Bulletin of Biblical Studies, vol. 5, January-June 1986, year 15, p. 56.

    The January-June 1986 issue of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies contains four (4) articles.

    S. Agouridis attempts to present, on the one hand, how the word of God becomes in reality divine word for us, due to a movement of our soul towards God, a movement of a group of people towards the divine reality and truth and, on the other hand, how people who have a special experience of the mystery of salvation feel they are one with God, perform their participation in the divine acts and feel themselves in a way “godly” (θεωμένο).

    Father S. Mavrofidis, in the context of a broader research on the issue of paulian logeia, presents part of the arguments and positions of the researchers on Gal. 2, 10, which is considered by many of them as the beginning of logeia. Mavrofidis focuses his interest on the question of what exactly the Jerusalem leaders recommend to Paul regarding the realization of collections. It is in this context that he exposes the opinions of the researchers as to who the “poor” were and with what meaning the verb “μνημονεύειν” (to keep in memory) is used, whether it is about one-sided or mutual help, whether occasional or permanent collections are recommended and from whose initiative came the idea expressed in Gal. 2, 10.

    R. Kassühlke presents some of the most basic questions that concern the translation of holy texts today. In this frame, he examines the importance of language and the different levels of its function, the translation process, the problem of substitution or paraphrasing of the text and the issue of form and meaning.

    B. Makridis deals with the problem of the total omission of the Irodians in Luke’s gospel and attempts to give an explanation for the reasons that led Luke to the particular omission.

    Following are reviews of Greek and foreign books about the biblical science.