Bulletin of Biblical Studies, Vol. 1, December 1971, issue. 2, pp. 99-188.
The 2nd volume, December 1971, of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies contains five (5) articles.
I. Panagopoulos examines the significance and the importance of christian peace with regard to the person and the work of Jesus Christ. In this frame, he stresses firstly the basic regard of christian peace as donation of the risen Christ and of the Spirit to the world, and as expression of faith in Him. Additionally, he describes the difference of meaning between the christian and the secular peace and develops its soteriological and ecclesiological prospect. The writer closes the article mentioning the importance of the “peaceful” witness of the Church in the modern violent world.
In the frame of criticism of the O.T. text, El. Economou moves toward the correction of Esthir 1,18 and renders explicitly the meaning of this particular passage.
P. Andriopoulos describes the reflection that has been developed with regard to the place and the role of “mysticism” in the writings of apostle Paul. In this affinity, initially he presents briefly the views on “theocentric” and “christocentric mysticism” and suggests that substance it is “sacramental”. Later on, he examines whether we can speak of “pauline mysticism” in general, and after he analyses the basic characteristics of the religious phenomenon of mysticism, he supports that this comes in complete opposition to the prophetic temperament of apostle Paul.
Prof. Agouridis moves towards the publication of the text on the life of Apostle Thomas of Twin that is contained in the unpublished manuscript no 51 of the library of Historical File of the Holy Metropolis of Sparta. This text constitutes the initial part of the famous Apocryphal New Testament work “Acts of Thomas”. Prof. Agouridis’ introductory comments on the text itself, as well as on the philological relation and the relation of context of the two texts, precede the publication of the above mentioned text.
P. Christinakis presents his views with regard to Naoum 1,9, which deals with the question of the non-return of God to an issue that already has been judged by Him. In this frame, the writer initially mentions the patristic and contemporary interpretation of the passage that connects the theme of non-return of God with His Omnipotence and then continues to support his opinion. According to it, the passage should be interpreted under the light of other characteristics of God as well, not only that of Omnipotence. Thus, this expresses the principle of precedent for those judged by God according to which God never comes back to judge an issue on which He has previously expressed His crisis.
Finally, the work of the 26th General Assembly ofStudiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, the 2nd Paneuropean Translational Congress of Bible, as well as the work of the 7th International Congress of O.T. is described. Book-reviews and the obituary of P. Simotas onRonald de Vaux follow.