RBL 17.7.2015

Nathan J. Barnes, Reading 1 Corinthians with Philosophically Educated Women
Reviewed by Timothy A. Brookins

Richard J. Bautch and Jean-François Racine, eds., Beauty and the Bible: Toward a Hermeneutics of Biblical Aesthetics
Reviewed by Richard Viladescu

Raffaella Cribiore, Libanius the Sophist: Rhetoric, Reality, and Religion in the Fourth Century
Reviewed by Thomas Olbricht

Roland Deines; Christoph Ochs and Peter Watts, eds., Acts of God in History: Studies Towards Recovering a Theological Historiographyhttp://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=9599
Reviewed by Wil Rogan

Leann Snow Flesher, Carol J. Dempsey, and Mark J. Boda, eds., Why? … How Long? Studies on Voice(s) of Lamentation Rooted in Biblical Hebrew Poetry
Reviewed by George Savran

Greg W. Forbes, 1 Peter: Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament
Reviewed by Terrance D. Callan

Lisbeth S. Fried, Ezra and the Law in History and Tradition
Reviewed by Thomas Hieke

Martin Heide, Das Testament Abrahams: Edition und Übersetzung der arabischen und äthiopischen Versionen
Reviewed by Curt Niccum

Clayton N. Jefford, The Epistle to Diognetus (with the Fragment of Quadratus): Introduction, Text, and Commentary
Reviewed by Jonathan A. Draper

Lance Jenott and Sarit Kattan Gribetz, eds., Jewish and Christian Cosmogony in Late Antiquity
Reviewed by Steven Thompson

Hubert James Keener, A Canonical Exegesis of Psalm 8: YHWH’s Maintenance of the Created Order through Divine Reversal
Reviewed by Philippus J. Botha

Karl McDaniel, Experiencing Irony in the First Gospel: Suspense, Surprise and Curiosity
Reviewed by Glenna Jackson

Maciej M. Münnich, The God Resheph in the Ancient Near East
Reviewed by Michael S. Moore

Douglas E. Oakman, Jesus, Debt, and the Lord’s Prayer: First-Century Debt and Jesus’ Intentions
Reviewed by David A. Fiensy

Iain Provan, Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters
Reviewed by Richard S. Briggs

Robert M. Royalty Jr., The Origin of Heresy: A History of Discourse in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
Reviewed by Joseph Azize

Benjamin Sargent, David Being a Prophet: The Contingency of Scripture upon History in the New Testament
Reviewed by Kenneth D. Litwak

Ched Spellman, Toward a Canon-Conscious Reading of the Bible: Exploring the History and Hermeneutics of the Canon
Reviewed by John Barton

Rivka Ulmer and Moshe Ulmer, Righteous Giving to the Poor: Tzedakah (“Charity”) in Classic Rabbinic Judaism
Reviewed by Zev Garber

Samson Uytanlet, Luke-Acts and Jewish Historiography: A Study on the Theology, Literature, and Ideology of Luke-Acts
Reviewed by Andrew W. Pitts

Δύο νέα άρθρα στο τρέχον In die Skriflig / Two new articles in the current In die Skriflig

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

• Jacobus (Kobus) Kok, "The plenipotentiary idea as Leitmotiv in John’s Gospel"
• Gert J.C. Jordaan, "The joy of seeing Christ: A thematic study of joy in the Gospel of John"

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

Hervomde teologiese studies 71:3 (2015)

• S.D. (Fanie) Snyman, "To take a second look at Malachi the book"
• Marius J. Nel, "The renouncement of possessions according to Matthew 19:16–30"

Οι Ιουδαίοι στην ΚΔ και στους Πατέρες / Jews in NT and Church Fathers

Στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation έχει αναρτηθεί το κείμενο του Charles David Isbell (Louisiana State University) σχετικά με τον τρόπο που η ΚΔ και οι Πατέρες της Εκκλησίας παρουσιάζουν τους Ιουδαίους αξιοποιώντας το υλικό της ΠΔ:

Emic or Etic? Interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures

Το τρέχον τεύχος του BiblInt / The current issue of BiblInt

Biblical Interpretation 23:3 (2015)

• Daniel Pioske, "Retracing a Remembered Past: Methodological Remarks on Memory, History, and the Hebrew Bible," 291-315 (abstract)
• Nathan Dwight Frank, "Recrafting Israel: Toward an Ethnotechnical Conception of the Nation," 316-339 (abstract)
• Greg Schmidt Goering, "Intersecting Identities and Persuasive Speech: The Cases of Judah and Esther," 340-368 (abstract)
• Timothy Stanley, "The Early Codex Book: Recovering Its Cosmopolitan Consequences," 369-398 (abstract)
• Luis Menéndez-Antuña, "Is There a Room for Queer Desires in the House of Biblical Scholarship?
 A Methodological Reflection on Queer Desires in the Context of Contemporary New Testament Studies," 399-427 (abstract)
• Frederick S. Tappenden, "Embodiment, Folk Dualism, and the Convergence of Cosmology and Anthropology in Paul’s Resurrection Ideals
," 428-455 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Lectio difficilior / The current issue of Lectio difficilior

Lectio difficilior 1 (2015)

• Cecilia Haendler, "Trees as Male and Female: A Biblical Metaphor and its Rabbinic Elaboration" 
• Sara Kipfer und Silvia Schroer, "Der Körper als Gefäß. Eine Studie zur visuellen Anthropologie des Alten Orients"
• Angela Standhartinger, "Words to Remember - Women and the Origin of the 'Words of Institution'"

Δύο νέα άρθρα βιβλικού ενδιαφέροντος στο HTS / New articles of biblical interest in the current issue of HTS

Hervomde teologiese studies 71:1 (2015)

• Pieter F. Craffert, "What does it mean to be possessed by a spirit or demon? Some phenomenological insights from neuro-anthropological research"
• Wilhelm J. Wessels, "Prophetic sensing of Yahweh’s word"

Marginalia: Η σιωπή στην χριστιανική παράδοση / Marginalia: silence in the Christian tradition

Στη σελίδα Marginalia έχει αναρτηθεί η βιβλιοκρισία Sarah Coakley στο βιβλίο του Diarmaid MacCulloch, Silence: A Christian History (2013):

The Scandal of Silence – By Sarah Coakley

Το τρέχον τεύχος του RSB / The current issue of RSB

Ricerche storico bibliche 27:1 (2015)

• Gian Luigi Prato, "Israele fra le genti in epoca ellenistica : un popolo primogenito cittadino del mondo," 5-16
• Lucio Troiani, "Le linee della ricerca attuale sulle interconnessioni tra il mondo ellenistico e il mondo giudaico," 17-25,
• Lucia Criscuolo, "Fonti documentarie per la conoscenza dei nuovi "cittadini del mondo" ellenistico," 27-40
• Laura Boffo, "Il mondo ellenistico degli imperi sopra-locali e delle dinastie regionali : seleucidi e asmonei," 41-70
• Federicomaria Muccioli, "Elementi per una riconsiderazione delle etnie minoritarie nel regno dei seleucidi," 71-89
• Anna Passoni Dell'Acqua, "La produzione letteraria giudaica e la rilevanza del fattore linguistico," 91-131
• Cristina Termini, "La traduzione greca della Torah nel contesto dei canoni letterari alessandrini," 133-155
• Luca Mazzinghi, "Testi autorevoli di epoca ellenistica in analogia con gli scritti biblici : un'esempio illustre: il libro della Sapienza," 157-176
• Caterina Moro, "Miti di fondazione e priorità etnico-culturale giudaica : l'esempio di Mosè," 177-192
• Flavio Dalla Vecchia, "Il Dio Altissimo : la supremazia religiosa come fattore di identità giudaica,"193-209
• Nicola Bonacasa, "Alessandria antica e le recenti ricerche archeologiche," 211-235

Το τρέχον τεύχος του NT / The current issue of NT

Novum Testamentum 57:3 (2015)

• Bärbel Bosenius, "Kann man die neutestamentlichen Briefe der Gattung „Apostelbrief“ zuordnen?," 227-250 (abstract)
• Christoph W. Stenschke, "“Your Obedience is Known to All” (Rom 16:19): Paul’s References to Other Christians and Their Function in Paul’s Letter to the Romans," 251-274 (abstract)
• Julien M. Ogereau, "A Survey of Κοινωνία and Its Cognates in Documentary Sources," 275-294 (abstract)
• Ron Guzmán and Michael W. Martin, "Is Hebrews 5:11-6:20 Really a Disgression?," 295-310 (abstract)
• Christophe Guignard, "0323: A Forgotten 4th or 5th Century Greek Fragment of the Gospel of John in the Syrus Sinaiticus," 311-319 (abstract)