Η δουλεία στην αρχαία Εγγύς Ανατολή / Slavery in ancient Near East

Στην ιστοσελίδα ANE Today οι Ella Karev (University of Chicago) και Seth Richardson (Journal of Near Eastern Studies) παραθέτουν μία σειρά από ενδιαφέροντα δεδομένα για τη δουλεία στην αρχαία Εγγύς Ανατολή και την συγκρίνουν με ανάλογα φαινόμενα σε νεότερες εποχές:

Rethinking Slavery in the Ancient Near East

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

 Expository Times 133/1 (2021)

• Paul Foster, "An Apostle Too Radical for the Radical Perspective on Paul," 1-11
• Paula Fredriksen, "Paul-Apostle to the Pagans: A Response to Paul Foster," 12-20 (abstract)

Open Access: Digital Editions of Historical Fragmentary Texts

Monica Berti, Digital Editions of Historical Fragmentary Texts. Digital Classics Books, Band 5. Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2021  

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JECH / The current issue of JECH

 Journal of Early Christian History 11/1 (2021)

Masculinity, Historiography and Uses of the Past

• Blossom Stefaniw, "Masculinity, Historiography, and Uses of the Past: An Introduction," 1-14 (abstract)
• Grace Emmett, "The Apostle Paul’s Maternal Masculinity," 15-37 (abstract)
• Tyler Schwaller, "Picturing the Enslaved Christ: Philippians 2:6–8, Alexamenos, and a Mockery of Masculinity," 38-65 (abstract)
• Blossom Stefaniw, "Masculinity as Flight: Vulnerability, Devotion, Submission and Sovereignty in the Teachings of Silvanus," 66-87 (abstract)
• Jamie Wood, "Military Manuals, Masculinity, and the Making of Christian Soldiers in Late Antiquity," 88-128 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του SJOT / The current issue of SJOT

 Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 35/2 (2021)

• Melissa Sayyad Bach, "How Hard is it to Get into the Community Rule? Exploring Transmission in 1QS from the Perspective of the Modes of Religiosity," 159-186 (abstract)
• Inchol Yang, "The Presence and Absence of Marduk and YHWH," 187-200 (abstract)
• Neil O’Hara, "Man Cannot Serve Two Masters: The Characterisation of Gideon and Doublets in Judges 6," 201-206 (abstract)
• Juan Chapa, "The “Jewish” LXX Papyri from Oxyrhynchus: Witnesses of Ways that did not Part?" 207-229 (abstract)
• Ellena C. Lyell, "Cognitive Linguistics & Chromatic Language: Applying Modern Theories of Colour Perception to the Hebrew Bible," 230-241 (abstract)
• Gregory Goswell, "The Glorification of the Temple in Haggai 2,1-9," 242-255 (abstract)
• Graeme Auld, "Tracing the Writing of Kings with Nadav Na’aman and Klaus-Peter Adam," 256-273 (abstract)
• Caio Peres, "A Lion Ate Grass like an Ox: Nebuchadnezzar and Empire Transformation in Daniel Four," 274-300 (abstract)
• Bernhard Lang, "God and Time: An Essay on the Bible’s Cyclical View of History," 301-314 (abstract)

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

 Open Theology 7/1 (2021)

Achia Anzi, "Migration, Exile, and Homecoming in the Book of Ruth"

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

 Verbum et Ecclesia 42/1 (2021)

Hans-Georg Wuench, "The structure of Ezra-Nehemiah as a literary unit"

Open Access: Ένα βιβλίο για τα ζώα στην αρχαία Εγγύς Ανατολή / Open Access: A book on animals in ancient Near East

L. Recht - C. Tsouparopoulou,  (2021). Fierce lions, angry mice and fat-tailed sheep: Animal encounters in the ancient Near East. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 2021

Το τρέχον τεύχος του ROOTS / The current issue of ROOTS

 Romanian Orthodox Old Testament Studies 4/2 (2020)

• Ioan Chirilă, "Scripture, Canon, and Canonicity," 6-9
• Ioan Chirilă - Bogdan Șopterean, "God’s Word in the Scriptures – Reference Points on Canonicity, Interpretation, and the Liturgical Text as Vestment of the Revealed Word" 11-25
• Alexandru Mihăilă, "The Orthodox Bible and the Anaginoskomena Books of the Old Testament," 26-43
• Cristinel Iatan, "The Fascination of Taboo: a Few Biblical Episodes from the Books of the Anagignoskomena and of the Apocrypha Acknowledged by the Tradition of the Church," 44-56
• Ion Reșceanu, "Canon and Canonicity in the Bibles of Samuil Micu and Andrei Șaguna: Resemblances, Differences and Controversies," 57-66
• Eugen Pentiuc, "Should Iron-Age Texts Be Still Read in a Digital Age? The Hebrew Bible and the Power of Metaphor," 67-76

Η Εύα σύντροφος ή βοηθός; / Eve, a partner or a helper?

 Στην ιστοσελίδα TheTorah.com ο Gary Rendsburg (Rutgers University) συζητά τη σημασία της φράσης עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדֹּו ʿezer ke-negdo (Γένεσις 2:18) που περιγράφει το ρόλο της Εύας δίπλα στον Αδάμ. Αξιοποιώντας τις θέσεις του Zeʾev Ben-Ḥayyim (1907‒2013), καθηγητή των εβραϊκών στο Hebrew University, ο Rendsburg υποστηρίζει ότι η φράση, που απαντά μόνο στην αρχή της Γενέσεως, δε σημαίνει τον βοηθό, όπως αποδίδεται στις αρχαίες και νεότερες μεταφράσεις, αλλά του ισότιμου συντρόφου:

Woman: Helpmate No Longer