Bulletin of Biblical Studies, Vol. 2, December 1974, issue 8, pp. 271-370.
The 8th volume, December 1974, of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies contains three (3) articles.
The article of S. Agouridis is the continuation of an article in the precedent volume of the DBM (cf. Vol. 2, June 1972, issue 7). In the beginning the writer presents the diagram that will follow in the commentary on the text of the Speech on the Mountain. The introduction follows, where the issue examined is, on the one hand, who the members of the new kingdom are and what their mission in the world is. More specifically, the author analyses who constitute the new people of God, the characteristics of the new people of God, the struggle between the old and new people and the triumph of the new one, the mission of the new people of God into the world. On the other hand, the content of the Speech is explored, that is to say, the by the new justice. Moreover, the central theme of the Speech is examined analytically. Thus, the new justice and the rabbi explanation of Law are analysed and at the same time, the substance of this new justice is clarified with five examples. In addition, the new justice and the hypocritical devotion are examined and the practical exercise of new justice is elucidated with three examples. Finally, new justice in the light of material goods and the daily cares is explored and the practical exercise of new justice is illuminated with two examples. At this point, the second part of the article of S. Agouridis is completed.
G. Gratseas stresses the issue of renewal of members of Essaies in the Qumran communities and particularly the way that this renewal is achieved. In this frame, the writer assembles and categorises the data of sources that are refer to that particular subject and describes the five ways in which the communities were renewed. These are: adoption of individuals of small age, children of married Essaies, voluntarily participation of adults, individuals suffered great misfortune and special cases, and finally, registration of members that had been removed or erased by the catalogues of the communities. The study closes with an effort of description of the process of introduction of new members, according to the information that is contained both in the work of Iosipos and the essaie manuscripts, mainly, in the Handbook of Discipline and the Damascus Text. In the end of his study, Gratseas composes a diagram of relative formal provision on the entry of new members.
B.Englezakis supports that the character of the Markion parables is not the dissimulation of the content of Jesus’ teaching, but a pedagogic process of preparation for the coming of the kingdom of God, so that there is time even for those who did not manage to comprehend its meaning and content from the beginning.
The volume closes with book-reviews of contemporary greek and foreign books.