Bulletin of Biblical Studies, Vol. 3, December 1975, issue 10, pp. 95-185.
The 10th volume, December 1975, of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies contains five (5) articles.
St. Papadopoulos deals with the problem of divine inspiration and criticism of Scripture and examines the position of Dionysios of Alexandria, who expresses an explicit and concrete attitude view on the matter. In this frame, the writer explores his perception that a type of strict philological criticism on the biblical text does not place under contestation the divine inspiration of text deriving from tradition. Particular reference on Dionysios’ view is made as far as the book of Revelation s concerned according to which, even though the book was not compiled by Ioannis, there is no question on its divine inspiration, since it is not limited only in the circle of the twelve apostles and evangelists, but also extends in other persons.
A.-N. Zakopoulos aims in the precise definition of the meaning of the terms ‘immortality’ of soul and ‘resurrection’ of body and in the clarification of the acute difference between the two of them. Moreover, he attempts a brief comparison between the platonic views on immortality of the soul and those of apostle Paul. In this frame, the writer examines analytically mainly two points. The first is the nature of the risen body, as it is described in the 1Kor. 15, 35-38 and 2Kor. 5, 1-10 and the second is the relation between the two passages. Finally, Zakopoulos introduces a thesis for the successful distinction between immortality of soul and resurrection of body.
A. Koumantos presents the fifth element of the manuscript no 402 of the holy abbey of Metamorphosis of Saviour in Meteora, Thessalia. This element includes the whole text that is registered “Translation of hymns of Ioannis Geometrou”. Koumantos presents here entire the unpublished text of nine hymns of Ioannis Kyriotis Geometris.
The article of K. Vlachos is the continuation of the article in the precedent volume. The writer examines here what is written in the Letter of Jacob regarding poverty and wealth (vs. 1,9-11), temptations (vs. 1,12-18) and live and active faith (vs. 1,19-27), in the context of always stressing the notion of double-soul as the most significant notion of that particular Letter.
N. Georgopolou-Nikolakakou examines the problem of theodicy in the wider perspective of the whole reflection, both in the notion of “justification of God” towards the existing in the world, and granted to God, injustice, and in the positive sight of the world before the bad and material character of the world. In this frame, the writer initially examines the problem as it appears in various religions and then concretely focuses her interest in the Jewish teaching and particularly in the teaching on the fall of man, as it is presented in the O.T. narration of the sin and the fall of the firstborn man. The examination of this subject is actualized through the comparison of that particular narration with other ancient Eastern texts.
What follows is the Chronicles of the volume for the 30th General Assembly of Studiorum Novi Testamenti in Aberdi of Scotland from 25-29 August on the subject “The Theology of N.T.” and for the Confrence of Biblical Theologians of the Universities of Athens and Thessalonica in Patmos from 25-28 September.
The volume closes with book-reviews of contemporary Greek and foreign books.