Τι είναι ο κανόνας / What is a canon

Στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation ο Edmon L. Gallagher συζητά τη σημασία και το ρόλο του κανόνα στη χριστιανική και ιουδαϊκή παράδοση: 

What Is a Canon? 

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

Hervormde teologiese studies 75:3 (2019)

Eckart Otto, "Provisions against wealth and poverty in Plato’s Cretan city and in ancient Israel: A comparison of the Book of Deuteronomy with Plato’s Nomoi"

Ένα εγχειρίδιο για τις ανασκαφές στην αρχαία Κόρινθο / A Manual on the excavation of ancient Corinth

Το Πανεπιστήμιο της North Dakota διαθέτει ηλεκτρονικά ένα χρήσιμο αρχαιολογικό εγχειρίδιο για τις ανασκαφές στην αρχαία Κόρινθο. Είναι το πρώτο εγχειρίδιο του είδους που εκδίδεται από αμερικανική αρχαιολογική αποστολή στην Ελλάδα και αφορά ανασκαφές στο ανατολικό τμήμα της Μεσογείου:

G.D.R. Sanders - Sarah A. James - Alicia Carter Johnson, Corinth Excavations: Archaeological Manual (2017) [pdf]

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

Feminist Studies in Religion 35:1 (2019)

Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, "Scribal Innovation, Education, and the Female Body in Ezekiel and Proverbs," 35-30 (abstract)

Μυρωδιές στη Βίβλο / Scents in the Bible

Διαβάστε το άρθρο του Ted Harrison στην ηλεκτρονική εφημερίδα Church Times σχετικά με τις βιβλικές αναφορές σε αρώματα και μυρωδιές: 

Heaven scent — biblical smells

Η γενεαλογία του Μαννασή / Mannaseh's genealogy

Στο ιστολόγιο TheTorah ο Aaron Demsky συγκρίνει τις τρεις διαφορετικές γενεαλογήσεις της φυλής Μαννασή (Αρθ 26· Ιησ 17· 1Χρον 7) και προτείνει εξηγήσεις για αυτές:

Manasseh’s Genealogies: Why They Change Between Numbers, Joshua, and Chronicles

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

Tyndale Bulletin 70:1 (2019)

Benjamin Foreman, "Sacrifice and Centralisation in the Pentateuch: Is Exodus 20:24-26 Really at Odds with Deuteronomy?" 1-22

Many scholars believe Exodus 20:24-–26 and Deuteronomy 12:1-–28 present contradictory regulations on how and where to sacrifice. Exodus 20:24-–26 seems to imply that sacrificial altars can be built at any location throughout the country, while Deuteronomy appears to prohibit all sacrifice outside of the central place of worship. Scholars have dealt with this discrepancy in various ways. In this paper I show how none of these explanations hold up to closer scrutiny and argue that both texts simply address different types of sacrifices permitted in ancient Israel.

Christopher Seglenieks, "Faith and Narrative: A Two-Level Reading of Belief in the Gospel of John," 23-40

The question of who truly believes according to John's Gospel can be unclear, complicated by characters who display contradictory evidence, both portrayed positively yet also reflecting imperfections. A solution to the confusion lies in attending to the overt narration of the Gospel, which creates a distinction between events within the story and the presentation to the reader. Positive expressions of faith within the story can be identified as 'acceptable belief', involving commitment to Jesus but with a limited understanding of his identity and mission. Only after the cross is 'genuine belief', (which includes greater under¬standing), possible.

Elaine A. Phillips, "The Pools of Siloam: Biblical and Post-Biblical Traces," 41-54

Scholars celebrated the 2004 discovery of a large first- century pool at the southern end of Jerusalem's City of David. That pool and the related complex of underground conduits are archaeological echoes of biblical texts from both First and Second Temple periods. Potential identifications of and connections among these vital water sources are already evident in language employed in biblical and post-biblical texts, are reflected in centuries of travellers' reports, and appear in nineteenth- and twentieth- century maps. Data from each of these categories contribute to our comprehensive understanding of the water systems that served Jerusalem through the millennia.

Bob Wagner, "Why Derbe? An Unlikely Lycaonian City for Paul's Ministry (Tacoma, Washington) and Mark Wilson," 55-84

This article discusses Paul's visit to Derbe contextually within the first journey as well as his subsequent visits to this minor Lycaonian city. It reviews the difficulty of earlier travellers and scholars such as Davis, Sterrett, and Ramsay to localise the site. The discovery of two inscriptions naming Derbe have more precisely situated the site, yet some ambiguity remains. Paul's projected routes between Lystra and Derbe as presented in maps and atlases are reviewed. The authors' autopsy of this area provides fresh insights into Paul's route between the two cities. The article closes with a suggested reason why Paul visited Derbe on his first journey and thereby founded a community of believers there.

Vicky Balabanski, "Colossians 1:23: A Case for Translating ἐπιμένετε (Continue) as Imperative, not Indicative," 85-94

This paper presents a morphological observation about a verbal form in Colossians 1:23 that potentially has several significant implications. The paper is, first, a foray into an important new methodological approach, namely the study of the divisions displayed in the earliest Greek manuscript witnesses. Second, it is an exploration of the meaning of εἴ γε (traditionally translated here as 'provided that' or 'if indeed'), and whether in this context the particle γε modalises εἰ in such a way that the meaning of this composite form is 'if so', or 'this being the case', or 'accordingly', followed by the imperative. Third, the paper argues that interpreting ἐπιμένετε (continue) as imperative, not indicative, is a less problematic way of reading Colossians 1:23, both linguistically and theologically, than the traditional reading.

To τρέχον τεύχος του JSNT / The current issue of JSNT

Journal for the Study of the New Testament 42:1 (2019)

• Jason A. Staples, "‘Rise, Kill, and Eat’: Animals as Nations in Early Jewish Visionary Literature and Acts 10," 3-17 (abstract)
• Michael Flexsenhar, III, "The Provenance of Philippians and Why it Matters: Old Questions, New Approaches," 18-45 (abstract)
• Roberta Mazza, "Dating Early Christian Papyri: Old and New Methods – Introduction," 46-57 (abstract)
• Malcolm Choat, "Dating Papyri: Familiarity, Instinct and Guesswork," 58-83 (abstract)
• Brent Nongbri, "Palaeographic Analysis of Codices from the Early Christian Period: A Point of Method," 84-97 (abstract)
• Sarah Goler, James T. Yardley, David M. Ratzan, Roger Bagnall, Alexis Hagadorn, James McInerney, "Dating Ancient Egyptian Papyri through Raman Spectroscopy: Concept and Application to the Fragments of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife and the Gospel of John," 98-133 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Textus / The current issue of Textus

Textus 28:1 (2019)

• Anneli Aejmelaeus, "Was Samuel Meant to Be a Nazirite? The First Chapter of Samuel and the Paradigm Shift in Textual Study of the Hebrew Bible," 1–20 (abstract)
• Alessandro Maria Bruni, "The Second Church Slavonic Translation of 1–4 Kingdoms: A Witness to the Proto-Lucianic Text," 21–44 (abstract)
• Julian C. Chike, "The Literary Development of MT 1 Kings 8:1–11 in Light of the Septuagint," 45–66 (abstract)
• Bradley J. Marsh Jr., "'Darius Son of Ahasuerus, King of the Persians': Textuality and Chronology in Jacob of Edessa’s Book of Daniel," 67–104 (abstract)
• Daniel Olariu, "Criteria for Determining the Common Basis of the Greek Versions of Daniel," 105–124 (abstract)
• Michael Shepherd, "Haggai and Zechariah in Greek Psalm Superscriptions," 125–144 (abstract)
• Richard C. Steiner, "On the Use of Greek Translations in Dating the Shift from Targum Proto-Jonathan to Targum: Yerushalmi in Ezekiel," 145–156 (abstract)
• Sarah Yardney, "The Use of Glossaries by the Translators of the Septuagint," 157–177 (abstract)

Μία βιβλική μάχη 2.800 χρόνων / A biblical battle 2.800 years old

Η επιγραφή από το μωαβιτικό βωμό της Ataroth (Φωτο: Adam Bean)

Μία επιγραφή που πρόσφατα βρέθηκε στην αρχαία πόλη Ataroth (Ιορδανία) έρχεται να συμπληρώσει τις πληροφορίες που είχαμε ως τώρα για την επανάσταση του βασιλιά της Μωάβ, Mesha εναντίον του Βασιλείου του Ισραήλ. Η επανάσταση υπήρξε επιτυχής κι η πόλη Ataroth πέρασε στα χέρια των Μωαβιτών. Το γεγονός αναφέρεται και στη γνωστή Στήλη της  Mesha. H νέα επιγραφή, η οποία ήταν χαραγμένη σε βωμό μωαβιτικού ιερού που ήρθε στο φως κατά τις ανασκαφές στην αρχαία Ataroth το 2010, κάνει επίσης λόγο για την κατάληψη της πόλης από τους Μωαβίτες και τα λάφυρα που προσφέρθηκαν στο ιερό. Μία άλλη επιγραφή από τον ίδιο βωμό ίσως κάνει λόγο για τα περιστατικά της κατάληψης της πόλης:

Biblical War Revealed on 2,800-Year-Old Stone Altar