Η ψηφιοποίηση στις ανθρωπιστικές σπουδές: ιουδαϊκά, χριστιανικά και αραβικά κείμενα / Digital Humanities in Ancient Jewish, Christian and Arabic Traditions

Το περιοδικό The Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture (JRMDC) στο τρέχον τεύχος του φιλοξενεί ένα αφιέρωμα στις Digital Humanities και κυρίως στην ψηφιοποίηση αρχαίων ιουδαϊκών, χριστιανικών και αραβικών κειμένων. Ενδιαφέρον παρουσιάζουν τα κείμενα που αφορούν στα βιβλικά, αραμαϊκά και αρχαία συριακά κείμενα (Διατεσσάρων): 

• Claire Clivaz, "Introduction to 'Digital Humanities in Ancient Jewish, Christian and Arabic Traditions'," 1-20
• Caroline T. Schroeder, "The Digital Humanities as Cultural Capital: Implications for Biblical and Religious Studies," 21-49
• F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp, Chris Hooker, Gregory Murray, "Some Initial Reflections on XML Markup for an Image-Based Electronic Edition of the Brooklyn Museum Aramaic Papyri," 50-72 
• Jan Krans, "Johann Jakob Wettstein. New Sources, New Problems, and New Possibilities for Digital Research," 73-88
• James Allen Libby, "Proposing Some New Ecliptics in New Testament Studies Enabled by Digital Humanities-Based Methods," 89-135 
• David Allen Michelson, "Mixed Up by Time and Chance? Using Digital Methods to “Re-Orient” the Syriac Religious Literature of Late Antiquity," 136-182
• Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, "Gateway to the Syriac Saints: A Database Project," 183-204
• Giuliano Lancioni, N. Peter Joosse, "The Arabic Diatessaron Project: Digitalizing, Encoding, Lemmatization," 205-227
• David Joseph Wrisley, "Modeling the Transmission of al-Mubashshir Ibn Fātik’s Mukhtār al-Ḥikam in Medieval Europe: Some Initial Data-Driven Explorations," 228-257 

Cahiers des Études Anciennes: Katabasis

Το τεύχος του περιοδικού Cahiers des Études Anciennes 53 (2016) είναι αφιερωμένο σε αρχαίες κατανοήσεις του Κάτω Κόσμου και της κατάβασης σε αυτόν. Τα κείμενα είναι ελεύθερα προς ανάγνωση (html):

• Pierre Bonnechere et Gabriella Cursaru, "Katábasis: Introduction," 1-11
• Jonathan S. Burgess, "Localization of the Odyssey’s Underworld," 15-37
• Gabriela Cursaru, "Le Proème de Parménide : anabase et /ou catabase?," 39-63
• Adrian Mihai, "Le Descensus ad inferos du néoplatonicien Damascius à Hiéropolis," 65-81
• Bonnie MacLachlan, "Ritual Katábasis and the Comic," 83-111
• Thierry Petit, "Sphinx et katábasis dans la peinture de vases," 113-150
• Valérie Toillon, "Dans l’antre de Dionysos? Le « satyre » du cratère du Louvre G485," 151-189

Το τρέχον τεύχος του SJOT / The current issue of SJOT

Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 30:1 (2016)

• Sigrid Eder, "'Broken Hearted' and 'Crushed in Spirit': Metaphors and Emotions in Psalm 34,19," 1-15 
• Benjamin D. Giffone, "'Special Forces': A Stereotype of Benjaminite Soldiers in the Deuteronomistic History and Chronicles," 16-29 (abstract)
• Mark Verman, "Royalty, Robes and the Art of Biblical Narrative," 30-43 (abstract)
• Nissim Amzallag & Mikhal Avriel, "Psalm 122 as the Song Performed at the Ceremony of Dedication of the City Wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12, 27-43)," 44-64 (abstract)
• Christophe Lemardelé, "Note Concerning the Problem of Samson the Nazirite in the Biblical Studies," 65-68 (abstract)
• Yisca Zimran, "Isaiah b. Amoz’s Attitude towards the Faith of the Gentile Nations," 69-90 (abstract)
• Benjamin Victor Waters, "The Two Eschatological Perspectives of the Book of Daniel," 91-111 
• George G. Nicol, "When Abram Went to Egypt, did Lot Go with Him?: Some Observations on the Presence and Absence of Characters in Biblical Hebrew Narrative," 112-128 (first page)
• W. Creighton Marlowe, "Genesis 6,1-4 as a Chiasm," 129-144 (abstract)

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

In die Skriflig/ In Luce Verbi

D. Francois Tolmie, "Paul’s exercise of authority in the Letter to Philemon: A perspective from the 4th and 5th centuries CE"

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JTI / The current issue of JTI

Journal of Theological Interpretation 10:1 (2016)

• Hans Boersma, "The Sacramental Reading of Nicene Theology: Athanasius and Gregory of Nyssa on Proverbs 8," 1-30
• Zoltán Schwáb, "I, the Fool: A “Canonical” Reading of Proverbs 26:4–5," 31-50
• Robert G. T. Edwards, "The Disunity and Unity of the Psalter in the Fathers," 51-70
• Joshua Marshall Strahan, "Jesus Teaches Theological Interpretation of the Law: Reading the Good Samaritan in Its Literary Context," 71-86
• Paul C. Boles, "Allegory as Embodiment: The Function of History in Origen’s Genesis Homily," 87-102
• R. W. L. Moberly, "Theological Thinking and the Reading of Scripture: An Auseinandersetzung with Susannah Ticciati," 103-116
• Susannah Ticciati, "Response to Walter Moberly’s 'Theological Thinking and the Reading of Scripture'," 117-124
• Hans Moscicke, "The Theological Presuppositions of Ancient Christian Exegesis: G. K. Beale and Henri de Lubac in Conversation," 125-144
• Ron Haydon, "A Survey and Analysis of Recent 'Canonical' Methods (2000–2015)," 145-

Η φράση menetekel στο Δαν 5 / Meneketel in Dan 5

Ο Holger Gzella έχει αναρτήσει ένα εκτενές κείμενο για το γλωσσικό υπόβραθρο της φράσης meneketel στο Δαν 5: 

The Scribal Background of the “Menetekel” in Daniel 5

To "υπερώο" του Μυστικού Δείπνου / The "upper room" of the Last Supper

Στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation έχει αναρτηθεί το κείμενο του David Christian Clausen (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) σχετικά με την πιθανή ταύτιση του "υπερώου", όπου έλαβε χώρα ο Μυστικός Δείπνος με το Coenaculum στην Ιερουσαλήμ:

Can the Cenacle on Mount Zion Really be the “Upper Room” of Jesus’s Last Supper?

Το τέλος του Μκ στο μικρογράμματο 304 / Mark's ending in the minuscule nr. 304

Ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον σχόλιο για το τέλος του Μκ στο μικρογράμματο χειρόγραφο αρ. 304 (12ος/13ος αι.) αναρτήθηκε από τον James Snapp, Jr. στο ιστολόγιό του The Text of the Gospels: 

Minuscule 304, Theophylact, and the Ending of Mark

O Larry Hurtado για το βιβλίο της Αποκάλυψης / Larry Hurtado on the book of Revelation

Διαβάστε στο ιστολόγιο του Larry Hurtado το εκτενές του σχόλιο για το βιβλίο της Αποκάλυψης και τη σχέση του με το φιλολογικό είδος της αποκαλυπτικής:  

The Book of Revelation: A Different Kind of “Apocalyptic” Text

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

Biblica 97:1 (2016)

• Israel Finkelstein , "The Old Jephthah Tale in Judges: Geographical and Historical Considerations," 1-15
• Gregory T.K. Wong , "Psalm 73 as Ring Composition," 16-40 
• Bradley C. Gregory , "Vice and Virtue in the Moral Vision of the Latin of Sirach," 41-61
• Olegs Andrejevs , "Reexamining Q2: Son of God Christology in Q’s Redactional Layer," 62-78
• Sigurd Grindheim , "Faith in Jesus: The Historical Jesus and the Object of Faith," 79-100
• Jakob Filtvedt Ole , "A 'Non-Ethnic' People?," 101-120
• Gregory R. Lanier , "'From God' or 'from Heaven'? 'ex upsous' in Luke 1,78," 121-127