cut down the hope of his generation, it was considered that the passage could circulate as a motif of hope for the next generations. The passage could have been introduced into Deutero-Zechariah, some time at the end of the sixth century, after the year 520 BC, when the prophet Zechariah's wrote his book. It was argued that Zechariah could write Deutero-Zechariah, some time later than Proto-Zechariah, in a different context. The paper presents the work of Yahweh and his coming king. It is underlined the moral character of the king, described as being צדיק saddiq – righteous. Looking to the context, we understand, that the same moral character of the king was expected also from the community to which the king is coming. As far as the reception of Zechariah 9,9-10 in Judaism and in LXX, we observed a variant reading of Zechariah 9,10, between the Masoretic text and Septuagint, which could support an identification of Yahweh with the coming king. The New Testament identified the king with Jesus Christ entering triumphantly in Jerusalem.

Hans Klein, "Paulus als Verkündiger, Apostel und Lehrer in den Pastoralbriefen," 43-64
Die Pastoralbriefe sind durch und durch lehrhaft geprägt. Die Vermittlung der „gesunden Lehre“ ist ihr Hauptanliegen. Dennoch wird Paulus auch als Verkündiger und Apostel gekennzeichnet. Die beiden werden zusammen gesehen und kennzeichnen Paulus in seiner Verkündigung, die er in überlieferten Texten der Gemeinde einschärft und seiner Autorität, die ihm Leiden einbringt. Als Lehrer bedient sich der Autor auch traditioneller jüngerer Texte, die er mit einer Bekräftigungsformel abschließt und so einzuschärfen anweist. Er kann aber auch mit Elementen der Tradition souverän umgehen. Die „gesunde Lehre“ dient dem Heil aller Glaubenden.

Valeriy Alikin, "'Come Lord Jesus!' The Eschatological Character of the Early Christian Communities," 64-76
The earliest Christians lived in expectation of the parousia and this influenced the character of their communal gatherings. This eschatological character of their gatherings was expressed in the intense expectation of the eschaton and an orientation toward the future rather than the past and present. The eschatology of the earliest Christians was expounded in various activities that took place during the early Christian gatherings. The eucharistic and other types of communal prayers that were pronounced during and after the communal meal were filled with words that expressed future coming of Jesus Christ and establishment of God’s Kingdom. Early Christians also read texts which looked toward the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the resurrection, and the final fate of all people. Extant texts of early Christian sermons also contained eschatological appeals. As for early Christian singing, the texts of songs do not contain clear eschatological material; however some of them have eschatological motifs. During their assemblies, early Christians also expressed eschatologically-oriented liturgical exclamations. Thus, on the basis of the extant early Christian texts that were heard in their gatherings and described their content, one can conclude that those gatherings clearly had an eschatological character in the first and second centuries.

Romeo Popa, "Das Blut Jesus und 'das ganze Volk'. Mt 27,24-25 in narrativen Rahmen der Matthäischen Konfliktgeschichte,"  87-119 
Die vorliegende Studie nimmt sich vor, Mt 27,24-25 erneut zur Debatte zu stellen. Um die s.g. ‚Selbstverfluchung‘ des Volkes vor dem Richterstuhl des Pilatus einzuordnen, kommt man weder ausschließlich durch punktuelle Begriffsuntersuchungen, noch durch theologische oder historische Betrachtungen voran. Erst eine narrative Analyse der gesamten Konfliktgeschichte schafft den passenden Rahmen, um das Verhältnis ὄχλος / λαός im Sinne der matthäischen Konzeption zu bestimmen. Die Volksmenge erweist sich bei näherer Betrachtung als die treibende Kraft des narrativen Konflikts zwischen Jesus und den jüdischen Autoritäten. Sie unterscheidet sich von den letzten in Bezug auf wichtige Konfliktthemen und entdeckt allmählich bei Jesus die ihr entsprechende christologische Dimension – die Davidssohnschaft. Die Gegner Jesu versuchen aber ständig, das Volk von diesem Kurs abzubringen, und es für die eigenen Ziele zu instrumentalisieren; zu dieser Strategie gehört auch die Tötung Jesu. Matthäus bemüht sich, sowohl das Volk und die führenden Kräfte als auch die Landesbevölkerung und die Bewohner Jerusalems durch redaktionelle Arbeit voneinander zu halten. Von diesem erzählerischen Entwurf her muss auch Mt 27,24-25 gelesen werden. Die gezielten Querbezüge legen eher eine narrative Verbindung der Pilatus-Szene mit der Kindheitserzählung nahe, die zusammen einen großen Bogen über die ganze Konfliktgeschichte spannen.

Σεμινάριο για τη λογοτεχνία και τον πολιτισμό της αρχαίας Μεσογείου / Seminar on Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean

Advanced Seminar in the Humanities 2015– 2016

Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome, and the Near East

From November 23 to December 4, 2015 Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, in cooperation with Venice International University, will offer an advanced seminar on “Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome and the Near East”.

The Program
The program is conceived as a two year commitment over two successive years (2015 and 2016). The first session (November 23 – December 4, 2015) will consist of lectures by scholars with a seminar approach on the origins and development of literary genres and literacy in Ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East. Some of the lectures will run simultaneously and will be devoted respectively to the interpretation of specific classical and near eastern texts, with more focus on textual analysis. Two or three evening lectures by special guests are also under consideration.
The lectures will alternate with a series of site visits, for example, to the Marciana Library, the Library of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, and the Basilica of San Marco.
The aim of the program is firstly to investigate the relationship between themes, motifs and structures of the texts and/or of the myths involved, starting with the early examples of epic poetry and of wisdom and didactic literature; secondly, to examine the processes involved in their transmission and preservation in both oral and written forms. A variety of issues concerning the history of literate cultures will also be reviewed, such as, for example, the textual traditions, the creation and organization of libraries, the classification of genres, and the relationship between literature and politics, and between literature and religion.
During the first session the fellows will identify a research project according to their own scholarly interests and under the supervision of one of the faculty. The research project will be presented in the form of an essay of about 20 pages in the second session of the seminar, which will run between September and October 2016 (an eight day slot, still to be determined).

The second session will also host a number of lectures by invited speakers. The invited speakers in the last session of the seminar were Antoine Cavigneaux (Université de Genève), Marco Fantuzzi (Università di Macerata/Columbia University), Mark Geller (Freie Universität Berlin), Johanna Hanink (Brown University), Michele Lowrie (University of Chicago), Douglas Olson (University of Minnesota) and Suzanne Said (Columbia University).

The Faculty
The faculty consists of scholars active in the field of Greek, Latin and Ancient Near Eastern literature, including: Alessandro Barchiesi (Università di Siena - Stanford University); Ettore Cingano (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia); Joy Connolly (New York University); Richard Hunter (Trinity College, Cambridge); Lucio Milano (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia); Dirk Obbink (Christ Church, Oxford); Alessandro Schiesaro (Università di Roma La Sapienza); David Sider (New York University); Antoine Cavigneaux (Université de Genève); Yoram Cohen (Tel Aviv University), Rocio Da Riva (Universitat de Barcelona) and Dina Katz (Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten).

Pre-requisites
Good knowledge of Greek and Latin, and/or of some of the ancient Near Eastern languages, is expected. Lectures will be in English. Good knowledge of spoken and written English is also a prerequisite.

Where?
The lectures will take place at Venice International University, on the Island of San Servolo, in Venice (Italy).
Fellows and faculty will arrive on Sunday, November 22; they will be hosted in the residential halls on the island of San Servolo. Fellows will share twin rooms with ensuite bathroom or 3-bed rooms with 2 ensuite bathrooms.
Lunch and dinner are served at the cafeteria on the Island of San Servolo.
The program will cover room and board for the fellows accepted.

Who is it for?
The program is open to 20 fellows who will be either in an advanced stage of doctoral research, or recently completed Ph.D.s. The candidates will be selected by a committee whose decision will be final.
Day of arrival: Sunday, November 22 (or Saturday, November 21)
Day of departure: Saturday, December 5
Application deadline: Monday, June 15

Conveners:
Ettore Cingano, professor of Greek Literature, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Lucio Milano, professor of History of the Ancient Near East, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Application forms are available on-line at http://www.univiu.org/other-programs/humanities-seminar.
The completed form together with the requested documents should be sent by e-mail, fax or regular mail to Venice International University (see address below) and must reach our offices no later than Monday, June 15, 2015.

For information, please contact:
Ms. Silvia Casalini
E-mail: classics@univiu.org

Venice International University
Ref: Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece, Rome and the Near East
Isola di San Servolo
30100 Venezia - Italy

Tel. +39 041 2719 581 / +39 041 2719 511
Fax +39 041 2719 510

Το βυζαντινό κείμενο του κατά Ιωάννην ευαγγελίου / The Byzantine text of John's Gospel

Για όσους ενδιαφέρονται για την ιστορία του κειμένου η ιστοσελίδα για το βυζαντινό, λατινικό και κοπτικό κείμενο του κατά Ιωάννην του International Greek New Testament Project (IGNTP) είναι ένα ιστοτόπος που αξίζει να επισκεφτούν. Ήδη ηλεκτρονικά διατίθεται η δεύτερη έκδοση του κριτικού κειμένου (2014), ενώ το κείμενο κυκλοφορεί από τις Ηνωμένες Βιβλικές Εταιρίες και σε έντυπη μορφή:


Aυτή τη στιγμή τρέχει επίσης ένα πρόγραμμα μεταγραφής του κειμένου των παύλειων επιστολών, το οποίο αναμένεται να ολοκληρωθεί το 2031:

Κυριακή 3 Μαΐου 2015

Το τρέχον τεύχος του EC / The current issue of EC

Early Christianity 6:1 (2015)

  • David B. Capes, "Introduction: A Centenary Celebration of Bousset's Kyrios Christos," 3-4
  • Cilliers Breytenbach, "Bousset's Kyrios Christos: Imperfections of a Benchmark," 5-16 (abstract)
  • Larry W. Hurtado, "Wilhelm Bousset's Kyrios Christos: An Appreciative and Critical Assessment," 17-29 (abstract)
  • Kelley Coblentz Bautch, "Kyrios Christos in Light of Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Second Temple Judaism," 30-50 (abstract)
  • Lutz Doering, "Wilhelm Bousset's Die Religion des Judentums im neutestamentlichen Zeitalter," 51-66 (abstract)
  • Robert Matthew Calhoun, "The Power of the Call: Wilhelm Bousset on Miracle, and Mark 1:16–20," 67-88 (abstract)
  • Richard Bauckham - Stefano De Luca, "Magdala As We Know It," 91-118 


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

Jewish Studies Quarterly 22:1 (2015)

  • Eran Viezel, " Context, Harmonization, and the Uniqueness of the Commentaries to the Book of Chronicles," 1-35
  • Yael Wilfand, "From the School of Shammai to Rabbi Yehuda the Patriarch's Student: The Evolution of the Poor Man's Tithe," 36-61

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

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 58:1 (2015)

  • Gregory Goswell, "Having the Last Say: The End of the OT," 15-30
  • Terrance R. Wardlaw Jr., "Shaddai, Providence, and the Narrative Structure of  Ruth," 31-42
  • Brian J. Tabb, "Salvation, Spreading, and Suffering: God's Unfolding Plan in Luke-Acts," 43-62
  • Ben Witherington III, "'Almost Thou  Persuadest  Me...': The Importance of  Greco-Roman Rhetoric for the Understanding of the Text and Context of  the NT," 63-88

Σάββατο 2 Μαΐου 2015

Μηχανή εύρεσης ψηφιοποιημένων χειρογράφων στο διαδίκτυο / Search engine for digitized manuscripts online

Στην ιστοσελίδα του Princeton University δίνεται η δυνατότητα αναζήτησης των ψηφιοποιημένων χειρογράφων που διατίθενται ήδη στο διαδίκτυο:

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

Hervomde teologiese studies 71:2 (2015)

Gert Breed, "Finding guidelines on social change in the two-tiered narrative and diakonia in the Gospel of John"

RBL 1.5.2015

Francis Borchardt, The Torah in 1Maccabees: A Literary Critical Approach to the Text
Reviewed by Thomas Hieke

Cilliers Breytenbach and Jörg Frey, eds., Reflections on the Early Christian History of Religion—Erwägungen zur frühchristlichen Religionsgeschichte
Reviewed by Thomas J. Kraus

Walter Dietrich, Die Samuelbücher im deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerk: Studien zu den Geschichtsüberlieferungen des Alten Testaments II
Reviewed by Mark W. Hamilton

James D. G. Dunn, The Oral Gospel Tradition
Reviewed by David B. Sloan

Paul S. Evans and Tyler F. Williams, eds., Chronicling the Chronicler: The Book of Chronicles and Early Second Temple Historiography
Reviewed by Michael D. Matlock

Katharina Galor and Hanswulf Bloedhorn, The Archaeology of Jerusalem: From the Origins to the Ottomans
Reviewed by Aren M. Maeir

Moshe Garsiel, From Earth to Heaven: A Literary Study of the Eliijah Stories in the Book of Kings
Reviewed by Keith Bodner
Reviewed by David A. Glatt-Gilad

Alison Ruth Gray, Psalm 18 in Words and Pictures: A Reading through Metaphor
Reviewed by Leslie C. Allen

Mignon R. Jacobs and Raymond F. Person Jr., eds., Israelite Prophecy and the Deuteronomistic History: Portrait, Reality, and the Formation of a History
Reviewed by James M. Bos
Reviewed by Thomas Wagner

Ronald Jolliffe, Gertraud Harb, Christoph Heil, Anneliese Felber, and Angelika Magnes, Q11: 39a, 42, 39b, 41, 43-44: Woes against the Pharisees
Reviewed by Peter J. Judge

W. G. Lambert, Babylonian Creation Myths
Reviewed by Michael S. Moore

Daniel C. Matt, trans., The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume 6
Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

Abera M. Mengestu, God as Father in Paul: Kingship Language and Identity Formation in Early Christianity
Reviewed by Inhee C. Berg

Anthony M. Moore, Signs of Salvation: The Theme of Creation in John’s Gospel
Reviewed by Brian J. Tabb

Valérie Nicolet-Anderson, Constructing the Self: Thinking with Paul and Michel Foucault
Reviewed by Chris L. de Wet

Vernon K. Robbins, Who Do People Say I Am? Rewriting Gospel in Emerging Christianity
Reviewed by Michael J. Kok

David S. Vanderhooft and Abraham Winitzer, eds., Literature as Politics, Politics as Literature: Essays on the Ancient Near East in Honor of Peter Machinist
Reviewed by Shawn W. Flynn

Ryan Donald Wettlaufer, No Longer Written: The Use of Conjectural Emendation in the Restoration of the Text of the New Testament, the Epistle of James as a Case Study
Reviewed by Jeff Cate

Παρασκευή 1 Μαΐου 2015

D. Clines: οι ανδρικές παραστάσεις και ιδέες στην Βίβλο / D.Clines: male perceptions and language in the Bible

Μπορείτε να παρακολουθήσετε τη μαγνητοσκοπημένη διάλεξη του καθηγητή David J.A. Clines στο King's College τον Φεβρουάριο 2015 (2015 Ethel M. Wood lecture):