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

Journal of Ancient Judaism 8:1 (2017)

• Aaron Koller, "The Self-Referential Coda to Avot and the Egyptian-Israelite Literary Tradition of Wisdom," 2-25
• Siegbert Riecker, "Die Erkenntnisverheißung im Buch Exodus: Ein verunglückter Sprechakt?," 26-41
• Elisa Uusimäki, "Maskil among the Hellenistic Jewish Sages," 42-68
• Justin P. Jeffcoat Schedtler, "Perplexing Pseudepigraphy: The Pseudonymous Greek Poets," 69-89
• Tzvi Novick, "'I am Not a Butcher': Authority and Expertise in Rabbinic Laws of Meat Production in Classical Rabbinic Literature," 112-144

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

Hervormde Teologiese Studies 74:1 (2018)

• Abraham O. Shemesh, "‘And God gave Solomon wisdom’: Proficiency in ornithomancy" 
• Peet J. van Dyk, "When misinterpreting the Bible becomes a habit"

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

Journal of Theological Studies 69:1 (2018)

• Will Kynes, "The ‘Wisdom Literature’ Category: An Obituary," 1-24 (abstract)
• Anthony Harvey, "Daily Bread," 25-38 (abstract)
• Jonathan Bourgel, "John 4:4–42: Defining A Modus Vivendi Between Jews And The Samaritans," 39-65 (abstract)
• Stephan Witetschek, "Peter in Corinth? A Review of the Evidence from 1 Corinthians," 66-82 (abstract)
• Peter Malik / Darius Müller, "Recovering the Lost Contents of PSI X 1166 (GA 0207): Codicological Reflections on a Fourth-Century De Luxe Copy of the Apocalypse," 83-95 (abstract)
• Alin Suciu, "Note on the Alleged Arabic Manuscript of the Life of Adam, " 96-100 (abstract)
• David Neal Greenwood, "New Testament Christology, Athanasian Apologetic, and Pagan Polemic," 101-105 (abstract)

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

Harvard Theological Review 112:2 (2018)
 
Paul A. Holloway, "Deliberating Life and Death: Paul's Tragic Dubitatio in Philippians 1:22–26," 174-191 (abstract)

To τρέχον τεύχος του Henoch / The current issue of Henoch

Henoch 39:2 (2017)
Dangerous Books: Scribal Activity and Religious Boundaries in Late Antiquity and Beyond

• Flavia Ruani - Joseph E. Sanzo, "Introduction," 195-200
• Daniele Tripaldi, "Secret Books and Corporate Oaths. Coping with the Danger of Circulating ‘Sacred’ Texts in Some Early Christian Writings (2nd - 4th century C.E.)," 201-226
• Joseph E. Sanzo, "Magic and Communal Boundaries. The Problems with Amulets in Chrysostom, Adv. Iud. 8, and Augustine, In Io. tra. 7," 227-246
• Eduard Iricinschi, " 'They fabricate books in Ialdabaoth’s name' (Pan. 25,3). Threatening Religious Books in Epiphanius of Cyprus’ Heresiology and in the Nag Hammadi Writings," 247-269
• Flavia Ruani, "Books of Protection, Books of Perdition. Book Imagery in Ephrem the Syrian’s Heresiology," 270-286
• Yonatan Moss, "'A Religion Assembled from Many Religions'. A Syncretizing Characterization of Islam attributed to Cyril of Alexandria," 287-305
• Gideon Bohak, "Dangerous Books. The Hekhalot Texts as Physical Objects," 306-324
• David Frankfurter, Dangerous Books. An Afterword," 325-330
• Paola Mollo, "The dôr of Hezekiah and the shepherd’s tent. Analysis of a metaphor (Isa 38:12)," 331-350
• Dorota Hartman, "The 'Children of Abraham' in Luke-Acts," 351-365
• Silvia Castelli, "'Non temere admittendae nec temere reiiciendae'. An Early Enlightenment Plea for Conjectural Emendation in Biblical Textual Criticism," 366-383
• Shalom Sadik, "La place de la doctrine aristotélicienne du juste milieu et la primauté du peuple juif dans la pensée de R. Levi Ben Abraham," 384-396
• Stefano Pellò, Iconografie testuali giudaiche nei versi di Xāqānī Širwānī (xii sec.)," 397-

To όραμα του Ιεζεκιήλ για τα ξηρά οστά στον αρχαίο Ιουδαϊσμό / Ezekiel's vision of the dry bones in ancient Judaism

Η ομότιμη καθηγήτρια του Πανεπιστημίου της Haiffa, Devorah Dimant, δημοσιεύει στο ιστολόγιο The Torah ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον κείμενο για την ιστορία της ερμηνείας του οράματος του Ιεζεκιήλ για τα ξηρά οστά στον αρχαίο Ιουδαϊσμό κι εξηγεί πώς από προφητεία για την επιστροφή του εξόριστου ιουδαϊκού λαού έγινε βασικό στοιχείο της πίστης του αρχαίου Ιουδαϊσμού στην ανάσταση:

The Valley of Dry Bones and the Resurrection of the Dead

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

Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies 58:1 (2018)

• Ergün Laflï / Hadrien Bru, "Hair Dedication in Caria: An Inscribed Blade from Stratonikeia," 47-54
• Christopher P Jones, "A Letter of Antoninus Pius and an Antonine Rescript concerning Christians," 67-76 
• Lijuan Lin, "Galen on to kalon and to agathon in De Moribus," 77-101

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

Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 69:1-4 (2017)

• Paul L. Gavrilyuk, "The Epistemological Contours of Florovsky's Neopatristic Theology," 11-24 (abstract)
• Calinic Berger, "Florovsky's 'Mind of the Fathers' and the Neo-Patristic Synthesis of Dumitru Stăniloae," 25-50 (abstract)
• John Fotopoulos, "'Let Us Exercise in the Field of Scripture': The Correspondence between Jerome and Augustine for Insights into Contemporary Issues in Orthodox Biblical Scholarship," 223-247 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του BN / The current issue of BN

Biblische Notizen 176 (2018)
Amulets and Inscribed Religious Object
Peter Arzt Grabner / Kristin De Troyer, "Introduction: Amulets and Inscribed Religious Objects," 3-4

Peter Arzt-Grabner / Kristin De Troyer, "Ancient Jewish and Christian Amulets and How Magical They Are," 5-46 

In this contribution, critical questions are asked regarding the production of some ancient amulets and their use as magical objects. Why, however, are some papyri and parchments labelled amulets? What are the criteria used by scholars to identify an amulet as “magical”? And what precisely is an amulet and what makes it magical? Amulets considered are, i.a., P.Oxy. 76.5073, P.Oxy. 8.1077, the Kettef Hinnom silver scrolls.

Thomas J. Kraus, "Greek Psalm 90 (Hebrew Psalm 91) – the Most Widely Attested Text of the Bible," 47-63 

The study provides a brief survey of the manifold and varied attestation of Greek Ps 90 by archaeological objects so that it turns out to be the most popular and widespread Biblical text. Objects are organized in certain categories according to material features and their use. In addition, a too careless application of terms like ‘amulet’, ‘magic’, and ‘syncretism’ is challenged and an appeal to scholars to take into account every material, textual, iconographic, symbolic and whatsoever piece of information when dealing with an individual object.

Frank Shaw, "The Transition of Ιαω from Non-mystical to Mystical Use and Its Implications for Scholarship," 65-87

The accurate dating of the use of Ιαω in mystical sources calls into question various academic presuppositions regarding this name. Data indicate that the name in magical media began later than has been previously supposed. The implications of this finding for scholarship include more careful conclusions regarding the use of Ιαω temporally and contextually, and a revamping of criteria used by those specializing in magical media.

Nils H. Korsvoll, "Bible Bible Everywhere? Reviewing the Distribution of Biblical Quotes in Ancient Amulets," 89-110

Biblical quotations are commonly considered a hallmark of Jewish and Christian amulets in Late Antiquity. In this article, however, I summarise the indices of several publications to show that while biblical quotations are certainly present, they cluster together in some of the amulets (approx. 25%) rather than being spread evenly across the corpus. In the end I discuss if this means that different amulets within the corpora belonged to different contexts.

James C. Henriques, "Paul’s Magical Mystery Tour: A Brief Survey of Christian Amulets Citing the Pauline Corpus," 111-125 

The usage of gospel quotations for magical amulets in the ancient world is a well-attested and well-studied phenomenon. Less recognized by modern scholars, due to its equally rare occurrence, is the amuletic usage of quotations from the Pauline corpus. This paper collects six amulets that utilize Greek quotations from the Pauline corpus. Following a short survey of these amulets, this paper presents a short interpretation in light of recent scholarship on the topic of Christian magic and amulets.

Τα αρχαιολογικά ευρήματα για την Ιερουσαλήμ της εποχής του Χαλκού / Archaeological findings of Middle Bronze Jerusalem

Στη γνωστή ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation o David Gurevich συζητά τα πρόσφατα αρχαιολογικά ευρήματα από την Ιερουσαλήμ της μέσης εποχής του Χαλκού και πώς αυτά μπορούν να επηρεάσουν την αξιολόγηση της ιστορίας για το ενωμένο Βασίλειο υπό τον Δαυίδ:

Did the Fortified Jerusalem of the Middle Bronze Just Vanish, and What Does This Say About King David?