Ένα πολύτιμο βότανο / A valuable herb

Nόμισμα της Κυρήνης με παράσταση του silphium. Το
φυτό ευδοκιμούσε αποκλειστικά σε αυτήν την περιοχή
κι αποτελούσε σημαντική πηγή πλουτισμού. 

Ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον άρθρο για ένα χαμένο σήμερα βότανο, το silphium, το οποίο έχαιρε μεγάλης εκτίμησης από τους Ρωμαίους δημοσιεύεται διαδικτυακά στη σελίδα του BBC: 

The mystery of the lost Roman herb

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

Hervomde teologies studies 73:3 (2017)

Benjamin W.W. Fung, / Aida B. Spencer  / Francois P. Viljoen, "Do the writing methodologies of Greco-Roman historians have an impact on Luke’s writing order?"

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

Expository Times 128:12 (2017)

• Il-Seung Chung, "Hagar and Ishmael in light of Abraham and Isaac: Reading Gen. 21:8–21 and Gen. 22:1–19 as a Dialogue," 573-582 (abstract)
• Sherri Brown, "The Challenge of 2 Peter and the Call to Theosis," 583-592 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JSHJ / The current issue of JSHJ

Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 15:1 (2017)

• Andrea Nicolotti, "The Scourge of Jesus and the Roman Scourge: Historical and Archaeological Evidence," 1-59 (abstract)
• Jordan J. Ryan, The Historian’s Craft and the Future of Historical Jesus Research: Engaging Brant Pitre’s Jesus and the Last Supper as a Work of History," 60-87 (abstract)
• Alan Kirk, "Ehrman, Bauckham and Bird on Memory and the Jesus Tradition," 88-114 (abstract)
• Jeffrey B Gibson, "John the Baptist and the Origin of the Lord’s Prayer," 115-130 (abstract)
• Klyne Snodgrass, "Are the Parables Still the Bedrock of the Jesus Tradition?" 131-146 (abstract)
• Christopher B. Zeichmann, "Capernaum: A ‘Hub’ for the Historical Jesus or the Markan Evangelist?" 147-165 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JSNT / The current issue of JSNT

Journal for the Study of the New Testament 40:1 (2017)

• Seon Yong Kim, "Reading Romans with Dio Chrysostom and Aelius Aristides: Preliminary Remarks on the Epistle’s Rhetorical Genus," 3-29 (abstract)
• Dorothea H. Bertschmann, "Hosting Jesus: Revisiting Luke’s ‘Sinful Woman’ (Luke 7.36-50) as a Tale of Two Hosts," 30-50 (abstract)
• F. Gerald Downing, "Feasible Researches in Historical Jesus Tradition: A Critical Response to Chris Keith," 51-61 (abstract)
• Chris Keith, "Yes and No: A Critical Response to F. Gerald Downing," 62-72 (abstract)
• Peter-Ben Smit, "In Search of Real Circumcision: Ritual Failure and Circumcision in Paul," 73-100 
• Meredith J.C. Warren, "Tasting the Little Scroll: A Sensory Analysis of Divine Interaction in Revelation 10.8-10," 101-119 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του ΖΑW / The current issue of ZAW

Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 129:3 (2017)

• Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg, "Literalität und Institution: Auf der Suche nach lebensweltlichen Kontexten der Literaturwerdung im alten Israel," 327-345 (abstract)
• Christian Schäfer, "Beobachtungen zu Alfred Rahlfs’ editionstechnischen Grundsätzen in der ›Handausgabe von 1935‹," 346-361 (abstract)
• Jonathan Grossman, "The Double Etymology of Babel in Genesis 11," 362-375 (abstract)
• Andrew Tobolowsky, "The »Samuel the Judge« Narrative in 1Sam 1–7," 376-389 (abstract)
• Michael Pietsch, "Zwischen Restauration und Resignation.Die Amnestie Jojachins (II Reg 25,27–30) als deuteronomistischer Programmtext?," 390-410 (abstract)
• Ethan Jones, "Direct Reflexivity in Biblical Hebrew: A Note on נפשׁ,"  (abstract) 411-426
• Sarah Schulz / Manuel Schäfer, "Die Kelter als Dreschort in Jdc 6,11," 427-430 (abstract)

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

Archiv für Religionsgeschichte 17:1 (2016)

The Religious Life of Things A Conference Organized by Ian S. Moyer and Celia Schultz

• Ian S. Moyer, "Introduction: The Religious Life of Things," 3-10
• Fritz Graf, "Gold Has Many Uses," 11-24 (abstract)
• Mira Balberg, "Omen and Anti-omen: The Rabbinic Hagiography of the Scapegoat’s Scarlet Ribbon," 25-54 (abstract)
• Henry S. Blume, "The Furniture of the Gods: The Problem with the Importation of ‘Empty Space and Material Aniconism’ into Greek Religion," 55-68 (abstract)
• Donald Sells, "Prostitution and Panhellenism in Aristophanes’ Peace," 69-90 (abstract)
• Rachel Neis, "Religious Lives of Image-Things, Avodah Zarah, and Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine," 91-122 (abstract)
• Clara Bosak-Schroeder, "The Religious Life of Greek Automata," 123-138 (abstract)

Words with power: from the Getty Hexameters to the Abgar-Jesus Correspondence

• Kathryn Caliva, "Speech Acts and Embedded Narrative Structure in the Getty Hexameters," 139-164 (abstract)
• Andrew Mark Henry, "Apotropaic Autographs: Orality and Materiality in the Abgar-Jesus Inscriptions," 165-186 (abstract)
• J. Gregory Given, "Utility and Variance in Late Antique Witnesses to the Abgar-Jesus Correspondence," 187-222 (abstract)

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

Arethusa 50:2 (2017)

• Aldo Tagliabue, "Learning from Allegorical Images in the Book of Visions of The Shepherd of Hermas," 221-255 (abstract)
• Thomas A. Schmitz, "The Rhetoric of Desire in Philostratus’s Letters," 257-282 (abstract)

Εμπειρικά μοντέλα και διαχρονική μέθοδος / Empirical models and diachronic method

Στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation ο Joshua Berman (Bar-Ilan University) συζητά τη συμβολή των εμπειρικών μοντέλων στη διαχρονική μελέτη της εξέλιξη των κειμένων της Παλαιάς Διαθήκης και της αρχαίας Εγγύς Ανατολής γενικότερα:

The Challenge to Diachronic Method From Empirical Models of Ancient Writing

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του REJ / In the current issue of RÉJ

Revue des Études Juives 176:1-2 (2017)

• Peter J. Tomson, "Les Épîtres de Paul, une source pour le pharisaïsme historique," 1-23 (abstract)
• Naomi Liran Frisch, "The Returnable Gift of Sukot Festival from Historical and Anthropological Perspective," 25-48 (abstract)
• Ilana Sasson, "On Wisdom, Creation, and Angels: A Karaite Commentary on Proverbs 8," 49-88 (abstract)
• Mireille Hadas-Lebel, "Juif ou grec? Les cas Philon et le cas Paul," 175-187 (abstract)