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Bulletin of Biblical Studies, Vol. 1, January - December 1979, [et]. 8, issue 1, 141 pp.

 The volume January - December 1979 is the 1st issue of the 1st Volume of the new series of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies. Nine (9) articles are published in it.

             S. Agouridis attempts a biblical view of Orthodox worship and spirituality, so as to present the extension of Orthodox biblical hermeneutical principle in these two areas.

             N.Neage analyses the permanent importance that the O.T. and its theology have for the Church and the world and particularly in a series of social and political issues, as well as issues of interfaith and intercultural dialogue.

            C.Westermann analyses the way in which O.T. speaks about God, that is to say about the “whole”. The way in which he speaks is actually based on the three parts of the canon themselves: the historical books that speak about the history. The prophetic books, where the Word of God, who entered in the historical facts that the previous-mentioned books describe, indicates their future. Finally, the Agiographa that include the doxology or lamentation for the facts that the historical books make depict.

            E.Trocmé presents his reflection on a series of matters that concern the contemporary biblical scholar. In this frame, he deals with issues such as the question of biblical exegesis and its role, the matter of regarding Christianity as revelation or incarnation, the historical-critical method and its relation with hermeneutics.

            X.Léon-Dufour developes an exegetikal examination of the issue of the salvific significance of Jesus’ death, analysing three fundamental interpretations by which the rest of the interpretations presented in the N.T. were developed.

            O.Cullmann demonstrates the theme of prayer in apostle Paul and its close relation with his theology and his whole action. In this frame, initially he presents the role that the practice of prayer has for Paul and then analyses the perception that the apostle has about prayer, based mainly on the way that this perception is developed in Rom. 8,12-30.

             J.de Waard deals with the question of the translation of the N.T. in modern Greek and the problem of semitisms of N.T. that should be taken into consideration in the translational process.

             A. Apostolou investigates whether Justine was aware of the fourth Gospel and made use it in the development of his ideas on the Word. In this context, the writer focuses his interest mainly in the use of the term Word and the parallel meaning that appears in the two writers.

             K. N. Papadopoulos speaks about the significance of the word “akrasia” 1Cor. 7,5, that is translated as “weakness”. The writer, after he analyses the context of the passage and its meaning, suggests that it should be interpreted as “lack”.

             The obituary ofPh.Vielhauer follows in which his life, his scientific career and work are presented, with particular reference on his scientific contribution in the Acts of Apostles.

Bulletin of Biblical Studies, Volume 1, January - June 1980, issue 1, pp. 87.

The volume January - June 1979 of the Bulletin of Biblical Studies contains six (6) articles.

             The first article in this volume is the significant introduction ofX.Léon-Dufour andP.Grêlot inVocabulairede Theologie Biblique (Dictionary of Biblical Theology) which was translated in Greek and published in 1979. The writers analyse on one side the significance of Biblical Theology and explain the importance and the need of the existence of the Dictionary and they offer on the other side a concise review of the literal history of the Bible.

             G. Kornarakis, by taking into consideration the psychiatric term “petrifaction” (απολίθωση), which was proposed by the psychiatristR.D.Laing, and the meaning of terms “column of salt” , he analyses the source of the two words, that is Gen 19,12-26 and he proposes that the “cluster of “column of salt”” is based on the psychological depth of the particular biblical narration.

            Ph.Bird raises a line of questions which are related with the modern interpretation of the Bible and mainly with the vital question of the gap between the ancient world of the Bible and the modern Western reader. In this frame she explains and analyses the concrete basic modern feminist tendencies that prevail in the frame of the interpretation of the Bible, but also she presents a line of radical reactions toward Bible and its hermeneutical tradition.

             N.Neage describes some certain sides of a continuously renewed effort of the interpretation of the Bible in the Orthodox Romanian Church. He analyses the frame in which Bible was connected with the life of Romanians, their language and their culture and he mainly insists on the role that Bible played and it continues to play in their history, their education and their daily life. The writer describes all these in relation to the editorial and translational efforts of the Bible in Romania.

             I. Tsagalidis compares the text of the Epistle to Jews in the two publications of Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1904 and that ofE.Nestle -K.Aland 1975. At the beginning the writer comments on the subject of the criticism of the text, the form of the text in the Epistle to Jews with regard to the manu scriptural tradition and finally on the publication of Ecumenical Patriarchate. Later he presents the small differences between the two publications. He divides the differences according to  their source. Thus, he examines the differences that came out of changes, explanations, corrections and as a result of the influence of the Old Testament, the normality of grammar and of unnecessary pleonasm.

             J. Karavidopoulos presents, with the form of a book review, the 26th Nestle -Aland publication of the New Testament textand he analyses the new elements of that publication.

Bulletin of Biblical Studies, Vol. 2, January - December 1981, year 10, 82 pp.

             The 2^nd volume, January – December 1981, of Bulletin of Biblical Studies includes six (6) articles.

             S. Agouridis examines the relation of Jesus with the youth, particularly as this is presented in the Gospel according to Matthew, in which they play an important role. In this frame, he explores the missionary role of young people, the missionary

teams that they constituted and their relation with Jesus.

             S.Valcanov examines the issue successiveness and the analogies between the alexandrian translation of the O’ and the Cyril-methodian translation of the Bible.

             G. Papatzanakis explores the problem of Gnostic effect on the christological hymn of Phil. 2,6-11. In this frame, the writer examines the christology of the early church, apostle Paul’s christology as well, and finally develops his arguments in favour of the judeo-christian background, denying the Gnostic effect on the particular hymn.

             P. Petrosian describes the Armenian mediaeval manuscripts that contain commentaries on the Gospels.

             V. Makridis attempts to provide us with a proper interpretation of Luk. 22,44 presenting at the same time the contemporary biblical research on the topic. The writer initially examines the authenticity of the verses 43 and 44. He then moves on to the conceptual elucidation of the term “thromvos”, examining whether the phrase “aima idroun” constitutes a simple simile and whether the verse speaks of the phenomenon of aimathidrosis.

             S. Agouridis discusses the issue of Jesus’ relation with the women. His study constitutes a short introduction on the topic. The comments and the analysis concern words and incidents of the life of Jesus and are given by the writer in a natural and simple way, without hermeneutically exhausting the topic or entering into the analysis or detailed historical justification of other views is found in texts of N.T. excluding the Gospels. In this frame, Agouridis, on a first stage, analyses the words and incidents with regard to woman and man whom he places in the same level. What follows is a commentary on the role of Maria, mother of Jesus, as collaborator in the work of salvation. The writer closes with the presentation and the analysis of factors that contributed in the depreciation of woman in the ecclesiastical practise.

             The Chronicles of the volume follow. S. Agouridis describes the work ofVII Colloquium Paulinum that took place in Rome from 29 September to 1 October 1978, on the subject “Freedom and Love”, the workof the XXXVI Meeting ofStudiorum Novi Testamenti Societas that took place in Rome from 25 to 27 August 1981, and finally the work ofVIII Colloquium Oecumenicum Paulinum, from 31 August to 6 September 1981, on 1Cor. 12-14.