Bulletin of Biblical Studies, vol.10, January-June 1991, year 20, p. 80.
The January-June 1991 issue of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies contains four (4) articles.
G. Gratseas examines comparatively the Apostolic Synod, Act 15, 1-35 and the Assemblies of the Essenes. The writer initially presents the content of the particular passage and then in the context of the N. T.. Following, he displays the information about the communal or other less peopled gatherings of the community of the Essenes. This is found in the Discipline Manual and the Damascenian text, in other manuscripts of the Dead Sea, in Philonas and in Josephus. Finally, Gratseas moves on to the comparative examination of the above data. In this context, he examines the issue of the observance of the Law of Moses, of the hierarchical order, the ordained lords, the personality of the congress member, of xenophobia and decision-taking.
M. Adeyemi attempts to show the importance of the sociological approach for the understanding of the N. T. and especially the Letters of Paul, using as a tool the study of the social conditions of the broader Graeco-Roman world.
B. Skourov attempts in his article a reference to the authenticity of the poetics of the Psalms in search of samples of artistic thought in the writers of the Psalms. He also examines some problems that come up from the translation of the Psalms while, at the same time, he juxtaposes the poetic principles of the Psalms with the corresponding ones from poems of the antiquity.
I. Karavidopoulos presents the role of Ap. Peter and its significance in the Church of the N. T.. In this context, he first examines Peter's position among the twelve Apostles, according to the information of the four formal gospels before Christ's Resurrection. Then, he analyses Peter's position among the twelve Apostles after the Resurrection, commenting on A' Kor. 15, 3-5, John 21, 15-19 and on the passages of the Acts that provide information about Peter's role in the first church.
Following are the book reviews of the issue.