Το τρέχον τεύχος του BN / The current issue of BN

Biblische Notizen 165 (2015)

• Benjamin Kilchör,  "„An jedem Ort“ oder „am ganzen Ort“ (Ex 20,24b)? Eine Antwort an Jan Joosten," 3-27
• Herbert Migsch, "Jeremia 42LXX,18-19 und die hebräische Vorlage," 19-34
• Ilan Abecassis, "'He put to the sword all his brothers' (2Chr 21,4)?," 35-42
• Bertrand Pinçon, "Quoi de nouveau sous le soleil? L’épreuve du temps chez le sage Qohélet," 43-53
• Serge Frolov / Alexander Frolov, "Sisera Unfastened: On the Meaning of Judges 4:21 aβ-γ," 55-61
• Kyunggoo Min, "Die neue Tora als der neue Bund in Jer 31,31-34," 63-82
• Heiko Wojtkowiak, "Unter der Herrschaft Christi. Ernst Käsemanns Paulusverständnis: Konstanten und Entwicklungen – Teil 2," 83-99
• Thomas Witulski, "Ein Evangelium ohne Epiphanieerzählungen?! Mk 16,1-8 als ursprünglicher Schluss des Markusevangeliums – Teil 2," 101-120
• Friedrich-Emanuel Focken, "Joschijas Gesetzesschrift. Eine literarkritische und redaktionsgeschichtliche Analyse von 2Kön 22,1-23,3; 23,21-30 – Teil 2,"121-137

Περιλήψεις / Abstracts

Ο David Carr για τις τάσεις στην παλαιοδιαθηκική έρευνα στην Αμερική και στην Ευρώπη / David Carr on the trends in the study of the Hebrew Bible in the States and Europe

Στην σελίδα Marginalia έχει αναρτηθεί το ενδιαφέρον κείμενο του David Carr, ο οποίος με αφορμή την έκδοση δύο βιβλίων από τους Reinhard Müller, Juha Pakkala και Bas ter Haar Romeny συζητά τις εξελίξεις στην έρευνα της εβραϊκής Βίβλου στις ΗΠΑ και την Ευρώπη.

David M. Carr on Reinhard Müller, Juha Pakkala, and Bas ter Haar Romeny’s Evidence of Editing and Juha Pakkala’s God’s Word Omitted

Δυο νέα άρθρα βιβλικού ενδιαφέροντος στο τρέχον τεύχος του VE/ Two new articles of biblical interest in the current issue of VE

Verbum et ecclesia 36:1 (2015)

• Dirk van der Merwe, "Reading the Bible in the 21st century: Some hermeneutical principles: Part 1"
• Dirk van der Merwe, "Reading the Bible in the 21st century: Some hermeneutical principles: Part 2"

Ένα νέο άρθρο βιβλικού περιεχομένου στο τρέχον τεύχος του HTS / A new article of biblical interest in the current issue of HTS

Hervomde teologiese studies 71:3 (2015)

Anneke Viljoen, "The structuring considerations of a Ricoeurian hermeneutic employed in a reading of Proverbs 14:2"

O P. van der Horst για τις προσευχές της συναγωγής / P. van der Horst on the synagogal prayers

Στη γνωστή σελίδα The Bible and Interpretation έχει αναρτηθεί ένα σύντομο κείμενο του Pieter van der Horst, ομότιμου καθ. του Παν/μίου της Ουτρέχτης σχετικά με τις προσευχές της συναγωγής και τις πιθανές φιλοσοφικές επιδράσεις σε αυτά.  Ως κείμενα αναφοράς ο συγγραφέας χρησιμοποιεί τις έξι προσευχές που διασώζονται στις Αποστολικές Διαταγές 7:33-38 κι οι οποίες σήμερα θεωρούνται χριστιανικές επεξεργασίες των επτά προσευχών για την ευλογία του Σαββάτου. O van der Horst εξετάζει τις πιθανές επιδράσεις της ελληνικής φιλοσοφικές σκέψης στις συγκεκριμένες προσευχές κι υποστηρίζει, χωρίς, ωστόσο, να αποκλείσει εντελώς την πιθανότητα να οφείλονται εδώ στη χριστιανική επεξεργασία των κειμένων, ότι υπήρχαν στο ιουδαϊκό πρωτότυπο. Κάτι τέτοιο μαρτυρεί την έντονη επίδραση της ελληνορωμαϊκής κουλτούρας στον Ιουδαϊσμό της εποχής αμέσως μετά την καταστροφή του Ναού. 

The Bible and Ancient Philosophy in Greek Synagogal Prayers

Ένας νέος τόμος για τη βιβλική λεξικολογία / A new volume on biblical lexicology

Κυκλοφόρησε από τον εκδοτικό οίκο de Gruyter ένας νέος συλλογικός τόμος με μελέτες σχετικά με την βιβλική λεξικολογία. Σύμφωνα με την σύντομη περιγραφή στη σχετική σελίδα του εκδοτικού οίκου σκοπός των επιμέρους αυτών μελετών είναι η ανάδειξη της σχέσης μεταξύ της μελέτης των λέξεων και της μελέτης των κειμένων. Για αυτό χρησιμοποιούνται παραδείγματα από την εβραϊκή Βίβλο και τη μετάφραση των Ο΄. Μεταξύ των άλλων στις μελέτες του τόμου εξετάζονται θέματα ετυμολογίας, σημασιολογίας, ιστορίας των λέξεων, νεολογισμοί και άλλα. 

Eberhard Bons / Jan Joosten / Regine Hunziker-Rodewald  (eds.) -in collab. with Romina Vergari, Biblical Lexicology: Hebrew and Greek. Semantics – Exegesis – Translation (BZAW 443), de Guyter, Berlin 2015

ISBN: x + 393 pp.

€ 129.95

Πίνακας περιεχομένων / Table of contents

Δύο νέα άρθρα στο τρέχον τεύχος του HTS / Two new articles in the current issue of HTS

Hervomde Τeologiese Studies 71:1 (2015)

• Kyu Seop Kim, "Reframing Paul’s sibling language in light of Jewish epistolary forms of address"
• Evangelia G. Dafni, "Euripides’s Helena and Pentateuch traditions: The Septuagint from the perspective of Ancient Greek Tragedies"

Ένα νέο άρθρο στο τρέχον τεύχος του In die Skriflig / A new article in the current In die Skriflig

In die Skriflig / In Luce Verbi 49:2 (2015)

Francois P. Viljoen, "Matthew and the Torah in Jewish society"

RBL 19.6.2015

Peter Bing and Regina Höschele, Aristaenetus, Erotic Letters
Reviewed by Richard I. Pervo

David E. Briones, Paul’s Financial Policy: A Socio-theological Approach
Reviewed by Julien M. Ogereau

Brandon D. Crowe, The Obedient Son: Deuteronomy and Christology in the Gospel of Matthew
Reviewed by Don Garlington

Philip R. Davies, On the Origins of Judaism
Reviewed by Daniel Boyarin

Patricia Dutcher-Walls, Reading the Historical Books: A Student’s Guide to Engaging the Biblical Text
Reviewed by Iain Provan

J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel Hays, Living God’s Word: Discovering Our Place in the Great Story of Scripture
Reviewed by James W. Thompson

Jörg Frey and Angela Standhartinger, eds., Neues Testament und frührabbinisches Judentum
Reviewed by Judith M. Lieu

Joel B. Green and Tim Meadowcroft, eds., Ears That Hear: Explorations in Theological Interpretation of the Bible
Reviewed by Craig L. Blomberg

Martin Hengel, Between Jesus and Paul: Studies in the Earliest History of Christianity
Reviewed by Timothy P. Henderson

Pieter W. van der Horst, Studies in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
Reviewed by Matthew J. Grey

Alexander Kyrychenko, The Roman Army and the Expansion of the Gospel: The Role of the Centurion in Luke-Acts
Reviewed by James M. Morgan

Clemens Leonhard and Hermut Lohr, eds., Literature or Liturgy?
Reviewed by Thomas Bergholz

Jared L. Miller, Royal Hittite Instructions and Related Administrative Texts
Reviewed by Michael S. Moore

Birger Olsson, A Commentary on the Letters of John: An Intra-Jewish Approach
Reviewed by Daniel R. Streett

Stanley E. Porter and Cynthia Long Westfall, eds., The Church, Then and Now
Reviewed by Nijay Gupta

Rafael Rodríguez, Oral Tradition and the New Testament: A Guide for the Perplexed
Reviewed by Werner H. Kelber

Michael Tuval, From Jerusalem Priest to Roman Jew: On Josephus and the Paradigms of Ancient Judaism
Reviewed by Jonathan Klawans

David R. Wallace, Election of the Lesser Son: Paul’s Lament-Midrash in Romans 9–11
Reviewed by A. Chadwick Thornhill

Matt Waters, Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE
Reviewed by Jason Silverman

Ola Wikander, Drought, Death, and the Sun in Ugarit and Ancient Israel: A Philological and Comparative Study
Reviewed by Laura Quick

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Biblica online / The current issue of Biblica online

Biblica 96:1 (2015)

Van Seters John, "Dating the Yahwist’s History: Principles and Perspectives," 1-25

In order to date the Yahwist, understood as the history of Israelite origins in Genesis to Numbers, comparison is made between J and the treatment of the patriarchs and the exodus-wilderness traditions in the pre-exilic prophets and Ezekiel, all of which prove to be earlier than J. By contrast, Second Isaiah reveals a close verbal association with J’s treatments of creation, the Abraham story and the exodus from Egypt. This suggests that they were contemporaries in Babylon in the late exilic period, which is confirmed by clear allusions in both authors to Babylonian sources dealing with the time of Nabonidus.

Eichler Raanan, "Cherub: A History of Interpretation," 26-38 

The cherub is a type of creature mentioned some 90 times in the Hebrew Bible, where it is portrayed as a predominant motif in Israelite iconography. This paper surveys the attempts to determine the form of the cherub, in both textual and iconographic sources, from the fourth century to the twentyfirst. The cherub has been interpreted as a winged human (child or adult), a bird, a winged bovine, a griffin, a winged sphinx, and a composite creature in general. The last two identifications, which prevail in contemporary scholarship, are rejected, and a path to a correct identification is proposed.

Ramond Sophie, "La voix discordante du troisième livre du Psautier (Psaumes 74, 80, 89),"39-66

In the neo-Babylonian period, ideologically antagonistic literary circles propose various conceptions of the relationship between God and his people. The aim of this article is to examine which of the Psalms of collective laments in Book III could be classified as dissident texts, refuting the mainstream opinion that justifies the actions of God and thus places the blame on the people for the situation of devastation and exile. More specifically, Psalms 74, 80 and 89 are analysed to find out whether they present a theological strand different from the dominant deuteronomistic line of thinking.

Peters Janelle, "Crowns in 1 Thessalonians, Philippians, and 1 Corinthians," 67-84

The image of the crown appears in 1 Thess 2,19, Phil 4,1, and 1 Cor 9,25. However, the crowns differ. While the community constitutes the apostle’s crown in 1 Thessalonians and Philippians, the crown in 1 Corinthians is one of communal contestation. In this paper, I compare the image of the crown in each of the letters. I argue that the crown in 1 Corinthians, available to all believers even at Paul’s expense, is the least hierarchical of the three crowns.

Tack Laura, "A Face Reflecting Glory. 2 Cor 3,18 in its Literary Context (2 Cor 3,1 – 4,15)," 85-112

This contribution investigates the translation of the hapax legomenon katoptrizo/menoi in 2 Cor 3,18; in addition to philological and religionhistorical arguments, in particular the article takes into account the broader literary context (2 Corinthians 3–4). The main theme of that context, embodied proclamation, turns out to be an important justification of the translation “to reflect as a mirror”. Especially the link between 2 Cor 3,18 and the whole of 2 Corinthians 4, which describes Paul’s somatic identification with and manifestation of Christ, results in understanding 2 Cor 3,18 as describing the unveiled face that reflects the divine glory as a mirror.

Gilbert Maurice, "L’interpretazione di SiracideVL-Vg 24,6a," 113-118

The addition in SirVL-VG 24,6a (“I [Wisdom personified] made the light arise that does not set”) has been understood by C. Kearns as the light that illuminates the righteous in the afterworld. In this short note, we propose to see in this “light” that of the Torah, which arose before the creation of the universe.