Το τρέχον τεύχος του ΖΑW / The current issue of ZAW

Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 127:4 (2015)

• Manfred Hutter, "Probleme iranischer Literatur und Religion unter den Achämeniden," 547-564 (abstract)
• Uta Schmidt, "Die Perser im Jesajabuch: Beobachtungen zu »den Persern« in Jesaja 40–48," 165-186 (abstract)
• Uwe Becker, "Die Perser im Esra- und Nehemiabuch,"  607-627 (abstract)
• Heath D. Dewrell, "»Whoring after the mōlek« in Leviticus 20,5. A text-critical examination,"  628-635
• Lydia Lee, "Hope or Judgment in Ez 25,12–17,"  636-651 (abstract)
• Phillip Michael Lasater, "Law for what ails the heart: Moral frailty in Psalm 86," 652-668 (abstract)
• Israel Finkelstein, "The expansion of Judah in II Chronicles: Territorial legitimation for the Hasmoneans?," 669-695 (abstract)
• Christian Blumenthal, "Der weitgehend verborgene Hauptakteur: Zur expliziten Rede von Gott in I Makk," 696-715 (abstract)
• Lawrence Zalcman, "An unnoticed pun at Job 20,7," 716-718 (abstract)

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

Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche 112:4 (2015)

Reinhard Müller, "Treue zum rettenden Gott. Erwägungen zu Ursprung und Sinn des Ersten Gebots," 403-428 (abstract)

O πάπυρος Bodmer VIII (P72) online! / Papyrus Bodmer VIII (P72) online!

Από το ιστολόγιο Evangelical Textual Criticism πληροφορούμαστε ότι η Βιβλιοθήκη του Βατικανού ανέβασε στο διαδίκτυο ψηφιοποιημένο τον πάπυρο Bodmer VIII (P72).
Πρόκειται για τον αρχαιότερο πάπυρο που περιέχει και τις καθολικές επιστολές κι διασώζει αλεξανδρινού τύπου κείμενο.

Papyrus Bodmer VIII (P72)

Ένα διαδικτυακό μάθημα για την αρχαιοκαπηλεία / An online course on antiquities trafficking

To Πανεπιστήμιο της Γλασκώβης παρέχει δωρεάν διαδικτυακά μία σειρά μαθημάτων με θέμα την αρχαιοκαπηλεία και την παράνομη διακίνηση έργων τέχνης. Εξαιρετικά ενδιαφέρον!

Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime

Το τρέχον τεύχος του VT / The current issue of VT

Vetus Testamentum 66:1 (2016)

• Joseph Blenkinsopp, "The Sacrificial Life and Death of the Servant (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)," 1-14 (abstract)
• Serge Frolov, "The Rings of the Lord: Assessing Symmetric Structuring in Numbers and Judges," 15-44 (abstract)
• Israel Knohl, "The Original Version of Deborah’s Song, and its Numerical Structure," 45-65 (abstract)
• Yael Landman, "On Lips and Tongues in Ancient Hebrew," 66-77 (abstract)
• John Makujina, "Male Obstetric Competence in Ancient Israel: A Response to Two Recent Proposals," 78-94 (abstract)
• Sara J. Milstein, "Saul the Levite and His Concubine: The “Allusive” Quality of Judges 19," 95-116 (abstract)
• Andrew B. Perrin, "From lingua franca to lingua sacra: The Scripturalization of Tobit in 4QTobe," 117-132 (abstract)
• Nili Samet, "Religious Redaction in Qohelet in Light of Mesopotamian Vanity Literature," 133-148 (abstract)
• Michael Carasik, "Janus Parallelism in Job 1:20," 149-154 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του CBQ / The current issue of CBQ

Catholic Biblical Quarterly 78:1 (2016)

• Barbara E. Reid, O.P., "The Gospel of Luke: Friend or Foe of Women Proclaimers of the Word?," 1-23
• Isaac Kalimi, "Reexamining 2 Samuel l0-12: Redaction History versus Compositional Unity," 24-46
• Paba Nidhani De Andrado, "Hesed and Sacrifice: The Prophetic Critique in Hosea," 47-67
• T. J. Lang, " We Speak in a Mystery: Neglected Greek Evidence for the Syntax and Sense of 1 Corinthians 2:7,"  68-89
• Jack Levison, "A Theology of the Spirit in the Letter to the Hebrews," 90-110
• Nicholas R. Werse, "Second Temple Jewish Literary Traditions in 2 Peter," 111-130

Το τρέχον τεύχος του ZAC / The current issue of ZAC

Zeitschrift für Antikes und Christentum 20:1 (2016)

To τρέχον τεύχος είναι αφιερωμένο στην αρχαία χριστιανική αποκαλυπτική. Τα τρία πρώτα άρθρα είναι ελεύθερα για καταφόρτωση.

• John J. Collins, "The Genre Apocalypse Reconsidered," 21-40
• Martha Himmelfarb, "3 Baruch Revisited: Jewish or Christian Composition, and Why It Matters," 41-62
• Enrico Norelli, "Why did Early Believers in Jesus Write Apocalypses?," 63-83 
• John Carey, "The Concealment and Disclosure of Knowledge in the Old Irish In Tenga Bithnua," 84-91 (abstract)
• Emiliano Fiori, "Death and Judgment in the Apocalypse of Paul: Old Imagery and Monastic Reinvention," 92-108 (abstract) 
• Emmanouela Grypeou, "Talking Skulls: On Some Personal Accounts of Hell and Their Place in Apocalyptic Literature," 109-126 (abstract)
• Daniele Tripaldi, "Edfu and the Oriens: On Re-discovering Ancient Egyptian Lore in Two Coptic Apocalypses," 126-146 (abstract)
• Matthias Geigenfeind, "Audi, Thomas, . . . Audi a me signa quae futura sunt in fine huius saeculi – Zum Textbestand und zur Überlieferung der apokryphen Thomas-Apokalypse," 147-181 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του ΒΝ / The current issue of BN

Biblische Notizen 167 (2015)

(περιλήψεις / abstracts)

• Micha Roi, "Conditional Vows – Where They are Made and Paid," 3-24
• Aron Pinker, "The Hope of the Hyprocrite in Job 27,8,"  25-41
• Ruth Ebach, "Geistausgießung und Rettung. Joel 3 als modifizierende Aufnahme von Sach 12,9-13,9 im Zwölfprophetenbuch," 43-63 
• Walter Bührer, "Der Gott Jonas und der Gott des Himmels. Untersuchungen zur Theologie des Jona-Buches," 65-78
• Thomas Esposito, "Observations on God and the Wind (Qoheleth 3,10-15)," 79-97
• Francis M. Macatangay, "The Wisdom Discourse of Tobit as Instruction in Torah," 99-111
• Szabolcs-Ferencz Kató, "Rache als glühende Gerechtigkeit. Die Semantik der Wurzel נקם " 113-129
• Stefan Bojowald, "Eine neue Parallele zwischen der assyrisch-babylonischen und ägyptischen Kultur: Das Raufen der Haare als Zeichen für Wut / Ärger / Trauer oder andere Gefühle," 131-140

Το τρέχον τεύχος του BiblInt / The current issue of BiblInt

Biblical Interpretation 24:1 (2016)

• Ken Stone, "Animal Difference, Sexual Difference, and the Daughter of Jephthah," 1-16 (abstract)
• David Starling, "Full and Empty Readers
: Ruth and the Hermeneutics of Virtue
," 17-26 (abstract)
• David Janzen, "A Colonized People
: Persian Hegemony, Hybridity, and Community Identity in Ezra-Nehemiah," 27-27 (abstract)
• Peter Joshua Atkins, "Mythology or Zoology: A Study on the Impact of Translation History in Isaiah 13:21," 48-59 (abstract)
• Richard Walsh, "The Possession of Jesus," 60-80 (abstract)
• Anna Rebecca Solevåg, "No Nuts? No Problem! 
Disability, Stigma, and the Baptized Eunuch in Acts 8:26–40," 81-99 (abstract)

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

ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ 86:3 (2015)

Βασιλείου Δ. Τζέρπου, "Ο Papyrus Berlinensis 11710 (P.Berol. 11710) και η σχέση του με τα Ευαγγέλια του Κανόνος της ΚΔ", 47-58

Το τρέχον τεύχος του HeBAI / The current issue of HeBAI

Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 4:3 (2015)

• Bruce Wells, "The Interpretation of Legal Traditions in Ancient Israel," 234-266 (abstract)
• Jonathan Stökl, "Prophetic Hermeneutics in the Hebrew Bible and Mesopotamia," 267-292 (abstract)
• Eckart Frahm / Enrique Jiménez, "Myth, Ritual, and Interpretation: The Commentary on Enūma eliš I–VII and a Commentary on Elamite Month Names," 293-343 (abstract)
• Uri Gabbay, "Specification as a Hermeneutical Technique in Babylonian and Assyrian Commentaries," 344-368 (abstract)

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

Vigiliae Christianae 70:1 (2016)

Ellen Scully, "Jerusalem’s Lost Etymology: How Augustine Changed Latin Eschatology," 1-30 (abstract)

Anthony Briggman, "Literary and Rhetorical Theory in Irenaeus, Part 2," 31-50 (abstract) 

Early Readers, Scholars and Editors of the New Testament, online

Ο εκδοτικός οίκος Gorgias διαθέτει ελεύθερο τον συλλογικό τόμο με εκδότη του Hugh Houghton και με θέμα την πρώιμη ιστορία της κριτικής του κειμένου της Καινής Διαθήκης:

H.A.G. Houghton (επιμ.), Early Readers, Scholars and Editors of the New Testament, Gorgias 2014

Το τρέχον τεύχος του RHR / The current issue of RHR

Revue de l'Histoire des Religions 4/2015

• Viviane Comerro, "Figures de Noé de Gilgamesh au Coran"
• Jean-Jacques Glassner, "« Noé » dans les sources mésopotamiennes" (abstract)
• Stéphanie Anthonioz, "Le Noé biblique dans ses diverses perspectives littéraires" (abstract)
• Mădălina Vârtejanu-Joubert, "Noé et son caractère axial dans la littérature du Second Temple" (abstract)
• Serge Bardet, "La figure de Noé chez Philon d’Alexandrie et Flavius Josèphe" (abstract)
• Jules Danan, "Noé et le Déluge dans la aggada rabbinique" (abstract)
• Muriel Debié, "Noé dans la tradition syriaque. Une mer de symboles" (abstract)
• Viviane Comerro, "Un Noé coranisé" (abstract)
• Youssef Taharraoui, "La figure de Noé entre le Coran et les isrā’īliyyāt" (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του περιοδικού JSQ / The current issue of JSQ

Jewish Studies Quarterly 22:4 (2015)

• Yair Furstenberg, "The Midrash of Jesus and the Bavli's Counter-Gospel." 303-324
• Martha Himmelfarb, "The Mother of the Seven Sons in Lamentations Rabbah and the Virgin Mary," 325-351
• Arnon Atzmon, "From Census to Atonement: Parshat Shekalim in Pesikta de Rav Kahana and Pesikta Rabbati," 352-376
• Ayelet Seidler, "Literary Devices in the Psalms: The Commentary of Ibn Ezra Revisited," 377-402

Συνέντευξη του John Barclay για το νέο του βιβλίο / John Barclay's interview on his new book

Στη σειρά Eerdmans Author Interview Series έχει ανεβεί στο youtube η συνέντευξη του καθηγητή της Καινής Διαθήκης John Barclay με αφορμή την κυκλοφορία του νέου του βιβλίου Paul and the Gift από τον εκδοτικό οίκο Eerdmans.

John M. G. Barclay | Eerdmans Author Interview Series

Ένα νέο άρθρο στο τρέχον τεύχος του ThLZ / The new article in the current issue of ThLZ

Theologische Literaturzeitung 140:12 (2015)

Karl W. Niebuhr, "Gerechtigkeit und Rechtfertigung bei Matthäus und Jakobus," 283-301

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Apocrypha / The current issue Apocrypha

Apocrypha 26 (2015)

• Charles D. Wright, "6 Ezra and The Apocalypse of Thomas with a previously unedited "interpolated" text of Thomas"
• Rossana Guglielmetti, "Deux témoins inédits de la Visio Pauli"
• Emanuela Valeriani, "Simbolismo ed escatologia nell’Apocalisse apocrifa di Giovanni: un confronto con l’Apocalisse canonica"
• Susan E. Myers, "Antecedents of the Feminine Imagery of Spirit in the Acts of Thomas"
• Boris Paschke, "Speaking Names in the Apocryphal Acts of John'
• Dan Batovici, "Apocalyptic and metanoia in the Shepherd of Hermas"
• Christophe Guignard, "La tradition grecque de la liste d’apôtres "Anonyme I" (BHG　153C), avec un appendice sur la liste BHG 152N"
• Alin Suciu, "The Book of Bartholomew: A Coptic Apostolic Memoir"
• Alin Suciu, "The Recovery of the Lost Fragment preserving the Title of the Coptic Book of Bartholomew. Edition and translation of Cornell University Library, Misc. Bd. MS. 683"
• Timo S. Paananen /  Roger Viklund, "An Eighteenth-Century Manuscript: Control of the Scribal Hand in Clement’s Letter to Theodore"
• Andrea Nicolotti, "Point sur les recherches récentes: Un cas particulier d’apologétique appliquée　: l’utilisation des apocryphes pour authentifier le Mandylion d’Édesse et le suaire de Turin"
• Bradley N. Rice, "Chronique: An Account of the York University Christian Apocrypha Symposium Series: "Fakes, Forgeries, and Fictions: Writing Ancient and Modern Christian Apocrypha" (Held at Vanier College on September 24-26, 2015)"

Το τρέχον τεύχος του ETR / The current issue of ETR

Etudes théologiques et religieuses 90:4 (2015)

• André Wenin, "Ismaël et Isaac, ou la fraternité contrariée dans le récit de la Genèse," 489-502 (abstract)
• Simon Butticaz, "Du principe de précaution à l’économie du don. Relire Matthieu 7,6 en contexte," 503-514 (abstract)
• Jean-Pierre Sternberger, "Jacob, Tobias et les guillemets de Genèse 2,23-24," 607-612 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του SNTU / The current issue of SNTU

Studien zum Neuen Testament und seiner Umwelt 40 (2015)

Martin Hasitschka, "Die Bedeutung von „reinigen“ und „rein“ im 1. Johannesbrief," 1-14

Not only the Gospel of John, but also the first letter of John speaks of purification in the metaphorical sense. It emphasizes the cleansing effect of the blood of Jesus and the cleansing power of hope in Jesus. The metaphor of cleansing by the blood of Jesus can be clearly related to statements in the book of Revelation. The theme of purification mainly concerns cleansing through which Jesus made possible a new relationship with God and the resulting consequences for the conduct of life. 

Sandra Huebenthal, "„Er gibt sich mit Sündern ab und isst sogar mit ihnen!“ (Lk 15,2). Zur Konstruktion von Sünderrollen im Lukasevangelium," 15-42

Taking the question which profession the toll collector Zacchaeus would have today, as a starting point this contribution examines the construction of sinner-roles in Luke’s Gospel and their possible reconstructions by readers. The argument is that sinner-roles can be constructed on three different levels: the level of characters, the level of the narration and the level of the reception. The first two levels are analyzed using examples from Luke’s text (5:1-11.27-32; 7:24-35.36-50; 15:1-2; 18:9-14.18-27 and 19:10). Regarding the level of reception the argument is that the idea of toll collectors as sinners par excellence is an entry of the Pharisaic encyclopedia which is unconsciously used by later recipients of the text.  

Susanne Luther, "„Reden ist Silber …“. Die Bedeutung des Schweigens in der sprachethischen Unterweisung des Matthäusevangeliums," 43-62

This contribution takes up speech-ethics, a topic prevalent in ancient literature but also in some New Testament writings, and contends that New Testament writings do not conceive of silence as an ethical norm. Analyzing the dialogues in the Matthean narratives of Jesus’ trial before the Sanhedrin (Matt 26:59-66) and before Pilate (Matt 27:11-14) Jesus’ silence is interpreted as a reaction to the inadequate language behavior of his respective dialogue partners and the Matthean Jesus as a character is presented as a speech-ethical role model for the reader. 

Julia A. Snyder, "Warum dieses Wort? Der Einfluss sozialer Faktoren auf die Wortwahl," 63-78

This contribution takes up speech-ethics, a topic prevalent in ancient literature but also in some New Testament writings, and contends that New Testament writings do not conceive of silence as an ethical norm. Analyzing the dialogues in the Matthean narratives of Jesus’ trial before the Sanhedrin (Matt 26:59-66) and before Pilate (Matt 27:11-14) Jesus’ silence is interpreted as a reaction to the inadequate language behavior of his respective dialogue partners and the Matthean Jesus as a character is presented as a speech-ethical role model for the reader. 

Mira Stare, "Die Reinheitsthematik im Johannesevangelium," 79-96

With the phrase καθαρός κτλ. the theme of purity occurs eight times in John’s Gospel. All occurances

can be found in the following contexts: the marriage at Cana (John 2:1-11), the debate concerning Jesus’ cleansing/baptism activity (John 3:25-36), the washing of the disciples’ feet by Jesus (John 13:1-20) and the parable of the vine (John 15:1-8). The Gospel of John reveals a paradigmatic shift with respect to cleansing: It is no longer a cleansing ritual that makes people clean (this is now obsolete), but purity is to be understood as a gift of God and Jesus.

The cleansing can be seen as an event which takes place by means of communication and personal relationship. The father personally cleanses Jesus’ disciples (every branch of vine). And the disciples have already been cleansed by the words of Jesus (cf. John 15:3). This is a novelty, which appears in the Bible only in the Gospel of John. The aims of cleansing are the permanent community between the disciples and Jesus and their fruitfulness in their lifes corresponding with the example that Jesus gave in washing the disciples’ feet. 

Thomas Witulski, "Egalitär, aber nicht ohne Struktur. Erwägungen zur Gemeindeordnung der sieben ἐκκλησίαι der Johannesapokalypse," 97-138

The seven churches addressed in the Book of Revelation which are to be located in the Roman province Asia are organized according to the model of „structural equality“ at the time of the composition of Revelation. Quite a few offices have developed, however these and their holders behave in an egalitarian manner toward each other and are not differentiated from each other within a hierarchical structure. This model can probably be taken as basic organizational paradigm of the addressed churches in a similar fashion also in Ephesians. On the other hand, the Pastoral Epistles, especially 1 Tim, reflect an organizational church structure within which hierarchical structures are fixed and particularly the authority of the theological administrative leadership of an ἐκκλησία is clearly assigned to a specific ruling committee, furthermore the job profiles for certain offices are defined.

Konrad Huber / Jarl Henning Ulrichsen, "Kaiserkult in Kleinasien. Zwei kritische Repliken auf die gleichnamige Studie von Thomas Witulski," 139-152

In his study, Thomas Witulski seeks to elucidate the form, practice and historical development of the cultic-religious worship of emperors in the Roman province of Asia from the time of Augustus to Antoninus Pius and investigates the epigraphic, literary, numismatic, and archaeological evidence relevant to this issue. Witulski’s study was the object of a discussion based on two critical reviews within the seminar „The Book of Revelation“ during the General Meeting of the SNTS 2015 in Amsterdam. 

Stefan Stapdick, "Selbstgespräch vor Publikum. Zum neuen Römerbriefkommentar von Michael Wolter," 153-166

The first part of Michael Wolter’s new commentary on Paul’s letter to the Romans (chap. 1-8) as part of the renowned ecumenical commentary series „Evangelisch-Katholischer Kommentar“ depicts the apostle as a soliloquist in front of an audience of Roman Christians of pagan descent in which he is reviewing and justifying his gospel by explicitly shaping it as an internal Jewish debate regarding the soteriological scope of God’s previous and recent revelation in Israel. 

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

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 15 (2015)

Heather Macumber, "A Monster without a Name: Creating the Beast Known as Antiochus IV in Daniel 7"

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

Harvard Theological Review 109:1 (2016)

• Malka Z. Simkovich, "Echoes of Universalist Testament Literature in Christian and Rabbinic Texts," 1-32 (abstract)
• Christopher A. Frilingos, "Parents Just Don't Understand: Ambiguity in Stories about the Childhood of Jesus," 33-55 (abstract)
• Oded Yisraeli, "Cain as the Scion of Satan: The Evolution of a Gnostic Myth in the Zohar," 56-74 (abstract)

Νέα ψηφιοποιημένα χειρόγραφα από την Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη Αθηνών / New digitized manuscripts of the National Library of Athens

Στην ιστοσελίδα του Center for the Study of the New Testament Manuscripts έχουν αναρτηθεί ψηφιοποιημένα δέκα νέα χειρόγραφα εκλογαδίων της Εθνικής Βιβλιοθήκης Αθηνών: 

New Manuscripts from the National Library of Greece

H κρίση στο κατά Λουκάν ευαγγέλιο / Judgment in Luke's Gospel

Από τον εκδοτικό οίκο Mohr Siebeck κυκλοφόρησε η μονογραφία του Jens Gillner σχετικά με τη θέση που καταλαμβάνει η κρίση στο κατά Λουκάν ευαγγέλιο. Το έντονα σωτηριολογικό περιεχόμενο του τρίτου ευαγγελίου έχει συχνά υπογραμμισθεί στη βιβλική έρευνα. Αυτό που συνήθως παραβλέπεται, σύμφωνα με τον Gillner, είναι ο ρόλος που διαδραματίζει το γεγονός της κρίσης στο κατά Λουκάν. Ο συγγραφέας εστιάζει τη μελέτη του σε τρία κεντρικά ερωτήματα: α) πώς περιγράφεται αυτή η κρίση στο κατά Λουκάν, β) ποιο σκοπό εξυπηρετεί μέσα στο θεολογικό πρόγραμμα του τρίτου ευαγγελίου η ιδέα της κρίσης και γ) πώς συνδυάζονται οι δύο ιδέες της σωτηρίας και της κρίσης στο συγκεκριμένο ευαγγέλιο:

Jens Gillner, Gericht bei Lukas (WUNT II.401), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015

ISBN 978-3-16-153751-6

89,00 €

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του περιοδικού KLio / In the current issue of Klio

Klio 12:1 (2015)

• Fred C. Woudhuizen, "The Geography of the Hittite Empire and the Distribution of Luwian Hieroglyphic Seals"
• Marion Bolder-Boos, "Der Krieg und die Liebe – Untersuchungen zur römischen Venus"

Το τρέχον τεύχος του περιοδικού The Bible and Critical Theory / The current issue of The Bible and Critical Theory

The Bible and Critical Theory 11:2 (2015)

• Maia Kotrosits, "Babylon's Fall: Figuring Diaspora in and through Ruins"
• Yosefa Raz, "'And Sons Shall Return to Their Borders': The Neo-Zionist (Re)turns of Rachel's Sons"
• Rhiannon Graybill, "No Child Left Behind: Reading Jephthah's Daughter with The Babylon Complex"
• Rachel Havrelock, "The Ancient Past that Oil Built"
• James Crossley, "We Don't Do Babylon: Erin Runions in English Political Discourse"
• James E. Harding, "Scripturalization, the Production of the Biblical Israel, and the Gay Antichrist"

Δύο νέα άρθρα στο τρέχον τεύχος του JHS / Two new articles in the current issue of JHS

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 15 (2015)

• Jeremy M. Hutton, "Optimality in the “Grammars” of Ancient Translations"
• Giovanni Lenzi, "Sequences of Verbal Forms and Taxis in Biblical Hebrew"

Οι Σαμαρίτες: η σύγχρονη έρευνα / The Samaritans: the current state of research

Reinhard Pummer, "The Samaritans in Recent Research"

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JESOT / The current issue of JESOT

Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament 4:2 (2015)

• Nicholas P. Lunn, "Allusions to the Levitical Leprosy Laws in the Jericho Narratives (Joshua 2 and 6)"
• Andrew M. King, "A Remnant Will Return: An Analysis of the Literary Function of the Remnant Motif in Isaiah"
• Ian J. Vaillancourt, "The Pious Prayer of an Imperfect Prophet: The Psalm of Jonah in Its Narrative Context"
• David B. Schreiner, "Zerubbabel, Persia, and Inner-biblical Exegesis"

+ Helmut Koester (1926-2016)

Έφυγε πλήρης ημερών ο γνωστός ομότιμος καθηγητής της Καινής Διαθήκης και του Αρχέγονου Χριστιανισμού στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Harvard, Helmut Koester. O Koester υπήρξε μαθητής του Rudolf Bultmann στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Marburg μετά το τέλος του Β΄ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου το 1945 και στη συνέχεια από το 1954 έως το 1956 διετέλεσε βοηθός του καθηγητή Günther Bornkamm στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Heidelberg. Από το 1958 κι έως τη συνταξιοδότησή ήταν καθηγητής στη Harvard Divinity School. Διετέλεσε επίσης πρόεδρος της SBL (1991), μέλος της SNTS και της American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Υπήρξε, τέλος, εκδότης για πολλά χρόνια του περιοδικού Harvard Theological Review και της σειράς υπομνημάτων Hermeneia. Mεταξύ των γνωστών του έργων συγκαταλέγονται: Synoptische Überlieferung bei den Apostolischen Vätern (TU 65; Berlin 1957), Introduction to the New Testament: History and Literature of Early Christianity (2000), Paul & His World: Interpreting the New Testament in its Context (2007) και From Jesus to the Gospels: Interpreting the New Testament in its Context (2007).

Το τρέχον τεύχος του VigChr / The current issue of VigChr

Vigiliae Christianae 69:5 (2015)

• Kyle R. Hughes, "The Spirit speaks : pneumatological innovation in the scriptural exegesis of Justin and Tertullian," 463-483 (abstract)
• Clare K. Rothschild, "'Belittling' or 'Undervaluing' in 2 Clem. 1:1-2?," 484-499 (abstract)
• Anthony Briggman, "Literary and Rhetorical Theory in Irenaeus, Part 1,"  500-527 (abstract)
• Thomas A. Wayment, "A Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9-10," 528-533 (abstract)
• Clemens Scholten, "Zum Herkunftsort des Simon Magus," 534-541 (abstract)
• Thomas C. Schmidt, " Calculating December 25 as the birth of Jesus in Hippolytus' Canon and Chronicon," 542-563 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του NovT / The current issue of NovT

Novum Testamentum 58:1 (2016)

• Armin D. Baum, "Mark’s Paratactic καί as a Secondary Syntactic Semitism," 1-26 (abstract)
• Devin L. White, "Confronting Oracular Contradiction in Acts 21:1-14," 27-46 (abstract)
• Hans Förster, "Der Begriff σημεῖον im Johannesevangelium,"  47-70 
• Seon Yong Kim, "Paul and the Stoic Theory of οἰκείωσις: A Response to Troels Engberg-Pedersen," 71-91 (abstract)

+ Heikki Räisänen (10.12.1941-30.12.2015)

Το 2015 μας αποχαιρέτησε με μία ακόμη απώλεια ενός σημαντικού Φινλανδού καινοδιαθηκολόγου,  ομότιμου καθηγητή της ΚΔ στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Ελσίνκι, Heikki Räisänen. Διετέλεσε καθηγητής της Καινής Διαθήκης του Πανεπιστήμιου του Ελσίνκι κατά τα έτη 1975-2006, research professor της Ακαδημίας της Φινλανδίας κατά τα έτη 1984-1994 και καθηγητής της ίδιας Ακαδημίας κατά τα έτη 2001-2006. Υπήρξε επίσης διευθυντής του Centre of Excellence της Ακαδημίας στο διάστημα 1995-2005. Υπήρξε ένας από τους πλέον γνωστούς θεολόγους της Φινλανδίας με διεθνή αναγνώριση και τιμήθηκε από διάφορους διεθνείς οργανισμούς.

Ο Räisänen ήταν ένας εξαιρετικά παραγωγικός συγγραφέας κι η έρευνά του καλύπτει ένα ευρύ φάσμα θεμάτων της ερμηνείας και θεολογίας της Καινής Διαθήκης; ευαγγέλια, Παύλος και τη θρησκεία του Αρχέγονου Χριστιανισμού. 

Το έργο του προκάλεσε συχνά αντιδράσεις και κριτική καθώς σε αυτό ο Räisänen  αμφισβήτησε συχνά παραδοσιακές θέσεις της καινοδιαθηκικής ερμηνείας. Επιπλέον, στο πλαίσιο του διαθρησκειακού διαλόγου ασχολήθηκε κριτικά με το Κοράνιο.

Μεταξύ των έργων του ξεχωρίζουμε: Die Mutter Jesu im Neuen Testament (Diss. Helsinki: Finnish Academy of Sciences, 1969), Das koranische Jesus Bild: Ein Beitrag zur Theologie des Korans (Helsinki: missiology and ekumeniikan Society, 1971), Paul and the Law (Tübingen: Mohr, 1983, 1987), Neutestamentliche Theologie? Eine Alternative religionswissenschaftliche (Stuttgart: Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2000), Challenges to Biblical Interpretation: Collected Essays 1991-2001 (Leiden: Brill, 2001). 

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

Theologische Beiträge 46:6 (2015)

Jan Carsten Schnurr, "Biblische Historie und historische Bibelkritik im Denken der Erweckungsbewegung zur Zeit des Vormärz"

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

Ancient Society 45 (2015)

• Lien Foubert, "Vesta and Julio-Claudian Women in Imperial Propaganda," 187-204 (abstract) 
• Trudie E. Fraser, "Domitia Longina: An Underestimated Augusta (c. 53-126/8)," 205-266 (abstract) 
• Daniëlle Slootjes, "On the Location and Importance of Ancestral References in the Official Titulature of Imperial Co-Rulers (2nd-3rd Centuries AD)," 267-284 (abstract) 

Ιστορικός Ιησούς και κατά Ιωάννην / Historical Jesus and John's Gospel

Στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation έχει αναρτηθεί ένα άρθρο των Paul N. Anderson και Jaime Clark-Soles σχετικά με τις ιστορικές μαρτυρίες για το πρόσωπο του Ιησού στο κατά Ιωάννην ευαγγέλιο: 

“Glimpses of Jesus Through the Johannine Lens - An Introduction and Overview of John, Jesus, and History, Volume 3”

Το τρέχον τεύχος του περιοδικού HENOCH / The current issue of HENOCH

Henoch 37:2 (2015)

THEME SECTION / SEZIONE MONOGRAFICA

• "Pagani, giudei e cristiani in conflitto. Controversie e definizioni dell’identità John Granger Cook, Research on the Bible among the Pagans since Rinal-di’s Biblia Gentium," 167-190
• Giancarlo Rinaldi, "Le colpe dei padri riversate sui figli nella polemica tra pagani e cristiani," 191-203
• Marco Zambon, "«Mosè scrisse queste cose senza aver capito nulla» (Orig. CC vi 49). Celso e Origene sul racconto biblico della creazione," 204-221
• Giuseppe Muscolino, "Gesù non è il figlio di Dio. L’attacco di Porfirio alla divinità del Cristo," 222-235

ARTICLES / ARTICOLI

• Scott B. Noegel, "Jonah and Leviathan. Inner-Biblical Allusions and the Problem with Dragons," 236-260
• Jeff S. Anderson, "Kidron and Hebron. Performative Space and Performative Speech in 2 Baruch and 1 Enoch," 261-275

BOOKS AND PROBLEMS / LIBRI E PROBLEMI

• Paolo L. Bernardini, "Lo scetticismo del rabbino: rileggendo Simone Luzzatto. A proposito di un libro recente," 276

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

TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism 20 (2015)

Special Feature: The Coherence Based Genealogical Method

• TC Editors, "Editorial Introduction"
• Klaus Wachtel, "The Coherence Method and History"
• Georg Gäbel, Annette Hüffmeier, Gerd Mink, Holger Strutwolf, Klaus Wachtel, "The CBGM Applied to Variants from Acts: Methodological Background"
• Klaus Wachtel, "Constructing Local Stemmata for the ECM of Acts: Examples"
• Annette Hüffmeier, "The CBGM Applied to Variants from Acts"
• Tommy Wasserman, "Historical and Philological Correlations and the CBGM as Applied to Mark 1:1"
• Stephen Carlson, "Comments on the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method"

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του JBL / The current issue of JBL

Journal of Biblical Literature 134:4 (2015)

• David A. Bosworth, "Ancient Prayers and the Psychology of Religion: Deities as Parental Figures," 681-700 
• Suzie Park, "Left-Handed Benjaminites and the Shadow of Saul," 701- 720 
• David Z. Moster, "The Levite of Judges 19-21," 721-730 
• Mika S. Pajunen and Hanne von Weissenberg, "The Book of Malachi, Manuscript 4Q76 (4QXIIa), and the Formation of the "Book of the Twelve"," 731-751 
• Lawrence M. Wills, "Greek Philosophical Discourse in the Book of Judith?," 753-772 
• William Yarchin, "Were the Psalms Collections at Qumran True Psalters?," 775-789 
• Chris Keith, "The Oddity of the Reference to Jesus in Acts 4:13b," 791-811 
• Courtney J. P. Friesen, "Paulus Tragicus: Staging Apostolic Adversity in First Corinthians," 813-832
• Jill E. Marshall, "Community Is a Body: Sex, Marriage, and Metaphor in 1 Corinthians 6:12-7:7 and Ephesians 5:21-33," 833-847 

JBL FORUM 

• Adele Reinhartz, "The JBL Forum, an Occasional Exchange," 849 
• Gerald O. West, "Twice Called, Thrice Rebuked: Doing African Biblical Scholarship," 850-854
• Kenneth N. Ngwa, "The Making of Gershom's Story: A Cameroonian Postwar Hermeneutics Reading of Exodus 2," 855-876 
• L. Juliana Claassens, "Memories of Midwives," 877-881 
• Aliou C. Niang, "Space and Human Agency in the Making of the Story of Gershom through a Senegalese Christian Lens," 882-889 
• Musa W. Dube, "A Luta Continua: Toward Trickster Intellectuals and Communities," 890-902

Το νέο τεύχος του ΔΒΜ / The current issue of Deltion Biblikon Meleton

Δελτίον Βιβλικών Μελετών 30Β (Δεκ. 2015)

• Αικατερίνη Τσαλαμπούνη, "Η αποκαλυπτική γλώσσα του Παύλου στην προς Ρωμαίους", 9-29
• π. Αντώνιος Πινακούλας, "Η επαναφορά του Ψαλτηρίου στην ενοριακή λειτουργική ζωή", 30-53
• Χρήστος Σιμελίδης,  "'ξένος θεός και άγραφος': Βιβλικά χωρίς για το Άγιο Πνεύμα στον Γρηγόριο Ναζιανζηνό", 54-62
• Γιάννης Παπαδογιαννάκης, "Η κρίση του 7ου αιώνα στο Βυζάντιο και η Βίβλος", 63-72
• Θοδωρής Δρίτσας, "Χριστιανισμός και εκκοσμίκευση", 73-90

Το τρέχον τεύχος του SemBib / The current issue of SemBib

Sémiotique et Bible 159 (Sept. 2015)

• Jean-Yves Thériault, "À l’écoute du discours sur la montagne – Entrer dans l’écoute" (abstract)
• Jean-Claude Giroud, "Genèse 1 : le paradigme" (abstract)
• Théodore Kalenda Yahanu Mwana, "La campagne énonciative de Sennachérib contre Juda et Ezéchias" (abstract)

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

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 58:4 (2015)

• Eugene H. Merrill, "Archaeology and OT Theology: Their Interface and Reciprocal Usage," 667-678
• Timo Laato, "Romans as the Completion of Bonnhoeffer's Hermeneutics," 709-729
• Michael Burer, "ἐπίσημοι ἐν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις in Rom 16:7 as 'Well Known to the Apostles': Further Defense and New Evidence," 731-755

Το τρέχον τεύχος του PzB / The current issue of PzB

Protokolle zur Bibel 24:2 (2015)

• Benedict Schöning, "Die Prüfung Bileams in Num 22,21–35. Die Eselinerzählung kanonisch gelesen"
• Mira Stare, "„Der Prophezeiende aber erbaut die Gemeinde“ (1 Kor 14,4b). Prophetisches Reden in der Gemeinde nach 1 Kor 11–14"
• Edith Petschnigg, "„Als brenne in meinem Herzen ein Feuer …“ (Jer 20,9). Prophetische Schriften in „jüdisch-christlichen“ Basisinitiativen nach 1945 – eine exemplarische Sichtung"

Στο τρέχον ZAC / In the current ZAC

Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum 19:3 (2015)

• Vito Limone, "I nomi dell’amore: Un’indagine sulla traduzione latina del Commento al Cantico dei Cantici di Origene," 407-429 (abstract)
• Eric Crégheur, "Le motif des cinq arbres dans l’Évangile selon Thomas (log. 19) et la littérature ancienne," 430-451 (abstract)

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

Verbum et ecclesia 36:1 (2015)

Eben H. Scheffler, "The poor in the Psalms: A variety of views"

Το τρέχον τεύχος του EC / The current issue of EC

Early Christianity 6:4 (2015)

• Christiane Zimmermann, "Christinnen in Lykaonien," 445-487 (abstract)
• Julia A. Snyder, "Imitation of “We” Passages in Acts? Canonical Influence and the Internal (First Person) Narrator of the Acts of John," 488-516 (abstract)
• Chris Keith, "Social Memory Theory and Gospels Research: The First Decade (Part Two)," 517-542 (abstract)
• James W. Barker, "Written Gospel or Oral Tradition? Patristic Parallels to John 3:3, 5," 543-558 (abstract)
• Peter Arzt-Grabner, "Neuigkeiten aus der Papyrologie (2)," 561-569 (abstract)
• Andreas Merkt in Zusammenarbeit mit Tobias Nicklas und Joseph Verheyden, "Das Novum Testamentum Patristicum (NTP): Ein Projekt zur Erforschung von Rezeption und Auslegung des Neuen Testamentes in frühchristlicher und spätantiker Zeit," 573-595

Το τρέχον τεύχος του OTE / The current issue of OTE

Old Testament Essays 28:3 (2015)

• Gerrie Snyman, "Parameters of (South) African Old Testament Scholarship : editorial," 577-580 (abstract)
• Peet J. Van Dyk, "'Responsible stewardship' - the root of all evil in eco-theology? Old Testament Essays 28(2) 2015 : pp. 523-535 : erratum," 580
• Alexander I. Abasili, "Hannah's ordeal of childlessness : interpreting 1 Samuel 1 through the prism of a childless African woman in a polygynous family," 581-605 (abstract)
• Ulf Bergstrom, "The progressive-imperfective path from Standard to Late Biblical Hebrew," 606-635 (abstract)
• Hendrik L. Bosman, "Ants, spiders or bees... and ticks? A typology of Old Testament scholarship in South Africa since 1994 within its African context," 636-654 (abstract)
• L. Juliana M. Claassens, "Rethinking humour in the Book of Jonah : tragic laughter as resistance in the context of trauma," 655-673 (abstract)
• Milda De Vaal-Stanton, "The meaning and implications of Ruth 4:5 : a grammatical, socio-cultural and juridical investigation," 674-693 (abstract)
• Mmapula Diana Kebaneilwe, "The good creation : an ecowomanist reading of Genesis 1-2," 697-703 (abstract)
• Ndikho Mtshiselwa, "Context and context meet! A dialogue between the Sitz-im-Leben of Psalm 23 and the South African setting," 704-723 (abstract)
• Funlola Olojede, "'...What of the night?' Theology of night in the Book of Job and the Psalter," 724-737 (abstract)
• Andre G. Odendaal -  Jurie H. Le Roux, -  Alphonso Groenewald, ""Troos" in Deutero-Jesaja : 'n ondersoek na aanleiding van die voorkoms van die werkwoord נחם,"  (abstract) 738-759
• J.H. (Henk) Potgieter, "Psalm 56 read within its literary context in the Psalter and its connections with King David," 760-776 (abstract)
• Gert T.M. Prinsloo, "Suffering as separation : towards a spatial reading of Psalm 11," 777-896 (abstract)
• Hulisani Ramantswana, "Not free while nature remains colonised : a decolonial reading of Isaiah 11:6-9," 807-831 (abstract)
• H.J.M. (Hans) Van Deventer, "Literary lions with real bite : re-examining the intertextual rhetoric in Daniel 6," 832-846 (abstract)
• Robert Kuloba Wabyanga, "The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah revisited : military and political reflections," 847-873 (abstract)

I. Howard Marshall (12.1.1934 - +12.12.2015)

Ένα ιδιαίτερα θλιβερό γεγονός της ημέρας: η εκδημία του γνωστού καθηγητή της Καινής Διαθήκης I. Howard Marshall, ομότιμου καθηγητή του Παν/μίου του Aberdeen. Στο ερευνητικό του έργο ο εκλιπών ασχολήθηκε κυρίως με το κατά Λουκάν και τις Πράξεις, τις Ποιμαντικές Επιστολές καθώς και την Θεολογία της ΚΔ: Luke: Historian and Theologian (1970, 1989), The Gospel of Luke (NIGTC) (1978), A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on The Pastoral Epistles (International Critical Commentary), (1999) κ.ά.

Νεκρολογία στο The Gospel Coalition

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

Bibliotheca Sacra 172/688 (2015)

• J.Scott Horrell, "Translating 'Son of God' for Muslim Contexts, Part 2: Historical and Theological Concerns," 398-415
• Brian N. Peterson, "The Authorship of Samuel: the Deuteronomist 70 Years after North," 416-432
• Daniel J. Pfeifer, "Which Came First, the Symbol or the Referent? A Study of the Historical Twelve," 433 -449
• Sandra L. Glahn, "The First-Century Ephesian Artemis: Ramification of Her Identity," 450-469

RBL 11.12.2015

Deborah Levine Gera, Judith
Reviewed by Patricia Ahearne-Kroll

Christopher B. Hays, Hidden Riches: A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East
Reviewed by Brad E. Kelle
Reviewed by Victor H. Matthews

Thomas Hieke, Levitikus: Erster Teilband: 1-15 and Levitikus: Zweiter Teilband: 16-27
Reviewed by Erhard S. Gerstenberger

Doohee Lee, Luke-Acts and 'Tragic History'
Reviewed by Gregory Sterling

Meir Lubetski and Edith Lubetski, eds., New Inscriptions and Seals Relating to the Biblical World
Reviewed by Jeffrey L. Morrow

Piotr Michalowski, The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur: An Epistolary History of an Ancient Mesopotamian Kingdom
Reviewed by T. Sharlach

J. Brian Peckham, Phoenicia: Episodes and Anecdotes from the Ancient Mediterranean
Reviewed by Josette Elayi

Matthew Thiessen, Contesting Conversion: Genealogy, Circumcision, and Identity in Ancient Judaism and Christianity
Reviewed by James C. Miller
Reviewed by Rafael Rodríguez