Bulletin of Biblical Studies, vol.10, July-December 1991, year 20, p. 64.
The July-December 1991 issue of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies contains five (5) articles.
Father S. Mavrofidis touches on the question of the corrective and hermeneutic translation of the Hebrew Bible, as far as some “dark texts” are concerned that are not easily understood due to the Hebrew language they make use of. He presents the issue referring, on the one hand, to the corrective fervour certain biblical scientists had in the past and, on the other hand, to the counter-corrective fervour that certain biblical scientists display today, making a special reference to the School of Rome. Finally, he mentions the “honest” solution that some biblists suggest, that is, the translator should leave blank spaces with dots every time he comes across a seriously disturbed text.
D. Passakos offers a short introduction to the Sociological Interpretation of the N. T. . He does so by presenting how this new hermeneutic method started in the West, as its need was realized, which gnostic areas of Sociology were used by various researchers, the most important approaches for the implementation of the sociological interpretation in the N. T., the criticism it arose and, finally, the necessity of using this method for the interpretation of the holy texts.
D. Adamo examines the importance of the Hebrew term ruach, which means wind, breath, air or spirit. The writer presents the use of the term as wind, as breath, as living force, as independent spirit, as feeling and, finally, as the will of man.
N. Primentas attempts to convey the real importance of John 19, 23 about Jesus’ unstitched robe. In this context, he moved on to an edulous study of the robe and the search for its possible technical construction in order to probe into John’s description. Thus, after some ascertainments in the area of the textile-manufacturing technique, he was led to the designing of textile arrangement and a method of constructing a whole robe without the intervention of a tailor.
J. Skedros examines the theological meaning of the term «έργον» in John’s gospel, under the light of the passage John 10, 22-39, where Jesus confronts the Judeans for the last time during his earthly action. The writer goes on to an analysis of the term in D gospel, which proves that the term demands a specific theological meaning that defines the relation of Jesus to the God-Father. The use of the term has to do with the faith of the community of John in Jesus as the son of God.
Following are the book reviews of the issue.