Ένα νέο άρθρο στο Verbum et Ecclesia / A new article in the current issue of Verbum et Ecclesia

 Verbum et Ecclesia 41/1 (2020)

Marius Nel, "Pentecostal hermeneutical reconsideration of the longer ending of Mark 16:9–20"

Νέα άρθρα στο Hervormde Teologiese Studies / New articles in Hervormde Teologiese Studies

 Hervormde Teologiese Studies 76/3 (2020)

• Gerald O. West, "Interlocution after liberation: Who do we interpret with and which biblical text do we read with?"

 Hervormde Teologiese Studies 76/4 (2020)

• Annette H. Evans, "‘Between righteousness and alms’ in Tobit: What was the author’s real intention?"
• Daniel Sakitey, Ernest van Eck, "Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον (Mt 6:11; Lk 11:3): The Lord’s Prayer and an African predicament – the Ewe-Ghanaian context in focus"
• Mark Rathbone, "Capitalism, the Book of Amos and Adam Smith: An analysis of corruption"

Το ευαγγέλιο του Μάρκου ως η πρώτη βιογραφία του Ιησού / Mark's Gospel as the first biography of Jesus

 Στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation η Helen Bond συζητά το κατά πόσο το ευαγγέλιο του Μάρκου παρουσιάζει συγγένεια με τους "βίους" της αρχαίας γραμματείας κι εξηγεί γιατί αυτό είναι σημαντικό: 

Mark’s Gospel as the First Biography of Jesus – and 10 reasons why it matters

Ζωντανεύοντας την καθημερινότητα μιας αρχαίας πόλης / Unravelling everyday life of an ancient city

Φωτο: ΑΑ

Ένα σημαντικό εύρημα έφεραν στο φως αρχαιολόγοι που εργάζονται στην ανασκαφή του θεάτρου της αρχαίας πόλης των Μύρων. Κάτω από το ρωμαϊκό θέατρο εντόπισαν κτίσματα κι ένα μικρότερο θέατρο της ελληνιστικής περιόδου. Στο ίδιο στρώμα της ανασκαφής βρέθηκε μεγάλος αριθμός αγαλματιδίων θεοτήτων, ανδρών, γυναικών, ζώων αλλά και χάλκινα και αργυρά αντικείμενα. Πολλά από τα αγαλματίδια διασώζουν ίχνη χρώματος και μας δίνουν πληροφορίες για τα ενδύματα της εποχής εκείνης. Επιπλέον απεικονίζουν σκηνές της καθημερινότητας των κατοίκων της πόλης κατά 2ο και 1ο αι. π.Χ.:

Figurines found at ancient Myra in southern Turkey 

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του Hervormde Teologiese Studies / In the current issue of Hervormde Teologiese Studies

Hervormde Teologiese Studies 76/2 (2020)

• Lodewyk Sutton, "An appropriation of Psalm 82 against the background of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Christian church as a change agent in the Fourth Industrial Revolution"

Hervormde Teologiese Studies 76/4 (2020)

• Evangelia G. Dafni, "Medea of Euripides and the Old Testament: Cultural critical remarks with special reference to the background of the Septuagint"

Νέα άρθρα στο Scriptura / New articles in Scriptura

 Scriptura 119/1 (2020)

• June Frances Dickie, "Performing Psalms of Lament: Does God (Off-Stage) Respond to the Compainant's Cry?"
• Omotayo Ibukun Fakayode, "In-Text Translation in the German and the Yoruba Bibles: Convergence or Divergence?"
• Vincent Chukwuma Onwukwe, "Characterisation and Plot(s) in Genesis 16: A Narrative-Critical Analysis"

Scripture 119/3 (2020)

Reflections on current and past approaches to Biblical, Theological and Contextual Hermeneutics

• Ernst M. Conradie, "A Journal for Biblical, Theological and/or Contextual Hermeneutics?"
• Gerald West, "Towards an Inclusive and Collaborative African Biblical Hermeneutics of Reception and Production: A Distinctively South African Contribution"

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

 Mnemosyne 73/5 (2020)

Joanne Vera Stolk, "Post-Classical Greek from a Scribal Perspective: Variation and Change in Contemporary Orthographic Norms in Documentary Papyri," 750–774 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JBL / The current issue of JBL

 Journal of Biblical Literature 139/3 (2020)

• Richard C. Steiner, "Contradictions, Culture Gaps, and Narrative Gaps in the Joseph Story," 439-458 (abstract)
• Lance Hawley, "The Rhetoric of Condemnation in the Book of Job," 459-478 (abstract)
• Samuel Hildebrandt, "'Woe Is Me!': The Book of Jeremiah and the Language of Despair," 479-497 (abstract)
• Brian Charles DiPalma, "The Animalistic Nebuchadnezzar and the Heroic Encounter: Daniel 4:30 Iconographically Revisited," 499-520 (abstract)
• Nathan Hays, "Yedaniah’s Identity as Priest or Layperson and the Rhetoric of the Letter from the Judean Garrison of Elephantine to Bagavahya," 521-541 (abstract)
• Matthew Chalmers, "Rethinking Luke 10: The Parable of the Good Samaritan Israelite," 543-566 (abstract)
• D. Clint Burnett, "Imperial Divine Honors in Julio-Claudian Thessalonica and the Thessalonian Correspondence," 567-589 (abstract)
• Nevin Climenhaga, "Papias’s Prologue and the Probability of Parallels," 591-596 (abstract)

JBL Forum: Biblical Studies in a Pandemic

• Mark G. Brett and Susan E. Hylen, "The JBL Forum, an Occasional Exchange: Biblical Studies in a Pandemic," 597-599 (abstract)
• Roger S. Nam, "Biblical Studies, COVID-19, and Our Response to Growing Inequality," 600-606 (abstract)
• Ying Zhang, "Reading the Book of Job in the Pandemic," 607-612 (abstract)
• Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon and Mothy Varkey, "Teaching Biblical Studies in a Pandemic: India,"  613-618 (abstract)
• Annette Weissenrieder, "The Unpleasant Sight: Vulnerability and Bodily Fragmentation," 619-624 (abstract)
• Jacqueline M. Hidalgo, "Scripturalizing the Pandemic ," 625-634 (abstract)

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

 Religions 11/9 (2020)

Andrew Tobolowsky, "The Hebrew Bible as Mythic “Vocabulary”: Towards a New Comparative Mythology"

Robyn Whitaker, "Victim to Victor: The Appeal of Apocalyptic Hope"

Η εορτή του Εξιλασμού / Yom Kippur

 Με αφορμή τον εορτασμό της Yom Kippur η σελίδα TheTorah δημοσιεύει μία σειρά από κείμενα τα οποία συνδέονται με τη θεολογία και την παράδοση της εορτής: 

"Scapegoat: The Origins of the Crimson Thread" (Noga Ayali-Darshan)

"Moses Pleads with God: Why Must I Die?" (Raymond P. Scheindlin)

"The Binding of Isaac, a Sacred Legend for the Jerusalem Temple" (Rami Arav)

"Yom Kippur: Afflicted but Angelic" (Laura Lieber)