Δευτέρα 5 Οκτωβρίου 2015

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JBL / The current issue of JBL

Journal of Biblical Literature 134:3 (2015)

  • Nicole J. Ruane, "Pigs, Purity, and Patrilineality: The Multiparity of Swine and Its Problems for Biblical Ritual and Gender Construction," 489-504 (abstract)
  • Gregory R. Lanier, "The Curious Case of צמח and ἀνατολή: An Inquiry into Septuagint Translation Patterns," 505-527 (abstract)
  • Anne Marie Kitz, "Naboth's Vineyard after Mari and Amarna," 529-545 (abstract)
  • David Toshio Tsumura, "The Creation Motif in Psalm 74:12–14? A Reappraisal of the Theory of the Dragon Myth," 547-555 (abstract)
  • David A. Lambert, "The Book of Job in Ritual Perspective," 557-575 (abstract)
  • Moon Kwon Chae, "Redactional Intentions of MT Jeremiah concerning the Oracles against the Nations," 577-593 (abstract)
  • Michael Peppard, "Torah for the Man Who Has Everything: “Do Not Defraud” in Mark 10:19," 595-604 (abstract)
  • Jason J. Ripley, "Killing as Piety? Exploring Ideological Contexts Shaping the Gospel of John," 605-635 (abstract)
  • Paula Fredriksen, "Why Should a 'Law-Free' Mission Mean a 'Law-Free' Apostle?," 637-650 (abstract)
  • Philip L. Tite, "Social and Ethical Concern in the Interpretation of Knowledge (NHC XI 1): A Rhetorical Analysis of Interp. Know. 20.36–38," 651-673 (abstract)


Κυριακή 4 Οκτωβρίου 2015

Βιβλική αρχαιολογία: μία κριτική θεώρηση / Biblical Archaeology: a critical review

Ο Thomas Thompson δημοσιεύει στη σελίδα The Bible and Interpretation μία κριτική θεώρηση του έργου των Israel Finkelstein και William Dever σχετικά με τη βιβλική αρχαιολογία κατά τις τελευταίες δεκαετίες:

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JSHJ / The current issue of JSHJ

Journal for the Studies of the Historical Jesus 13:1 (2015)

  • Eric Eve, "Orality is No Dead-End," 3-23 (abstract)
  • Sean F. Everton, "The Jesus Seminar’s Quest for Objectivity," 24-42 (abstract)
  • Tobias Hägerland, "The Future of Criteria in Historical Jesus Research," 46-65 (abstract)
  • Jordan J. Ryan, "Jesus at the Crossroads of Inference and Imagination: The Relevance of R.G. Collingwood’s Philosophy of History for Current Methodological Discussions in Historical Jesus Research," 66-89 (abstract)


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

Verbum et Ecclesia 36:3 (2015)

Philip P. Venter, "Wealth, poverty and mutual care: Towards a reconstructive reading of the book of Job"

Ένα άρθρο βιβλικού ενδιαφέροντος στο τρέχον τεύχος του HTS / A new article of biblical interest in the current of HTS

Hervomde Teologiese Studies 70:1 (2015)

Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, "‘Do not quench the Spirit!’ The discourse of the Holy Spirit in earliest Christianity"

Τρίτη 29 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Neot / The current issue of Neot

Neotestamentica 49:1 (2015)

  • Lilly Nortje-Meyer, "Feminist New Testament Scholarship in South Africa," 1-19 (abstract)
  • Philip la Grange Du Toit, "Paul's reference to the 'keeping of the Commandments of God' in 1 Corinthians 7:19," 21-45 (abstract)
  • Andrey Romanov, "εἷς κύριος and ἡμεῖς in 1 Corinthians 8:6 : an investigation of the first person plural in light of the Lordship of Jesus Christ," 47-74 (abstract)
  • Joel E. Lisboa / Thomas R. Shepherd, "Comparative narrative analysis as a tool in determining the lectio difficilior in Mark 1:40-45 - a narrative analysis of Codices Bezae, Vaticanus, and Washingtonianus," 75-89 (abstract)
  • Stephen B. Hatton, "Comic ambiguity in the Markan healing intercalation (Mark 5:21-43)," 91-123 (abstract)
  • Joshua Joel Spoelstra, "The BəTÛLÂ loophole : Mary's journey in light of Deuteronomy 22*," 125-144 (abstract)
  • N. Clayton Croy, "Translating for Jesus : Philip and Andrew in John 12:20-22," 145-174 (abstract)
  • Alistair C. Stewart, "The fragment on the mountain : a note on Didache 9.4a," 175-188 (abstract)

Ένα συνέδριο για τον Έρασμο και την Βίβλο / A conference on Erasmus and the Bible

(Πηγή: Evangelical Textual Criticism)

Ad Fontes, Ad Futura: Erasmus’ Bible and the Impact of Scripture
February 25-27, 2016 
Houston Baptist University

In celebration of upcoming 500th anniversary of Erasmus’ Greek text and the Reformation, the Department of Theologyat HBU, in conjunction with the Dunham Bible Museum, is pleased to host the conference Ad Fontes, Ad Futura: Erasmus’ Bible and the Impact of Scripture. The conference will consider the textual and historical issues surrounding the development of the Bible, the Bible’s impact on human society across the centuries, and the future of Biblical translation and interpretation in the future. Our keynote speakers include Craig Evans (Houston Baptist University), Timothy George (Beeson Divinity School, Samford University), Herman Selderhuis (Theological University Apeldoorn) and Daniel Wallace (Dallas Theological Seminary). The plenary talks are free and open to the public.

We also invite proposals for short papers from scholars and graduate students from a wide array of disciplines and topics, including:
The historical context, and textual tradition, of the Biblical canon;
The history of the Greek text of the Bible;
The social and/or cultural impact of the Bible in any historical period or location;
The Bible and the history of the book;
Modern Bible translations and translation practice;
Textual and cultural issues concerning the Bible in the Digital Age.
Anyone who is interested should submit a 300 word abstract on any relevant topic. Papers should be 20 minutes long, and decisions will be announced before January 8, 2016. Send proposals to Jason Maston at jmaston@hbu.edu. 

Σάββατο 26 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015

Το τρέχον τεύχος του PEQ / The current issue of PEQ

Palestine Exploration Quarterly 147:2 (2015)

  • David M. Jacobson, "Editorial: The Gezer boundary inscriptions," 83-85
  • Shay Bar, "The settlement patterns in the Northern Samaria highlands during the Late Chalcolithic period," 87-103
  • Melissa A. Kennedy, "EB IV stone-built cist-graves from Sir Flinders Petrie's excavations at Tell el-'Ajjul," 104-129
  • Douglas Petrovich, "The Ophel Pithos inscription: Its dating, language, translation, and script," 130-145
  • Raz Kletter, "In search of the 'Israeli method of excavation'," 146-159
  • Micaela Sinibaldi, "The Islamic Bayda Project, Bayda (Petra Region), Season 2014," 160-164
  • Kevin Shillington, "Towards a biography of 'Jerusalem Warren'," 164-167

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

Journal of Theological Interpretation 9:2 (2015)

  • Stephen B. Chapman, "The Old Testament and the Church after Christendom," 159-184
  • Daniel J. Stulac, "Rethinking Suspicion: A Canonical-Agrarian Reading of Isaiah 65," 185-200
  • John M. G. Barclay, "Interpretation, Not Repetition:Reflections on Bultmann as a Theological Reader of Paul," 201-210
  • Steven Edward Harris, "'Was St. Thomas Crucified for You?'1 Corinthians 1:12–13 and the Premodern Critique of Theological Schools of Thought," 211-226
  • David I. Starling, "Justifying Allegory: Scripture, Rhetoric, and Reason in Galatians 4:21-5:1," 227-246
  • Andy Johnson, "Ecclesiology, Election, and the Life of God:A Missional Reading of the Thessalonian Correspondence," 247-266
  • Ruth Anne Reese, "Joseph Remembered the Exodus: Memory, Narrative, and Remembering the Future," 267-286
  • Clifford A. Barbarick, "'You Shall Be Holy, For I Am Holy': Theosis in 1 Peter, " 287-298
  • David W. Congdon, "Is There a Kerygma in This Text? A Review Article," 299-


RBL 25.9.2015

Gary A. Anderson and Joel S. Kaminsky, eds., The Call of Abraham: Essays on the Election of Israel in Honor of Jon D. Levenson
Reviewed by Megan Warner

Bryan C. Babcock, Sacred Ritual: A Study of the West Semitic Ritual Calendars in Leviticus 23 and the Akkadian Text Emar 446
Reviewed by Daniel Oden

Reimund Bieringer, Ma. Marilou S. Ibita, Dominika A. Kurek-Chomycz, and Thomas A. Vollmer, eds., Theologizing in the Corinthian Conflict: Studies in the Exegesis and Theology of 2 Corinthians
Reviewed by H. H. Drake Williams III

Walter Bührer, Am Anfang…: Untersuchungen zur Textgenese und zur relativ-chronologischen Einordnung von Gen 1–3
Reviewed by Jordan M. Scheetz

Warren Carter, What Does Revelation Reveal? Unlocking the Mystery
Reviewed by Shane J. Wood

Yoram Cohen, Wisdom from the Late Bronze Age
Reviewed by Ralph K. Hawkins

István Czachesz and Risto Uro, eds., Mind, Morality, and Magic: Cognitive Science Approaches in Biblical Studies
Reviewed by Paul Korchin

David A. deSilva, The Apocrypha
Reviewed by Daniel M. Gurtner

Jo Ann Hackett and Walter E. Aufrecht, eds.,  “An Eye for Form”: Epigraphic Essays in Honor of Frank Moore Cross
Reviewed by Heath D. Dewrell

Shalom E. Holtz, Neo-Babylonian Trial Records
Reviewed by J. H. Price

Mitri Raheb, Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible through Palestinian Eyes
Reviewed by Michael Sandford