To τρέχον τεύχος του OTE / The current issue of OTE

Old Testament Essays 32:3 (2019)

• Blessing Onoriode Boloje, "Extravagant rituals or ethical religion (Micah 6:6–8)? Ritual interface with social responsibility in Micah," 800-820
• C.J. (Neels) Redelinghuys, "Negotiating an eco-conscious translation of the Hebrew Bible : Jonah 3:1–10 as test case," 821-845
• Solomon Olusola Ademiluka, "'For I Hate Divorce,' says the Lord : interpreting Malachi 2:16 in relation to prohibition of divorce in some churches in Nigeria," 846-868
• Gudrun E. Lier, "The travail of pain : an interpretive perspective from scripture," 869-884 
• June Frances Dickie, "The intersection of biblical lament and psychotherapy in the healing of trauma memories," 885-907
• Timothy L. Decker, "Contrastive characterization in Ruth 1:6–22 : three ways to return from exile," 908-935
• David Tuesday Adamo, "Reading Psalm 35 in Africa (Yoruba) perspective," 936-955
• Benjamin D. Giffone, "'Israel’s' only son? The complexity of Benjaminite identity between Judah and Joseph," 956-972

Το τρέχον τεύχος του BBR / The current issue of BBR

Bulletin of Biblical Research 30:2 (2020)

• Jason S. DeRouchie, "The Addressees in Zephaniah 2:1, 3: Who Should Seek Yhwh Together?" 183-207 (abstract)
• Andrew Mitchell, "Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done: A Study of Matthew 6:10," 208-230 (abstract)
•  Paul M. Hoskins, "A Neglected Allusion to Leviticus 4–5 in Jesus’s Words Concerning His Blood in Matthew 26:28," 231-242 (abstract)
• John C. Peckham, "Rules of Engagement: God’s Permission of Evil in Light of Selected Cases of Scripture, 243-260 (abstract)
• Richard Hess, "An Archaeological Synthesis of Israel’s History, " 261-276 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του BN / The current issue of BN

Biblische Notizen 185 (2020)

• Wilfried Warning, “Gedanken zum Buche Genesis,” 3-18
• Bernard Gosse, “Le livre d’Isaïe et la vengeance contre Edom, Is 60,1-3 comme réponse à Dt 33,2 (racine zḥr), et l’opposition entre les Coréites et les Ezrahites,” 19-32
• Eva Fasthuber, “Gottes hörender Diener. Beobachtungen zur literarischen Gestalt von 1Sam 3,” 33-44
• Graeme Auld, “Some Thoughts on the first Jeroboam,” 43-53
• Thomas Wagner, “Jesaja 6 im Spiegel altsyrischer Rollsiegel. Eine formkritische
• Annäherung,” 55-77
• Martin Mulzer, “Zur Anstößigkeit von Psalmen aus exegetischer Perspektive,” 79-98
• Luca Mazzinghi, “„Dieu te convoquera en jugement“: Qo 11,9c, un texte „intrus“?“ 99-111
• Alois Hund Carrasco, “Jesus, Vespasian und die antiflavianische Lektüre des Markusevangeliums. Thesen und Antithesen zur politischen Interpretation des ältesten Evangeliums,” 113-131

Περιλήψεις / Abstracts

Η κοινωνική διαστρωμάτωση των πρώτων χριστιανικών ομάδων της Γαλιλαίας / The social stratification of the early Christian groups in Galilee

Στην ιστοσελίδα The Bible and Interpretation οι Ben-Zion Rosenfeld και Haim Perlmutter συζητούν το κοινωνικό προφίλ της Γαλιλαίας του 1ου αι. μ.Χ. κι υποστηρίζουν ότι ο Ιησούς κι η πρώτη ομάδα που τον ακολούθησε προέρχεται από μία μάλλον μεσαία κοινωνική ομάδα. Οι συγγραφείς στηρίζονται κυρίως στα ραββινικά κείμενα. Μολονότι αυτά είναι μια σημαντική πηγή, έχω κάποιες επιφυλάξεις κατά πόσο μπορούν να μας δώσουν ασφαλείς πληροφορίες για την κοινωνία της εποχής του Ιησού: 

Middle Groups in Jewish Roman Galilee and Jesus and his Disciples’ Social Location: New Insights

Το τρέχον τεύχος του JBL / The current issue of JBL

Journal of BIblical Literature 139/2 (2020)

• Stephen M. Wilson, "Fear, Love, and Leadership: Posing a Machiavellian Question to the Hebrew Bible," 233-253 (abstract)
• Jaeyoung Jeon, "The Scout Narrative (Numbers 13) as a Territorial Claim in the Persian Period," 255-274 (abstract)
• Richard Anthony Purcell, "The King as Priest? Royal Imagery in Psalm 110 and Ancient Near Eastern Iconography," 275-300 (abstract)
• Jacqueline Vayntrub, "Tamar and Her Botanical Image," 301-318 (abstract)
• Stephen C. Carlson, "A Bias at the Heart of the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM)," 319-340 (abstract)
• Andrew W. Pitts, "The Fowler Fallacy: Biography, History, and the Genre of Luke-Acts," 341-359 (abstract)
• Andrew Messmer, "Maranatha (1 Corinthians 16:22): Reconstruction and Translation Based on Western Middle Aramaic," 361-383 (abstract)
• Kenneth M. Wilson, "Reading James 2:18–20 with Anti-Donatist Eyes: Untangling Augustine’s Exegetical Legacy," 385-407 (abstract)
• Max Botner, "The Essence of a Spiritual House: Misunderstanding Metaphor and the Question of Supersessionism in 1 Peter," 409-425 (abstract)
• Nicholas E. Wagner, "P.Duk. inv. 764: A Fragment from a Papyrus Codex with a Quotation of Proverbs 22:20," 427-435 (abstract)

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του Religion and Gender / In the current issue of Religion and Gender

Religion & Gender 10:1 (2020)

• Jamie Pitts and Peter-Ben Smit, "Jesus, Religion, Gender: Introduction," 5–12 
• Christopher B. Zeichmann, "Same-Sex Intercourse Involving Jewish Men 100 BCE–100 CE: Sources and Significance for Jesus’ Sexual Politics," 13–36 (abstract)
• Albert Hogeterp, "Gendering Jesus the Jew," 37–56 (abstract)
• Rocío Figueroa and David Tombs, "Recognising Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Abuse: Responses from Sodalicio Survivors in Peru," 57–75 
• Peter-Ben Smit, "Masculinity and the ‘Holy Child’ of the Birhen sa Balintawak," 76–96 
• Grace Emmett, "“You Weakened Him”: Jesus’s Masculinity in Mary Magdalene," 97–117 

Στο τρέχον τεύχος του Acta Theologica / The current issue of Acta Theologica

Acta Theologica 40:1 (2020)

• I.C. Berg, "Four Criteria for Identifying the Socially Marginal in the Social Context of Early Christianity Reflected in the New Testament"
• W.H Oliver, E. Oliver, "Sola Scriptura: Authority Versus Interpretation?"
• S.D. Snyman, "Malachi's Controversial Conclusion: Problems and Prospects"

Το τρέχον τεύχος του PzB / The current issue of PzB

Protokolle zur Bibel 29:1 (2020)

• Antonia Krainer, "Gottesbilder in Psalm 102. Netzwerke von Metaphern"
• Carolin Neuber, "„Es gibt keinen Gott“. Die Möglichkeit der Gottesleugnung und das Gottesbild in Psalm 9/10; 14; 53"
• Agnethe Siquans, "Gottes Wirksamkeit in menschlichem Handeln und Reden. Das Gottesbild in den Büchern Rut und Ester"
• Andreas Vonach,"Making or Reading Books? The LXX-Version of Qoheleth and its Tendency to Pessimism"

Το τρέχον τεύχος του Biblical Interpretation / The current issue of Biblical Interpretation

Biblical Interpretation 28:3 (2020)

• Lydia Lee, "Reflections on the Scholarly Imaginations of Good and Evil in the Book of Esther," 273–302 (abstract)
• Johnny Miles, "A Tale of Two Purims: Food-Identity Ideology and Purim Reception from the Late Persian to the Byzantine Christian Era," 303–326 (abstract)
• Daniel James Waller, "Sympathy for a Gentile King: Nebuchadnezzar, Exile, and Mortality in the Book of Daniel," 327–346 (abstract)
• Amy Lindeman Allen, "Babies and Building Blocks: A Re-constructive Reading of God’s Household in 1 Peter in light of the Absent Child," 347–370 (abstract)

Το τρέχον τεύχος του HeBAI / The current issue of HeBAI

Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 9:1 (2020)

• Abraham Winitzer, "New Historical Perspectives on the Babylonian Exile," 1-3 
• Paul-Alain Beaulieu, "Judah in the Shadow of Babylon," 4-19 (abstract)
• Michael Jursa, Ran Zadok, "Judeans and Other West Semites: Another View from the Babylonian Countryside," 20-40 (abstract)
• David S. Vanderhooft, "Babylon as Cosmopolis in Israelite Texts and Achaemenid Architecture," 41-61 (abstract)
• Ronnie Goldstein, "Casting Nets and Burning Temples: The Babylonian and Persian Background of Jer 43:8–13," 62-90 (abstract)