Bulletin of Biblical Studies, vol. 14, July-December 1995, year 24, p. 116.

      The July-December 1995 issue of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies contains four (4) articles.

   H. Krallis presents the creative influence of the existential ontology of M. Heidegger in the theological thought of R. Bultmann. In this frame, the writer initially refers to the theological and philosophical course of the two men and then he presents the basic direction of Existential Theology that was a derivative and product of the acquiescence and conversation between the two men.

      A. Okorie makes some grammatical notes on ch. 2 and 3 of John's Revelation.

     The text of G. Rigopoulos is continued from his article in the previous issue of the BBS. In this he attempts a hermeneutic approach to one of the manifestations of the Divine Economy, the on God's behalf “economic” election of idolater kings and people as His organs for the realization of His sotiriological plan, based mainly on the hermeneutic tradition of the Fathers and ecclesiastical writers and making also a short reference to the most important contemporary hermeneutic views. Here he presents the sense of “election” in the O. T. and the significance of the Pharaoh of Egypt as God's “vessel of election” as well as the interpretation of the fathers. Next, follows the presentation of contemporary hermeneutic views by Greek Orthodox , Roman-Catholic and protestant theologians. An appendix follows, where the correspondence of the Pharaoh and ap. Paul is examined. The article is completed in the next issue.

    A. Pitta examines the relationship between the ethical admonitions of ap. Paul, known also as “entreaties”, and his “preaching”, turning his attention mainly to the ethical parts that usually conclude his Letters. In his analysis, he shows the complex relationship between the preaching and entreating parts of the pauline correspondence and concludes that any preaching and entreating variations of the Letters are defined by the different christological, spiritual and ecclesiastical accentuations of each Letter.

    The Chronicles of the issue come next. S. Agouridis presents the programme of the “International and  Inter-Scientific Symposium for the one hundred years since the writing of the book of the Revelation by Evangelist John” that took place in Athens from the 18^th until the 22^nd of September, the proceedings of the Convention of Orthodox and Roman-Catholic Biblical Theologians that took place in Athens from the 25^th until the 29^th of October and, finally, the proceedings of the Colloquium Ecumenicum Paulinum that took place in Rome from the 25^th until the 30^th of October 1995.