Το τρέχον τεύχος του Biblica / The current issue of Biblica

Biblica 98:4 (2017)

• Walter Bührer, "'Ich will mir einen Namen machen!': Alttestamentliche und altorientalische Verewigungsstrategien," 481 - 503 (abstract)
• Hee-Sook Bae, "Reconsidering Barak's Response in Judges 4," 504 - 519 (abstract)
• Raik Heckl, "Des Ezechielbuch als Metatext I: Ezechiel 1-3 als Leseanleitung für ein literarisch ausformuliertes Prophetenbuch," 520 - 540 (abstract)
• Inchol Yang, "The Influence of Sumerian City Laments on the Tammuz Lament," 541 - 557 (abstract)
• Mark A. Proctor, "'It was not the Season for Figs': Aesthetic Absurdity in Mark's Intercalations," 558 - 581 (abstract)
• Eyal Regev, "What has been Changed in the Law of Hebrews?," 582 - 599 (abstract)
• Guy Darshan, "Textual History of the Account of Alexander the Great in 1 Maccabees," 600 - 609 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του ET / The current issue of ET

Expository Times 129:6 (2018)

To τρέχον τεύχος του περιοδικού είναι αφιερωμένο στα 250 χρόνια από το θάνατο του Hermann Samuel Reimarus: 

• Jonathan C. P. Birch, "Reimarus and the Religious Enlightenment: His Apologetic Project," 245-253 (abstract)
• Robert Morgan, "Reimarus, Schweitzer, and Modern Theology," 254-264 (abstract)
• John Riches, "Lessing as Editor of Reimarus," 265-270 (abstract)

Ένα νέο άρθρο στο τρέχον τεύχος του JHS / A new article in the current issue of JHS

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 18 (2018)

Mark Leuchter, "Exclusivity and Inclusivity in Post-Monarchic Society and Literature: A Conversation on Dalit Rom-Shiloni's Exclusive Inclusivity: Identity Conflicts between the Exiles and the People Who Remained (6th–5th Centuries BCE)"

Το τρέχον τεύχος του HeBAI / The current issue of HeBAI

Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 6:3 (2017)

• Israel Finkelstein - Konrad Schmid, "Jeroboam's Israel," 259-261
• Israelv Finkelstein, "A Corpus of North Israelite Texts in the Days of Jeroboam II?," 262-289 (abstract)
• Ernst Axel Knauf, "Jeroboam ben Nimshi: The Biblical Evidence," 290-307 (abstract)
• Nadav Na'aman, "Memories of Monarchical Israel in the Narratives of David's Wars with Israel's Neighbours," 308-328 (abstract)
• Omer Sergi, "The United Monarchy and the Kingdom of Jeroboam II in the Story of Absalom and Sheba's Revolts (2 Samuel 15–20)," 329-353 (abstract)
• Assaf Kleiman, "A North Israelite Royal Administrative System and its Impact on Late-Monarchic Judah," 354-371 (abstract)
• Thomas Römer, "How Jeroboam II became Jeroboam I," 372-382 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JSNT / The current issue of JSNT

Journal for the Study of the New Testament 40:3 (2018)

• David Konstan, "Trusting in Jesus," 247-254 (abstract)
• Peter Oakes, "Pistis as Relational Way of Life in Galatians," 255-275 (abstract)
• Loveday Alexander, "A Map of Understanding: The Riskiness of Trust in the World of the Early Christians," 276-288 (abstract)
• Judith M. Lieu, "Faith and the Fourth Gospel: A Conversation with Teresa Morgan," 289-298 (abstract)
• Teresa Morgan, "Faith in Dialogue," 299-311 (abstract)
• Ryan S. Schellenberg, "Did Paul Refuse an Offer of Support from the Corinthians?," 312-336 (abstract)
• Deborah Thompson Prince, "Seeing Visions: The Persuasive Power of Sight in the Acts of the Apostles," 337-359 (abstract)
• Matthew C. Pawlak, "Consistency Isn’t Everything: Self-Commendation in 2 Corinthians," 360- 382 (abstract)
• Jermo van Nes, "Missing ‘Particles’ in Disputed Pauline Letters? A Question of Method," 383-398 (abstract)

To τρέχον τεύχος του Henoch / The current issue of Henoch

Henoch 39:1 (2017)
Το τρέχον τεύχος περιέχει τα πρακτικά του συνεδρίου που έλαβε χώρα το 2016 στην Ραβέννα και στην Μπολώνια με αφορμή τα 70 χρόνια από την ανακάλυψη του Κουμράν:

Qumran at Seventy

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Neot / In the current issue of Neot

Neotestamentica 51:2 (2017)

• Ernest van Eck, "Realism and Method: The Parables of Jesus," 163-184 (abstract)
• Thomas Farrar, "Today in Paradise?: Ambiguous Adverb Attachment and the Meaning of Luke 23:43," 185-207 (abstract)
• Herman C. du Toit, "The Function of the Imperfect Tense-Form in the Narrative Discourse of John's Gospel: Some Remarks," 209-234 (abstract)
• Jeremy Punt, "Not Child's Play: Paul and Children," 235-259 (abstract)
• Christoph Stenschke, "Human and Non-Human Creation and Its Redemption in Paul's Letter to the Romans," 261-289 (abstract)
• Jackson Wu, "Why Is God Justified in Romans?: Vindicating Paul's Use of Psalm 51 in Romans 3:4," 291-314 (abstract)
• Seth Kissi - Ernest van Eck, "An Appeal to Personality in Hebrews: A Social-Scientific Study," 315-335 (abstract)
• Jacobie M. Helena Visser, "Following the Man on the Slippery Slide: Christ in 1 Peter," 337-357 (abstract)
• Maretha M. Jacobs, "On Fairness and Accuracy in the Academy: A Brief Response to Wim Vergeer's Use of Terminologies, and Some Simplifications, in the Article 'The Redeemer in an 'Irredeemable Text' (1 Timothy 2:9–15)'," 359-365 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JBR / The current issue of JBR

Journal of the Bible and its Reception 4:2 (2017)

• Nathan MacDonald, "The Bible in America and Britain at War," 175-180 (abstract)
• Cindy Wesley, "Making the Bible Safe for Democracy: American Methodists and the First World War," 181-192 (abstract)
• Charlotte Methuen, " 'The Bible is the Word of God.… What does it Tell us About War?'," 193-206 (abstract)
• Andrew Mein, "Bishops, Baby-Killers and Broken Teeth: Psalm 58 and the Air War," 207-224 (abstract)
• Ian M. Randall, "'All War is Contrary to the Mind of Christ:' The Bible and the Fellowship of Reconciliation," 225-246 (abstract)
• Michael Snape, "The Bible and the British and American Armed Forces in Two World Wars," 246-286 (abstract)
• Eric Michael Reisenauer, "'The Merchants of Tarshish, with all the Young Lions Thereof.' The British Empire, Scripture Prophecy, and the War of Armageddon, 1914–1918," 287-318 (abstract)
• Alana M. Vincent, "Ecclesiasticus, War Graves, and the Secularization of British Values," 319-329 (abstract)

Θεσσαλονίκη: το παρελθόν της ξαναζωντανεύει / Thessaloniki: the city's past comes to life

Σε ημερίδα που πραγματοποιήθηκε χτες, 23.2.2018, αρχαιολόγοι παρουσίασαν τα ευρήματα που ήρθαν στο φως με αφορμή την κατασκευή του μετρό της πόλης. Διαβάστε το ενδιαφέρον φωτορεπορτάζ με αφορμή τη χτεσινή ημερίδα: 

Η πόλη κάτω από τη Θεσσαλονίκη του σήμερα

Εnglish version: 

(Information and photos from www.thestival.gr)

During a conference archaeologists presented the findings from the recent excavations in the city underground construction sites. The artifacts and the buildings that came to light are really impressive and they contribute to the reconstruction of the urban landscape of Thessaloniki from the Hellenistic to the Byzantine times. 

1. Pre-cassandrian settlement - Roman cemetery at the outskirts of the city (Pylaia)

Part of the pre-cassandrian town (5th-4th c. CE).

In 2012 a pre-cassandrian settlement dated in the 4th c. BCE. was found in the area of Pylaia According to the reports it was a thriving town organized on the basis of the Hippodamian system. Its life ended in 315 BCE when Cassander founded the city of Thessaloniki. 

In the same area archeologists found part of a Roman cemetery (2nd-4th c. CE) and the traces of a settlement of the Roman times at the outskirts of Thessaloniki.

Aspect of the Roman cemetery in Pylaia
(2nd-4th c. CE)

2. The eastern cemetery of the city

At the underground station "Syntrivani" in front of the University Campus part of the eastern cemetery of the city was excavated. At same site archaeologists found the remains of a three-aisle cemetery basilica along with traces of an older building decorated with mosaics. Moreover, 3,000 artifacts came to light, various types of graves, coins, jewels as well as numerous vessels. 

The basilica of eastern cemetery. 

3. The urban landscape

The city was organized on the basis of the Hippodamian system (horizontal and vertical roads). Despite some minor reconstructions this system was preserved in the Roman times as well.

Houses of the Hellenistic period at the Hagia Sophia underground station.

During the 4th c. CE porticos with shops and big impressive buildings were built along the streets. In the same period a Nymphaeum was constructed north of the decumanus at the junction with the cardo that is now Hagia Sophia Street. 

Nymphaeum at the Hagia Sophia underground station. 

In the 6th c. a major reconstruction of the centre of the city takes place. The marble paved decumanus was widened and some of the older buildings along this road are replaced by squares at the main crossroads of the city. 

Part of the decumanus excavated at Venizelou underground station.

This is the case of the two squares found at the Hagia Sophia station.

Marble paved square. Hagia Sophia underground station, south entrance.

The archaeological findings attest that in Late Antiquity Thessaloniki was still an important city with impressive buildings in the city centre. The construction of the underground stations along Egnatia street that coincides with the route of the Avenue or Middle Street of the Byzantine times brought to light the Byzantine pebble paved main street that replaced the ancient decumanus (width 5.5-6.5 m.). Many new roads were constructed defining the insulae of the city. However, in the urban centre older public buildings were replaced by houses and shops over time. Many of these houses and shops have come to light during the excavations along Egnatia street.

The two Byzantine squares excavated at the Hagia Sophia underground station.

4. The western cemetery of the city

The underground station in the western part of the city are in fact located outside the western walls of the city. The excavations there brought to light findings that provide information about the area from the 3rd c. BCE till modern times. Two important factors define the structure of this area: via Egnatia (not to be confused with modern Egnatia strees of the city that follows the route of the ancient  decumanus) and the various streams of the area. 

Parts of the ancient road that led out of the Golden Gate of the city and along the western cemetery have been already found in the area of the Monastiriou street.

Part of the western cemetery also came to light during the construction of the Dimokratias underground station and at the New Rail Station of the city. 

Southern and northern part of the cemetery. Dimokratias underground station.

This cemetery developed along the northern side of the road that led out of the city. It contains various grave types and funerary altars usually in small enclosures where funerary rites and offerings took place. Marble sarcophagi and grave buildings dated from the 2nd to the 4th c. CE came to light. It seems that this cemetery was in use from the Hellenistic times and till the 4th c. CE when churches and Christian martyria are constructed there. In later times and especially in the 6th c. the cemetery is seldom used for burials.

Votings from graves in the western cemetery.

5. The western exurban area

The construction of the Dimokratias underground station in the area outside the Golden Gate of the ancient city led to the excavation of large state storehouses of wine and oil and of workshops dated in the 5th c. In the 5th c. a church was built on the ruins of the oil storehouse with an adjacent grave construction. By the end of the 6th or beginning of the 7th c. CE the church was destroyed and the area was abandoned (with an exception of a few burials in the 6th c.).

The remains of the storehouses along the route of the road that led outside the city
and though the Golden Gate. Dimokratias underground station.

Το τρέχον τεύχος του DSD / The current issue of DSD

Dead Sea Discoveries 24:3 (2017)

• Pieter B. Hartog - Jutta Jokiranta, "The Dead Sea Scrolls in Their Hellenistic Context," 339-355 (abstract)
• Benjamin G. Wright, "Were the Jews of Qumran Hellenistic Jews?," 356-377 (abstract)
• Dennis Mizzi, "From the Judaean Desert to the Great Sea: Qumran in a Mediterranean Context," 378-406 (abstract)
• Benedikt Eckhardt, "Temple Ideology and Hellenistic Private Associations," 407-423 (abstract)
• Hanna Tervanotko, "Reading God’s Will? Function and Status of Oracle Interpreters in Ancient Jewish and Greek Texts," 424-446 (abstract)
• Mladen Popović, "Reading, Writing, and Memorizing Together: Reading Culture in Ancient Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls in a Mediterranean Context," 447-470 (abstract)