Bulletin of Biblical Studies, vol. 5, July-December 1985, year 14, p. 114.

    The July-December 1985 issue of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies is a tribute to the memory of Vassilis Stogiannos and contains eight (8) articles.

    I. Karvidopoulos presents the life and scientific and broader work of Vassilis Stogiannos.

   S. Agouridis, referring to the visit of ap. Paul to Athens (Act 17, 16-34), attempts to give the general impression of the passage regarding the visit and the speech of Paul at the Supreme Court of Appeal (Arios Pagos). In this frame, the writer initially seeks the real significance of the Supreme Court and then briefly analyses the most important points of Paul’s speech.

   N. Matsoukas presents the interpretive principles of the ancient Church that are based on a double methodology, the charismatic hermeneutic and the scientific one while, at the same time, he comments on the relations between the orthodox theological interpretation and the contemporary scientific biblical research.

   P. Vassiliadis tries to put limits to the relationship of “biblical” and “philosophical” hermeneutic, as the latter was formulated by the philosopher H. D. Gadamer, interpreting as much as possible the mind of V. Stogiannos. This he realizes by outlining the course of the recent biblical hermeneutic, analyzing its main problem and attempting a short report to the solution provided to it by the orthodox theological thought.

   I. Galanis describes the relations of ap. Paul with Thessaloniki. So as the importance of Paul’s visit to Thessaloniki can be understood and rightly appreciated, the writer refers to the facts that preceded and, in a way, led to this visit. The analysis of Paul’s relations with Thessaloniki comes next in the way these are presented in Paul’s letters to the people of Thessaloniki.

   I. Karavidopoulos, aiming to outline the future prospects of biblical studies in Greece, makes initially a brief historical approach, reporting the evidence of the past that justify the modern reality. Afterwards, he describes the basic features that characterize the Orthodox interpretation of the Holy Scripture and, finally, he proceeds to some conclusions and provides the future prospects.

   M. Konstantinou aims at the understanding of the representations referred in the O. T. as places of God’s residence, using the iconography of the people of Israel’s surroundings as well.

   G. Galitis makes a brief report to the meaning of the revelation and of godly inspiration (θεοπνευστία) as well as to the issue of interpretation in the Scriptures.

   Following are bibliographies of Greek and foreign books that refer to biblical matters.