Marginalia Forum: μια συζήτηση του βιβλίου του D. Boyarin, Judaism / Marginalia: A discussion of D. Boyarin's Judaism

Στο ηλεκτρονικό περιοδικό Marginalia έχει ξεκινήσει ένα νέο forum όπου ειδικοί συζητούν το βιβλίο του D. Boyarin, Judaism: The Genealogy of a Modern Nation (2018):

• Annette Yoshiko Reed and Shaul Magid, “Introduction: Marginalia Forum on Daniel Boyarin’s Judaism”
• Adele Reinhartz (University of Ottawa), “Was the Word in the Beginning? On the Relationship between Language and Concepts”
• Simcha Gross (University of California Irvine), “‘Judaism’ Here, There, but Not Everywhere: Persian and Other Non-Western Perspectives” 

Το τρέχον τεύχος του FilNeot / The current issue of FilNeot

Filologia neotestamentaria 51 (2018)

• Stanley E. Porter, Revisiting the Greek Verb: An Extended Critique.
• Juan Barreto - Carmen Rita Jorge - María Maite García, Aproximación al estudio del campo semántico de los lexemas verbales de movimiento en el Griego del Nuevo Testamento.
• Paul L. Danove, Interpreting and Translating Γίνομαι as a Verb of Process in the New Testament.
• Didier Lafleur, Greek New Testament and Purple Manuscripts: The Case of Beratinus 1 (Φ.043) and Beratinus 2 (min. 1143).
• Karl L. Amstrong, The End of Acts and the Comparable Age of its Variants.
• Peter R. Rodgers, The Question of 1 Peter 3:13.

Νέες ανακαλύψεις στο ανάκτορο του Νέρωνα στη Ρώμη / New archaeological findings in Nero's palace in Rome

Παράσταση από τη νέα αίθουσα της Domus Aurea (φωτο: Parco
archeologico del Colosseo)

Σύμφωνα με δημοσιεύματα στον ηλεκτρονικό τύπο αρχαιολόγοι εντόπισαν μία νέα αίθουσα κατά τη διάρκεια αναστηλωτικών εργασιών στο ανάκτορο του Νέρωνα Domus Aurea στη Ρώμη. Πρόκειται για μία αίθουσα διακοσμημένη με παραστάσεις πανθήρων, σφίγγες, τον Πάνα κι άλλα μυθικά πλάσματα. Σύμφωνα με τις εκτιμήσεις των ειδικών οι παραστάσεις χρονολογούνται μεταξύ του 65 και του 68 μ.Χ. Στους επόμενους μήνες τα συνεργεία θα προχωρήσουν στον καθαρισμό του χώρου προκειμένου να αποκαλυφθεί όλο το εικονογραφικό πρόγραμμα των τοιχογραφιών:

Archaeologists find secret chamber decorated with centaurs and a sphinx inside Nero's palace in Rome 

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

Journal of Jewish Studies 70:1 (2019)

Arnon Atzmon, "The original order of Pesikta de-Rav Kahana," 1-23

Determining the original order of the text of Pesikta de-Rav Kahana has plagued scholars since its discovery and reconstruction. This question is not merely technical; rather, it relates to the very essence of the work. The fact that multiple full and partial textual witnesses of the Pesikta have been discovered has not brought this question to its resolution, for these witnesses present the Pesikta in three significantly different orders. This article analyses the textual evidence supporting the order of the text found in these three different versions of the Pesikta. The article also takes into consideration the conceptual consequences of these findings on the nature and essence of the Pesikta. The article concludes by arguing in favour of the order found in one of these versions and with an explanation of the processes that led to the creation of the other two orders. 

Barak S. Cohen, "Citation formulae in the Babylonian Talmud: from transmission to authoritative traditions," 24-44

Scholars have generally viewed the citation formula ‘thus R. X said’ (over 200 appearances) as identical to the more typical formulae used to quote Amoraic statements. In contrast I argue that this particular citation formula differs from the more typical formula in that it is used only when there is an attempt to establish a Halakhic norm, especially when it contradicts alternative traditions. I will further argue that late Babylonian Amoraim use this formula to quote an earlier authoritative source whereas earlier Amoraim use it to quote a sage with whom they had contact. These findings testify to a trend among later Amoraim to issue Halakhic rulings based on the authority of dominant figures from earlier generations and contribute to our understanding of how Halakhic decisions were formulated to accord with particularly prominent rabbis in talmudic Babylonia. 

Jonathan Jacobs, "Nahmanides and Ibn Ezra’s commentaries on Genesis," 45-67

In this article I re-examine the question of which of Ibn Ezra’s commentaries on Genesis was available to Nahmanides when he wrote his own commentary on the book. The consensus until now had been that Nahmanides was familiar with both the short commentary and the second recension. A comprehensive analysis of Nahmanides’ commentary on Genesis demonstrates that this consensus is incorrect – Nahmanides was only familiar with Ibn Ezra’s short commentary. This conclusion is based on our familiarity with Nahmanides’ inclusive approach to his sources, as well as specific examples which prove that Nahmanides was not familiar with the second recension (and not even the ‘third approach’). 

Miriam Sklarz, "Nahmanides’ typological interpretation of the encounter between Abram and Melchizedek (Gen. 14:18–20)," 68-82 

Many of Nahmanides’ typological interpretations are closely associated with rabbinic Midrash and with Rashi’s comments, themselves based on Midrash. An exceptional deviation from the interpretation of the Midrash and Rashi is found in Nahmanides’ typological commentary on the encounter between Abram and Melchizedek (Gen. 14:18–20). Nahmanides, like the Midrash and Rashi, explains the encounter as hinting to the future priestly services in the Temple. But while the Midrash and Rashi emphasize the bread and wine offerings of Melchizedek, these are omitted from Nahmanides’ commentary. The focus is shifted from Melchizedek’s actions and gifts to those of Abram. Thus Nahmanides’ interpretation offers an alternative typology to that of the rabbis and Rashi and he refrains from even mentioning their typological interpretation. The present article offers an explanation for this exception, in the light of anti-Christian polemic and the typological significance of Melchizedek and his offerings in the Christian interpretation. 

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του RSR / In the current issue of RHR

Recherches de Science Religieuse 107:2 (2019)

Céline Rohmer, "De la tradition synodale à l’événement synodal ou comment la Bible interroge la pratique,"  207-224  (abstract)

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

Jewish Studies Quarterly 26:1 (2019)

Shaul Shaked, Rivka Elitzur-Leiman, "An Aramaic Amulet for Winning a Case in a Court of Law," 1-16 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JSOT / The current issue of JSOT

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43:3 (2019)

• Nathan Chambers, "Reading Joshua with Augustine and Sommer: Two frameworks for interpreting theophany narratives," 273-283 (abstract)
• Kasper Siegismund, "The death of a virtuous woman? Proverbs 31.10-31, gnomic qatal, and the role of translation in the analysis of the Hebrew verbal system," 284-300 (abstract)
• Jon-Michael Carman, "Abimelech the manly man? Judges 9.1-57 and the performance of hegemonic masculinity," 301-316 (abstract)
• Geula Twersky, "Genesis 49: The foundation of Israelite monarchy and priesthood," 317-333 (abstract)
• Matthew J Korpman, "Can anything good come from Sodom? A feminist and narrative critique of Lot’s daughters in Gen. 19.30-38," 334-342 (abstract)
• Stephen Llewelyn, Natasha Heap, Alexandra Wrathall, "Reading the Siloam inscription as narrative," 343-358 (abstract)
• Geoff John Aimers, "Theodicy in an ironical sense: The Joban Wager and the portrait of folly," 359-370 (abstract)
• Koog P. Hong, "Abraham, our father, the father of all: A perspective from ancient Korean history," 371-384 (abstract)
• Nathan Chambers, "Genesis 1.1 as the first act of creation," 385-394 (abstract)
• James ‘Seth’ Adcock, "Does Jeremiah dispel diaspora demons? How Septuagint Jeremiah and 4Q71 (4QJerb) rewrote their text structures around an Aramaic war taunt which mocks Zion’s idolatry," 395-416 (abstract)
• David Willgren, "‘May YHWH avenge me on you; but my hand shall not be against you’ (1 Sam. 24:13): Mapping land and resistance in the ‘biographical’ notes of the ‘Book’ of Psalms," 417-435 (abstract)
• Rannfrid Irene Thelle, "Matrices of motherhood in Judges 5," 436-452 (abstract)
• Ellen van Wolde, "The Niphal as middle voice and its consequence for meaning," 453-478 (abstract)
• Jonathan A Thambyrajah, "Mordecai’s dream in Esther—The Greek and Latin versions, character, and the tradition of interpretation," 479-490 (abstract)
• John William Herbst, "Valuing leadership and love: David exceeding Samson," 491-505 (abstract)

Η ταυτότητα του Ισραήλ στη μεταιχμαλωσιακή περίοδο / Israel's identity in post-exilic period

Στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpetation η Maria Häusl (Τεχνικό Πανεπιστήμιο της Δρέσδης) γράφει για τους τρόπους και τα μέσα με τα οποία κατασκευάζεται η ταυτότητα και εξασφαλίζεται η συνοχή της ισραηλιτικής κοινότητας στη μεταιχμαλωσιακή περίοδο:

Israel’s Identity and Forces of Group Cohesion in the Postexilic Period

Οι μη χριστιανικές μαρτυρίες για τον Ιησού / Jesus in the non-Christian sources

Ο Lester Grabbe συγκεντρώνει και παρουσιάζει τις λιγοστές μη χριστιανικές μαρτυρίες για τον Ιησού στην πρόσφατή του ανάρτηση στο ιστολόγιο ANE Today: 

Jesus in Non-Christian Sources

Το τρέχον τεύχος του EC / The current issue of EC

Early Christianity 10:1 (2019)

• Clare K. Rothschild, "Editorial: Christian Oxyrhynchus," 1-2
• Thomas A. Wayment, "Oxyrhynchus as a Test Case: Describing the Tensions That Led to the Creation of Textual Variation Units," 3-20 (abstract)
• Malcolm Choat, Rachel Yuen-Collingridge, "Texts without Authors:  Unidentified Texts in the Christian Tradition from Roman Oxyrhynchus," 56-71 (abstract)
• Peter Arzt-Grabner, "Three Weavers of the First Century CE: Tryphon of Oxyrhynchus, Pausiris of Oxyrhynchus, and Paul of Tarsus," 72-86 (abstract)
• Brice C. Jones, "A Newly Published Fragment of the Gospel of Mark (P¹³⁷), " 89-93 (abstract)