Bulletin of Biblical Studies, vol. 23, July-December 2005, year 33, p. 278.
The July-December 2005 issue of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies contains six (6) articles.
U. Luz examines the relationship between iconography and verbal interpretation of the Bible. In the first unity of his article, the writer makes some observations on the condition of western theology and especially of the Reformed one, because of the loss of the religious icon in the West. In the second unity, he expresses some thoughts on the language of the icons and its special power, as well as on the potential it encloses for the understanding of the biblical narrations.
D. Kaimakis presents the Greek translation of three Sabbatical Hymns, Z', IB' and IΓ', of the “angelic liturgy”. The latter is a liturgical text of the community of Qumran and contains hymns in which the devotional ritual for the Sabbatical sacrifice is described. Brief introductory comments on the structure and the content of the “liturgy” and its hymns precede the translation.
S. Despotis negotiates the issue of the cinematic “illustration” of Jesus. The writer, after he has mentioned the role of the icon and the biblical dramas, that is the devotional representations, especially the Passions and Resurrection of Jesus, moves on to the critical analysis of the modern form of these dramas, the movie and comments on the difficulties, the weaknesses and the problems of the until today related to Jesus films.
H. Kasselouri-Hatzivasiliadi presents the trends and views of the modern biblical research on the way in which the structure of the “Greek-Roman house” was adopted, incorporated and adjusted to the first Christian communities and analyzes the effect of its structure on the basic characteristics of the first Christian communities the way these arise from the testimonies of the New Testament texts.
A. Antonopoulos proceeds with an introductory critical hermeneutic consideration of the narration of Apostle Andrew in the field of the so-called outer-biblical literature. In this frame, he focuses his interest on the compilation of the books of the literature in question that are connected to the person of Apostle Andrew, the recording of the admirable facts and his deeds, his teaching and his spiritual relationships with Jesus Christ, as well as with Apostles Paul, Peter and Thomas, the way these appear in the the outer-biblical literature.
M. Goutzioudis analyzes the sense of sin in To The Hebrews epistle. Initially, he comments on the main position of the writer of the epistle on sin and the four subcategories of his perception of it and examines the broader theological background of the epistle about the issue. Next, he underlines a series of other ideas about sin and the special perception of it and its cure, the way these are met in To The Hebrews.
In the Chronicles of the issue there is a reference to the 3rd scientific Symposium of eastern and western New Testament scholars under the topic: “Unity and polymorphism in the New Testament ecclesiology”, 24-31 August 2005, St. Petersburg.