Volume 11, Issue 1, 2019
Articles published in the latest issue of Studia Biblica Slovaca
Canonical-Intertextual Reading and Biblical Hermeneutics: On the Current Discussion in Old Testament Scholarship
Georg BRAULIK
volume 11, issue 1, 2019, pages 1-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsDJQH3676
Abstract
Approaching biblical research from the perspective of history and literature has long been
given. Added to these approaches, the canonical and intertextual reading of the Bible is increasingly gaining importance within the exegetical debate. Considering texts within their canonical context, and in their interaction with other textual units within the canon, implies that the unity of Scripture would be a basic premise of this kind of reading. This contribution describes (1) tree dimensions creating unity: the history of the origin of Scripture as one
coherent book; furthermore its collective concern, namely the creation of a just society, which
reveals the true Face of God; and thirdly the process of canonisation, leading to the
establishment of Holy Scripture as the founding document of a community of reception.
Therefore, (2) modern biblical Hermeneutics is increasingly paying attention to the canon.
Within the confines of the canon, a polyphonic and intense theological discourse on Truth can be distinguished. The “contoured intertextuality” (N. Lohfink) of the canon challenges the reader towards creative participation in this discourse. Finally, (3) the two stages of the canonical reading of Scripture – the analytical-descriptive and the synthetic-interpretive – are briefly described.
From the King’s Jug to the Prophet’s: An Examination of the Motif of the “Jug” (צַפַּחַת) in the Masoretic Text
Blažej ŠTRBA
volume 11, issue 1, 2019, pages 11-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsDKFX9877
Abstract
The subject of the study is the word צַפַּחַת ‘jug’ in its seven occurrences in the Masoretic text. The appearance of the ‘water jug’ of Saul in 1 Sam 26 is not only remarkable, but also David’s explicit interest in it. However, David’s intention with it, which remains unspecified, as well as the unexpected reappearance of the jug motif in the narrative of the widow of Zarephath and the cruse of oil and flour (1 Kgs 17:8-16), and the last occurrence of the word connected again with the prophet Elijah when he flees from Jezebel in 1 Kgs 19:3b-8, suggest a connection between the story in which the prophet miraculously receives a jug of water and the story where the jug of water is taken away from Saul. The motif of taking the jug from the king and miraculously assigning it to the prophet suggests a certain preference in favour of the prophetic leader who fulfils the word of the Lord.
Guidelines and Challenges for New Testament Biblical Theology
Massimo GRILLI
volume 11, issue 1, 2019, pages 29-41
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsDKXF4417
Abstract
Since its very origins ‘biblical theology’ has known debates and divergent positions concerning its identity, and its placement among and relation to other theological disciplines. The present contribution seeks to situate the debate within today’s religious and cultural context, and it identifies in the ‘dialogic’ character one of the more fruitful paths for facing the diverse problems that the discipline ‘biblical theology’ continues to pose.
Timothy – Paul’s Agent in the Communities: The Figure of the Agent in Paul’s Letters in the Light of Greco-Roman Correspondence and Rabbinic Halachic Literature
Ľubomír MAJTÁN
volume 11, issue 1, 2019, pages 42-56
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsDLTL3354
Abstract
In the Authentic Pauline epistles, we find four instances where ‘sending’ or ‘intention to send’ Timothy to various communities is mentioned, using the same verb πέμπω (cf. 1 Thess 3:1-10; 1 Cor 4:14-17; 1 Cor 16:10-11; Phil 2:19-24). When Paul, for some reason, cannot visit personally the communities founded by him, he sends a letter or one of his collaborators to the believers. Timothy is sent to the Christian communities for resolving problems or questions. This paper shows similarity between Timothy as Paul’s agent (alter Paulus) in the corpus paulinum and the status of agent as it is described in the Greco-Roman diplomatic conventions and Rabbinic halachic literature (shaliach).
Biblica 98 (2017) no. 3-4
Jaroslav MUDROŇ
volume 11, issue 1, 2019, pages 57-59
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsDLXO2520
ČAPEK, Filip: Archaeology, History and the Formation of the Identity of Ancient Israel, Praha: Vyšehrad, 2018. 295 pp. ISBN 978-80-7601-082-6.
Dávid CIELONTKO
volume 11, issue 1, 2019, pages 60-66
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsDMCH4142
Basic Information for Publishing in StBiSl, Version 19.1
Mykhaylyna KĽUSKOVÁ, Branislav KĽUSKA
volume 11, issue 1, 2019, pages 66-72
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsDMUM7552
Intrabiblical Interpretation of the Former Prophets
Fides Iveta STRENKOVÁ, Lucia HIDVÉGHYOVÁ
volume 11, issue 1, 2019, pages 73-75
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsDOZE3277
ŠTRBA, Blažej et al.: Emotions in the Bible: Research into the Phenomenon of Emotions in the Biblical Tradition (StBiSlSup 3), Bratislava: UK RKCMBF, 2018. 328 pp. ISBN 978-80-88696-75-9.
REDAKCIA
volume 11, issue 1, 2019, pages 76-85
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsDQFW6003
International Conference “Jesus and the Pharisees” in Rome, 7–9 May 2019
REDAKCIA
volume 11, issue 1, 2019, page 86
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsDQQQ6002