Open Access: The reception of Roman law and tribunals by Jews and other inhabitants of the Empire

Katell Berthelot, Natalie B. Dohrmann et Capucine Nemo-Pekelman (επιμ.), Legal engagement:  The reception of Roman law and tribunals by Jews and other inhabitants of the Empire. Collection de l'École française de Rome | 579. Rome: Publications de l’École française de Rome 2021

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

 Religions 12/9 (2021)

• Justin Michael Reed, "Ancient Egyptians in Black and White: ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ and the Hamitic Hypothesis"
• Kevin Burrell, "Slavery, the Hebrew Bible and the Development of Racial Theories in the Nineteenth Century"

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

 Theological Studies 82/3 (2021)

• G. P. Marcar, "Godly Diversions and Gifted Teachers: Learning Joyful Stewardship from the Birds and the Lilies with Søren Kierkegaard," 400-417 (abstract)
• Richard Clifford, SJ, "Changing Christian Interpretations of the Old Testament," 509-530 (abstract)

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

 Hervormde Teologiese Studies 77/4 (2021)

Elma M. Cornelius, "The power of forgiveness in a broken world: An understanding of forgiveness in Ephesians"

Η ιστορία του etrog (ιουδαϊκό κίτρο) και η εορτή της sukkot / The history of etrog (Jewish citron) and sukkot

 Στην ιστοσελίδα TheTorah.com η Dafna Langgut (Tel Aviv University) παρουσιάζει την ιστορία του εξωτικού φρούτου etrog και τη σύνδεσή του με την εορτή sukkot: 

The Etrog: Celebrating Sukkot With a Persian Apple

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Vetus Testamentum / The current issue of Vetus Testamentum

 Vetus Testamentum 71/3 (2021)

• Joshua Berman, "Measuring Style in Isaiah: Isaiah 34–35 and the Tiberias Stylistic Classifier for the Hebrew Bible," 303–316 (abstract)
• Raanan Eichler, " Sin Is Borne: Clearing up the Law of Women’s Vows (Numbers 30),"  317–328 (abstract)
• Karin Finsterbusch, "The Non-Masoretic Hebrew Vorlage of the Old Greek Ezekiel (LXX967/LXXB), Other Non-Masoretic and Proto-Masoretic Ezekiel Texts: Evidence from Quotations of and Allusions to Ezekiel in Second Temple Judaism," 329–351 (abstract)
• Ronnie Goldstein, "עד דוד הגדיל (1 Sam 20:41) – עד בור הגדול (1 Sam 19:22)," 352–364 (abstract)
• Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg, "The Future of the Past: Literarische Prophetien, Prophetenspruchsammlungen und die Anfänge der Schriftprophetie," 365–396 (abstract)
• Benedikt Hensel, "Tightening the Bonds between Edom and Israel (Gen 33:1–17*): On the Further Development of Edom’s Role within the Fortschreibung of the Jacob Cycle in the Exilic and Early Persian Periods," 397–417 (abstract)
• David Rothstein, "The Tent of Meeting and the Missing Ark: The Chronicler’s View," 418–429 (abstract)
• Nili Samet, "Linguistic Dating of the Book of Qohelet: A New Angle," 430–447 (abstract)

Short Note

• Steven Shnider - Lawrence Zalcman, "Whither Runneth the Lord’s Command?" 448–450 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Novum Testamentum / The current issue of Novum Testamentum

 Novum Testamentum 63/4 (2021)

• Stephen Robert Llewelyn - William Robinson, "'If Your Hand Causes You to Stumble, Cut It Off': Questions over the Figurative Nature of Mark 9:43–47 and Its Synoptic Parallels," 425-451 (abstract) 
• Maren R. Niehoff, "A Roman Portrait of Abraham in Paul’s and Philo’s Later Exegesis," 452–476 (abstract)
• Stefan Krauter, "Mercy and Monarchy: Seneca’s De clementia and Paul’s Letter to the Romans," 477–488 (abstract) 
• Bryan R. Dyer, "The Wordplay μαθεῖν-παθεῖν in Hebrews 5:8," 489–504 (abstract)
• John-Christian Eurell, "Reconsidering the John of Revelation," 505–518 (abstract)
• J.K. Elliott, "Supplement IV to J.K. Elliott, A Bibliography of Greek New Testament Manuscripts (Third Edition)," 519–532 

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JBL / The current issue of JBL

 Journal of Biblical Literature 140/3 (2021)

• Wongi Park, "Multiracial Biblical Studies," 435-459 (abstract)
• Konrad Schmid, "The Neo-Documentarian Manifesto: A Critical Reading," 461-479 (abstract)
• Eva Mroczek, "Hezekiah the Censor and Ancient Theories of Canon Formation," 481-502 (abstract)
• Michael Wade Martin, "Does Ancient Hebrew Poetry Have Meter?" 503-529 (abstract)
• Chwi-Woon Kim, "Psalms of Communal Lament as a Relic of Transgenerational Trauma," 531-556 (abstract)
• Joshua Berman, "The Drama of Spiritual Rehabilitation in Lamentations 1," 557-578 (abstract)
• Heidi Wendt, "Secrecy as Pauline Influence on the Gospel of Mark," 579-600 (abstract)
• M. David Litwa, "Equal to Angels: The Early Reception History of the Lukan ἰσάγγελοι (Luke 20:36),"  601-622 (abstract)
• Markus Oehler, "The Punishment of Thirty-Nine Lashes (2 Corinthians 11:24) and the Place of Paul in Judaism," 623-640 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Sacra Scripta / The current issue of Sacra Scripta

 Sacra Scripta 18/1 (2020)

Martin Meiser, "Die Selbstpräsentation des Paulus im Galaterbrief im Vergleich mit antiker rhetorischer und epistolographischer Praxis,"  7-35 

Recent rhetoric research on Paul no longer only discusses descriptive aspects, but also evaluative aspects. The present contribution compares Paul and Cicero with regard to their self-presentation in order to better understand the polemics of the Epistle to the Galatians and the ethos of the apostle, also in detail. For this purpose, it draws not only on some ancient textbooks of rhetoric, but also on speeches actually delivered by Cicero, which Cicero probably revised later.

Cha-Yong Ku, "'Siehe, der Mensch ist geworden wie unsereiner und weiß, was gut und böse ist': Gen 3,22 als Ironie?"  36-49

Dieser Aufsatz versucht, Gen 3,22a literarisch auszulegen und fragt dabei nach der versteckten Bedeutung, die der Autor in seine literarische Darstellung hineingelegt hat. Die Rede Gottes in Gen 3,22a scheint im umgebenden Text eher unverständlich zu sein. Denn die Aussage der Schlange, dass es möglich sei, durch die Erkenntnis von Gut und Böse gottgleich zu werden, wird als bloße Lüge nachgewiesen. Daraus lässt sich folgern, dass Gen 3,22a pure Ironie ist, die eine beißende Kritik Gottes an der Herausforderung durch den Menschen zum Ausdruck bringt.

Benjamin Lensink, "The 'Movement and Rest' in Gospel of Thomas 50," 50-69

The fiftieth logion of the Gospel of Thomas is an enigmatic triad of questions and answers told by Jesus to his disciples. The answer to the third question “What is the sign of your (pl) Father which is in you (pl)?” reads “it is movement and rest.” This phrase has no known parallels in similar literature and its meaning is unclear. The current article evaluates different explanations offered in recent scholarship before assessing the words “movement” and “rest” in the Gospel of Thomas as a whole. It then gives an overview of four possible contexts: Genesis, Jewish Hermeticism, Platonism, and Aristotelianism. The article concludes with claiming that a Platonist view makes most sense: Just as the Demiurge in Plato’s Timaeus placed the rotating soul – which moves while staying at rest – into the head of humankind, so the sign of the Father in his elect disciples is movement and rest. 

Romeo Popa, "Ethik als Vermittlung zwischen Generationen in den Pastoralbriefen," 70-96

In the Pastoral Letters the problem of the relationship between age groups is most clearly expressed in early Christian literature. In the course of the reorganization of church structures resistance against younger leaders is attested (1Tim 4:12-15). New “false doctrines” further fuel the tension between generations because especially “young widows” (1Tim 5:11-15; 2Tim 3,6) show interest in such theological offers. Consequently, they are also given special attention in the paraenesis, whereby the paternalistic tendencies are radicalized. The theological confrontation with the opponents and the development of age-appropriate ethic discourses are illuminated on the background of the relations between generations. 

Alexander Romualdus Dimas Pele Alu, "'Whom are You Seeking?' in the Fourth Gospel," 97-118

Of the four Gospels, the fourth Gospel uses the word “ζητέω” most often. The question “Whom are you seeking?” which is typical of the Evangelist, is addressed to various interlocutors: once to the two disciples of John the Baptist (Τί ζητεῖτε 1:38) and Mary Magdalene (τίνα ζητεῖς 20:15), and twice to the people who were going to arrest Jesus (Τίνα ζητεῖτε 18:4,7). The purpose of this research is to study a hypothesis: The seeking of Jesus by the two disciples in the call narrative (1:35-42) and Mary in the resurrection narrative (20:1-18) frame the failure of the Jews in the arrestation narrative (18:1-11).

Νέα άρθρα στο τρέχον τεύχος του HTS / New articles of biblical interest in the current issue of HTS

 Hervormde Teologiese Studies 77/1 (2021)

• Adriaan Lamprecht, "The journey of Jephthah’s daughter: On spatial cognition, body and language in Judges 11:37"
• Jonathan E.T. Kuwornu-Adjaottor, "Translations and interpretations of baptizontes (Mt 28:19–20) in some Ghanaian mother tongue translations of the Bible"