Παρασκευή 1 Μαΐου 2026

Journal for the Study of the New Testament 48/4 (2026)

 Journal for the Study of the New Testament 48/4 (2026)

  • Lydia Bremer-McCollum, "The Pernicious Supremacy of the Christian Codex," 786-814 (abstract)
  • Madison N. Pierce, "Relapsing, Reverting, or Rejecting? The Purpose of Hebrews and Early Jewish Religion," 815-843 (abstract)
  • Simon J. Joseph, "Re-Judaizing Jesus: Remembering the Sacrificial Cult in the Gospel of Matthew," 844-872 (abstract)
  • Gabriella Gelardini, "Decoding Mark’s Messianic Secret with Georg Simmel," 873-902 (OA)
  • Tim Carter, "A Tomb Fit for a Prophet: An Investigation into the Historical Plausibility of the Gospel Burial Accounts," 903-934 (OA)
  • Karl Olav Sandnes, "Ethnic Differentiations in Sin? Mapping Jewish Sin in Romans," 935-957 (abstract)
  • Ramez J. Habash, "The Salvation of All Israel in Romans 11.26: A New Exegetical Perspective," 958-986 (abstract)
  • D. Houston Beckworth, "Satan’s Imprisonment (Rev. 20) and Allusions to 1 Enoch 10, 54–57, and the Day of Atonement," 987-1014 (abstract)
  • John C. Poirier, "Language Games and the Meaning(s) of ‘Meaning’: Two Problems with Jonathan Rowlands’s Defense of ‘Theological Readings’," 1015-1021 (abstract

Παρασκευή 24 Απριλίου 2026

Catholic Biblical Quarterly 88/2 (2026)

 Catholic Biblical Quarterly 88/2 (2026)

  • John Makujina, "The Case of the Inverted Male Wrestlers: Assessing Lyle Eslinger’s Reversal of the Participants in Genesis 32:26–33"
  • H. Clay Smith, "Negotiating Power among the Living and the Dead: A Reassessment of Deuteronomy’s 'Politics of Postmortem Existence'"
  • Tova Ganzel, "Reconstructing the 'Remnant': Judean Identity under Babylonian and Persian Rule"
  • Caleb Punt, "The Mourning, Withering, and Dying Earth: An Ecological Reading of Isaiah 24"
  • Yisca Zimran, "In God We Trust? Micah 7:7–10 and the Debate Regarding the Divine Presence and Its Effect"
  • José Enrique Aguilar Chiu, "The Kingdom of God in the Gospel of Mark"
  • Nicholas J. Schaser, "An Unbearable Law? The Yoke of Rehoboam and the Burden of Human Demands in Acts 15:10"
  • M. Samuel Adkins, "Gratitude and Justice in Romans 1:16–32"

Estudos biblicos 41/151 (2025)

Estudos biblicos 41/151 (2025)

Dossiê: Bíblia Apócrifa 

  • Jacir de Freitas Faria, "Apócrifos na Bíblia Apócrifa: cristianismos silenciados e perdidos! Poder e heresias!" 5-17 (OA)
  • Valtair Miranda, "Visões do Além e pedagogia moral: a construção do Inferno e do Paraíso entre o Apocalipse de Pedro e o Apocalipse de Paulo," 18-32 (OA)
  • Franklin Alves Pereira, "A reconfiguração da personagem Judas Iscariotes no evangelho de Judas: um itinerário gnóstico," 33-42 (ΟΑ)
  • Cesar Carbullanca Nuñez, "El hombre como monstruo en 4Esdras 13, 1-32: lugares, prácticas ascéticas y visiones," 45-64 (OA)
  • Vitor Emanoel Correa de Mesquita, "Apocalipse de Sofonias: um apocalipse das terras do Egito," 65-79 (OA)
Artigos - Temática livre

  • Valmor da Silva, "Contribuições dos Manuscritos do Mar Morto para o conhecimento da Bíblia," 80-91 (OA)
  • Werlen Lopes da Silva, "Unção em Betânia: diálogo entre João e os sinóticos," 92-104 (OA)
  • Filipe Henrique de Araújo, "Esforço humano e dom de Deus: a maiêutica da esperança. Análise exegética de Rm 5, 1-5 Análisis exegético de Rm 5, 1-5," 105-116 (OA)
  • Waldecir Gonzaga, Ronny Santos de Abreu, "O mistério expresso em Ef 5,32: a relação entre Cristo e sua Igreja," 117-131 (OA)

Τετάρτη 22 Απριλίου 2026

Old Testament Essays 39/1 (2026)

 Old Testament Essays 39/1 (2026)

  • Janson Condren, "Trumpets as Odd Ending or Fitting Closure? Study of the Relationship of Numbers 10:1-10 to the Organisation of the Camp in Numbers 1:1-10:10" (OA)
  • Michael Seheri, "The Abrahamic Call through Canonical Criticism: Genesis 12:1-9 and the Theological Reorientation of Scripture" (OA)
  • Philip Chia, "Editio Princeps of Rahlfs of 891 and Its Contribution to the Study of LXX" (OA)
  • Mlamli Diko, "In Grief, We Remember: A Comparative Interdisciplinary Discourse on Some Mourning Practices and Rituals in the Old Testament and in AmaXhosa Tradition" (OA)
  • Jakob Boeckle, "Spiritualität und Wissenschaft in ihren Grenzen – der “Humility Gap” bei Ijob und in der modernen Physik" (OA)
  • Gert TM Prinsloo, "Resilience as Reliance: Brief Reflections on Intergenerational Resilience with Reference to Psalm 131" (OA)
  • Igor Odintsov, "Two Cases of Akkadian Influence in Isaiah 50" (OA)

Τρίτη 21 Απριλίου 2026

Early Christianity 17/1 (2026)

 Early Christianity 17/1 (2026)

Reimagining Gospel Literature

  • Jeremiah Coogan, "Gospels and Other Narrative Experiments in the Roman Mediterranean," 3-15 (abstract
  • Hugo Méndez, "John as an Apocryphal Gospel," 16-30 (abstract
  • Sarah Parkhouse, "The Limits of the Dialogue Gospel Genre," 31-47 (abstract
  • Jacob A. Rodriguez, "Papias the Gospel Bibliographer?" 48-68 (abstract)
  • Julia D. Lindenlaub, "Ambitious Authorial Fiction in Epistula apostolorum and Gospel Reading Practices in Justin Martyr’s First Apology and the Acts of Peter," 69-87 (abstract
  • Carl Johan Berglund, "Replacing Jesus with Philip," 88-104 (abstract
  • Fabrizio Marcello, "New Discoveries from Papyri," 107-126 (abstract

Γυναικείες μορφές, ταυτότητα και εξουσία στα νομίσματα των Σάρδεων / Female Figures, Identity and Power on coins from Sardis

 Gabriela Oliveira, "From Goddesses to Virtues," Archaeology of Western Anatolia 2 (2026): 60-82

Τα νομίσματα δεν είναι απλώς μέσα συναλλαγής. Είναι επίσης μέσα επικοινωνίας και διάδοσης ιδεών· οι παραστάσεις που τα στολίζουν κι οι επιγραφές που τις συνοδεύουν μεταφέρουν από χέρι σε χέρι μηνύματα ταυτότητας, εξουσίας και ιδεολογίας.  

Στο άρθρο της, που δημοσιεύεται ως open access στο τελευταίο τεύχος του Archaeology of Western Anatolia, η Gabriela R. Marques de Oliveira (Μουσείο Αρχαιολογίας και Εθνολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο του São Paulo) εξετάζει 83 ρωμαϊκά νομίσματα με γυναικεία εικονογραφία, προερχόμενα από ανασκαφές στις Σάρδεις της δυτικής Μικράς Ασίας. Η de Oliveira κατατάσσει  αυτά τα νομίσματα σε δύο ομάδες: ρωμαϊκά επαρχιακά νομίσματα (1ος–3ος αι.) και νομίσματα της Ύστερης Αρχαιότητας (4ος αι.) κι εξετάζει τη θεματολογία των γυναικείων παραστάσεων, τη θέση τους στο νόμισμα (στον εμπροσθότυπο ή στον οπισθότυπο) και το συμβολισμό και τις αξίες που αντιπροσωπεύουν.

Η κεντρική θέση του άρθρου είναι ότι στα ρωμαϊκά επαρχιακά νομίσματα (1ος-3ος αι.) οι γυναικείες μορφές απαντούν και στις δύο όψεις των νομισμάτων. Γυναικείες θεότητες κι αυτοκράτειρες στολίζουν τον εμπροσθότυπο και συνδέονται με την εξουσία και τη νομιμοποίησή της. Προσωποποιημένες ιδέες/αξίες συνήθως καταλαμβάνουν τον οπισθότυπο, ο οποίος κατά κανόνα είναι ο χώρος όπου εκφράζονται ιδέες και αξίες. Στα νομίσματα, όμως, της ύστερης αρχαιότητας οι γυναικείες παραστάσεις μετατοπίστηκαν σχεδόν αποκλειστικά στον οπισθότυπο και πήραν τη μορφή τυποποιημένων προσωποποιήσεων αφηρημένων αρετών: Victoria, Securitas, Spes, Pax, Providentia, Concordia.

Οι Σάρδεις λειτουργούν ένα πολύ καλό παράδειγμα δοκιμής αυτής της θέσης. Πρόκειται για μια πόλη με μακρά ιστορία, μεγάλη πολιτισμική κληρονομιά αλλά και έντονη πολιτική παρουσία στη ρωμαϊκή και ύστερη αρχαιότητα. Το ίδιο το άρθρο υπενθυμίζει ότι κατά τους ύστερους ρωμαϊκούς χρόνους η πόλη γνωρίζει νέα ακμή, με συναγωγή, εκκλησίες και οικοδομική δραστηριότητα. Κατά συνέπεια, τα νομίσματα δεν αντανακλούν μόνο αισθητικές επιλογές, αλλά βαθύτερες μεταβολές στην πολιτική και πολιτισμική αυτοσυνειδησία της πόλης.

Στα θετικά σημεία του άρθρου της de Oliveira αναφέρω την εκτενή χρήση του νομισματικού υλικού της πόλης, τους δύο πίνακες με τις κοπές νομισμάτων που προσφέρουν ένα χρήσιμο υλικό αναφοράς, τη διαχρονική σύγκριση των νομισμάτων και την καλή χρήση της σχετικής βιβλιογραφίας. Θα είχε ίσως ενδιαφέρον μία παράλληλη σύγκριση των επιγραφών που συνοδεύουν τις παραστάσεις ώστε να διαπιστωθεί εάν υποστηρίζουν αυτήν τη μετάβαση από τη δήλωση της τοπικής πολιτικής ταυτότητας στο λεξιλόγιο της αυτοκρατορικής ιδεολογίας. Τι μπορεί να μας λέει αυτή η αλλαγή του αφηγήματος των νομισμάτων για το κοινό που τα βλέπει και τα χρησιμοποιεί; Τέλος, είναι πραγματικά σημαντική η μετάβαση από τις ιστορικές γυναίκες προς τις αφηρημένες αρετές στον οπισθότυπο των νομισμάτων. Η γυναίκα παραμένει παρούσα στο κοινωνικό/πολιτικό σύστημα, όχι όμως ως φορέας εξουσίας αλλά ως αυτή που ενσαρκώνει αξίες αντί να τις θέτει. 

Η de Oliveira καταδεικνύει πώς η γυναικεία αναπαράσταση δεν εξαφανίζεται στην ύστερη αρχαιότητα, αλλά μετασχηματίζεται. Και ο μετασχηματισμός αυτός δεν είναι ουδέτερος: υπακούει σε μια λογική σύμφωνα με την οποία η γυναικεία παρουσία γίνεται ανεκτή μόνο εφόσον είναι αφηρημένη, τυποποιημένη, και ελεγχόμενη.

Τα νομίσματα, όπως και οι λίθοι, λοιπόν, φθέγγονται. Αρκεί να ξέρει κανείς ποια ερωτήματα να τους θέσει.

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Coins are not merely means of exchange. They are also means of communication and dissemination of ideas; the representations that adorn them and the inscriptions that accompany them carry messages of identity, authority, and ideology from hand to hand.

In her article, published as open access in the latest issue of Archaeology of Western Anatolia, Gabriela R. Marques de Oliveira (Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo) examines 83 Roman coins bearing female imagery, recovered from excavations at Sardis in western Asia Minor. De Oliveira classifies these coins into two groups: Roman provincial coins (1st–3rd c.) and Late Antique coins (4th c.), and examines the thematic content of female representations, their position on the coin (obverse or reverse), and the symbolism and values they convey.

The article's central argument is that on Roman provincial coins (1st–3rd c.) female figures appear on both sides. Female deities and empresses adorn the obverse, where they are linked to authority and its legitimation. Personified ideas and values typically occupy the reverse, which as a rule serves as the space where ideas and values find expression. On Late Antique coins, however, female representations shifted almost exclusively to the reverse and took the form of standardized personifications of abstract virtues: Victoria, Securitas, Spes, Pax, Providentia, Concordia.

Sardis serves as a particularly effective case study for testing this thesis. It is a city with a long history, a rich cultural heritage, and a strong political presence in both the Roman and late antique periods. The article itself recalls that during the later Roman period the city experienced a renewed flourishing, with a synagogue, churches, and extensive building activity. Consequently, the coins do not merely reflect aesthetic choices but deeper shifts in the city's political and cultural self-awareness.

Among the strengths of de Oliveira's article, I would note the extensive use of the city's numismatic material, the two tables of coin issues that provide a useful reference tool, the diachronic comparison of the coins, and the effective use of the relevant bibliography. It would perhaps be of interest to undertake a parallel comparison of the inscriptions accompanying the representations, in order to determine whether they support this transition from the assertion of local political identity to the vocabulary of imperial ideology. What might this shift in the coins' narrative tell us about the audience that viewed and used them? Finally, the transition from historical women to abstract virtues on the reverse is truly significant. Woman remains present in the social and political system — not, however, as a bearer of authority, but as one who embodies values rather than setting them.


De Oliveira demonstrates that female representation does not disappear in Late Antiquity but is transformed. And this transformation is not neutral: it follows a logic according to which female presence is tolerated only insofar as it is abstract, standardized, and controlled.


Coins, then, like stones, speak. One need only know which questions to put to them.









Σάββατο 18 Απριλίου 2026

Catholic Biblical Quarterly 88/1 (2026)

 Catholic Biblical Quarterly 88/1 (2026)

  • Carol J. Dempsey, "Moving beyond Text-Fetishism: Toward a Catholic Biblical Hermeneutic," 1–24
  • Carlos A. Garcia Alayon, "Delimiting Creation: Sense Divisions as Reception History in an Early Septuagint Witness of Genesis 1," 25–49   
  • Andrew Geist, "From Marriage to Sacrilege: Variations on a Biblical Motif," 50–70   
  • E. J. Davila, "Psalm 22: The Death and Resurrection of King David," 71–87   
  • Ethan Schwartz, "Tradition-Informed Historical Criticism: A Jewish Reading of Dei Verbum as an Invitation to Catholic–Jewish Dialogue in Biblical Studies," 88–111  
  • Mary Ann Beavis, "A Certain Woman Disciple: Tabitha as µαθήτρια," 112–129  
  • Stephen C. Wunrow, " 'About Whom Is Our Discourse': New Data on λόγοc in Hebrews 4:13," 130–142
  • Rubin James Yi McClain, "The New Jerusalem and Greco-Roman City Founding: Revelation 19–21," 143–162

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του Greece & Rome / In the current issue of Greece & Rome

 Greece & Rome 73/1 (2026)

  • Panayiotis Christoforou, "Tiberius the Capricious," 1-20 (OA)
  • Christopher Siwicki, "Who Lost Out When Rome's Monyments Went Up? The Darker Side of Architectural Benefaction and Urban Redevelopment in Ancient Rome," 76-105 (abstract)

Πέμπτη 16 Απριλίου 2026

Harvard Theological Review 119/1 (2026)

 Harvard Theological Review 119/1 (2026)

  • Itzhak Amar, "Past, Present, and Future: 'Cultural Trauma' as an Interpretive Lens for Understanding the Historical Rewriting in the Book of Chronicles," 1-25 (OA)
  • Stuart E. Parsons, "Intertextuality and the Formation of Theophilus of Antioch’s Apologetic Strategy," 26-49 (OA)
  • Chance E. Bonar, "Victim Blaming and Slut Shaming in Exegesis on the Soul (NHC II,6)," 50-68 (OA)
  • Richard Last, "Turning to Christ, Communicating with the Roman Gods: Interpretatio Christiana and “Christian Polytheism” in the Early Roman Empire," 69-91 (OA)
  • Mina Monier, "A Quest for the Pericope Adulterae: A Historical Assessment of ibn Kabar and ibn al-ʿAssāl’s Notes," 92-120 (abstract)
  • Golda Akhiezer, "Between History and Theology: Text and Metatext in Jewish Historical Writing," 121-142 (OA)
  • Kirsten Macfarlane, " 'A principio fuit canonicus': The Controversy over 1 Enoch in Seventeenth-Century Europe," 143-167 (OA)