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This paper explores the social circumstances of 20th-century Biblical Studies surrounding the popularity of the amphictyony hypothesis – comparing tribal Israel to the Greek amphictyony of city states. I argue that this theory allowed scholars to reverse-engineer the importance of the Pentateuch as an early but skewed historical source against German historical scepticism. The »Baltimore School« exemplified such efforts were mainly motivated by Protestant biblicism. The theory broke down because it relied on superficial readings of Classics scholarship and convoluted historical reconstruction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reflects on the Fourth Lausanne Congress held in Incheon, South Korea, emphasizing the importance of polycentric mission, collaboration, and a global evangelical church. Topics include the shift from Western-dominated missions to global leadership, the role of collaboration in advancing the gospel, and theological debates on gender, sexuality, and the body of Christ.

This article argues that Thomas Clarkson (1760–1846), the founder of the British campaign to abolish the slave trade, was a heterodox Anglican. Suspected of 'Unitarian opinions' in his youth, his religious writings in old age, including neglected notes on his copy of the New Testament, display a deep commitment to critical study of the Bible and a broadly Arian view of Christ. Knowing that Clarkson was a life-long but heterodox member of the Church of England challenges the conventional focus on Quakers and Evangelicals in the study of religion and abolitionism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article begins by tracing the reception history of an influential 1984 article in Marcan studies by a long-standing member of the Catholic Biblical Association. Published four decades ago, Augustine Stock's article "Chiastic Awareness and Education in Antiquity" has enjoyed a high number of positive citations in the downstream literature in the decades that followed its publication, and the upward trend line for commending citations continues to the present. The analysis offered here is an exercise in post-publication peer review. The main argument is that the acclaim directed at Stock's article has been misallocated. Nearly every positive reference to Stock's 1984 study in the downstream literature should have been directed instead to the books and articles by a host of authors whose works were excerpted verbatim and near verbatim, without credit, to constitute the bulk of Stock's celebrated article. The implication of this study is clear: there are strong reasons to think that the discipline of biblical studies has a largely undiagnosed misattribution problem. Stock's 1984 article is not a unique case to Marcan studies or to the larger field of biblical studies. An examination of two further publications exemplifies the scale of the problem. I conclude by proposing a way forward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents an overview of scholarship related to the economy in Hebrew Bible studies, focusing particularly on scholarship published in the past decade (2013–2023). For the scholarship before this past decade, please see Nam's excellent survey on the topic in Portrayals of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings (2012: 17–70) and in 'Economics and the Bible' (2013). The article has three sections. The first explores recent discussions on various models proposed to understand the economic situation of the world behind the Hebrew Bible. The second outlines recent discussions on the components of production; namely, land access, labor relations, and the role of debt in connecting the two. The third and final section surveys scholarship on two interrelated elements responsible for the flow of resources: temple and royal administration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most academic study of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in North America has been done from a White European or North American perspective. Post-graduate schools have predominantly required students to read works written by White authors, and the vast majority of professors are White. However, the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament also has a long history of interpretation by non-White and Majority World thinkers, and their contributions need to be more widely acknowledged and employed in studying the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. This article surveys the contributions of Black Hebrew Bible/Old Testament scholars on the book of Exodus. Black scholars employ a variety of methods and approaches as they engage with the biblical text. We consider these approaches by category, beginning with textual criticism and translation before exploring works that focus on Africa in the Bible, those that draw on African or African American context, and those that highlight issues of gender or the perspectives of liberation theology. We conclude with those employing multi-faceted or integrative approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, we introduce a neurocognitive model as a useful analytical approach to a wide range of representations (written, oral, and/or visual) of a comprehensive and dramatic collapse of the world order (cosmic, social, and/or moral). We gather these variegated representations under the term End Time Narratives (ETN). The widespread reception of ETNs, and their popularity and variability across different periods and cultures, is evidence that these representations continually affect us and hold power over us. Prominent and well-known examples of ETNs are the Jewish and Christian apocalypses from antiquity, which have been widely influential through the centuries. This prevalence raises the question of why ETNs exercise such an influence. The reasons, we suggest, are based on the following hypotheses: (1) that the efficacy and attraction of ETNs can be traced to identifiable cognitive mechanisms, (2) that these underlying mechanisms are linked to certain emotional reactions activated by the particular structure and design of these narratives, and (3) ETNs – as cultural products – seem to be designed and structured to elicit cognitive and emotional responses through effects on the brain. To investigate the possible neurocognitive and psychological mechanisms that are simulated and enacted in recipients by ETNs, we apply the model through an "enactive reading" of a classical ETN, the Book of Revelation 14–16. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Book of Revelation's place in the popular imaginary has been fueled by both its popularity within evangelical eschatology and its endless evocations within mainstream film and TV. Both evangelicalism and popular culture frequently equate the events of John's Apocalypse with the rapture, a selective reading of New Testament verses which envisions God's faithful being called to heaven in advance of the Tribulation. This paper analyzes three distinct films which mediate on both the rapture and Revelation: The Rapture (1991), Left Behind: The Movie (2000), and This is the End (2013). Analyzing these films within their respective modes of production reveals that each film's presentation of the end-times is informed by their narrative conventions and intended audiences. Of these three films, however, only This is the End, the mainstream studio comedy with the least intellectual pretensions, reflects the ethical rubric for salvation originally emphasized by John in Revelation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The jubilee material is written about the Ekaterinburg theologian and teacher, highly experienced lecturer of the Ekaterinburg Theological Seminary Andrey Viktorovich Razin. The jubilarian’s biography is presented; his scientific interests and main achievements are traced. The material is concluded with a bibliography of A. V. Razin’s scientific and educational and methodical works.

In this article, the author examines the narrative method in biblical studi es in the context of the use of this approach in modern humanities and patristic exegesis. It is indicated that domestic biblical studies are poorly acquainted with foreign narrative criticism. At the same time, the author emphasizes the relevance of mastering the narrative method in Russian church science. The article characterizes the narrative method in modern humanities and shows the origins of narrative criticism of the Bible. The author systematized the main methodological principles of narrative analysis in relation to the analysis of the biblical text. The main part of the publication is a comparative analysis of the narrative approach and the patristic model of attitude to the Holy Scriptures. At the end of the article, it is concluded that the narrative method and the Orthodox tradition equally perceive the Bible as a real and relevant event.

AbstractThis article is interested in entering the conversation at the intersection of Biblical studies of suffering and the experiences of those living with disabilities. It will begin by focusing on the suffering portrayed in the Book of Job, and more specifically his discourse with God in Job 7:17-20. In the story of Job, we find perhaps the central question of the human condition, the question of suffering. And, more profoundly, the question of unmerited suffering of the innocent, the good, the faithful. The scholarship around the Book of Job, and readers of Job throughout time, have reflected on this problem of theodicy: how can a good and loving God permit, even ordain, human suffering? This article is interested in a slightly different question, arising from engagement with Job 7:17-20. It will explore the question of divine attention in the form of disability, and how this attention is experienced first by Job and, in the latter part of the article, by individuals living with disabilities today. This article, through the voices of individuals living with disabilities, will evince that the presence of God is experienced by many not as divine surveillance or oppression, as we read in Job’s lament, but is instead a source of grace, healing and connection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the wake of biblical trauma scholarship that identifies how traumatic experience has shaped biblical literatures and the Psalms in particular, interest has emerged in the potential therapeutic role of Psalm 90 in Christian-framed trauma therapies. Drawing on the SIFT approach to biblical hermeneutics, the present study tests the extent to which feeling types and thinking types read Psalm 90 differently. These two readings present different challenges working with this Psalm in trauma therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the major factors behind an oddity in the development of Western Qur'anic studies, the lack of attention to the relationship between the Qur'an and Biblical tradition in the latter half of the twentieth century. This topic represented an important focus in the field up until the 1930s, after which it was relatively neglected throughout the remainder of the twentieth century. It has been taken up again with renewed energy in the present century. Several factors contributed to this development, including the historical configuration of the field of Qur'anic studies into separate research silos, the dispersion of the nucleus of the field in Germany after the National Socialist Party gained power in 1933, the desire to carry on Christian–Muslim dialogue, and the decrial on the part of religious studies scholars of philological obsession with origins and facile theories of influence along with a concomitant move to focus on Muslim commentaries on the Qur'an. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As a new and emerging approach to biblical interpretation, Sustainability Hermeneutics (SH) combines aspects of the environment, economy, and society in its interpretation of biblical texts. Such an approach to biblical interpretation shows the interaction of the environment, economy and society in biblical texts in line with the understanding of sustainability. It is therefore integrative and holistic. This article argued that such an approach holds so much promise for African Biblical Studies (ABS) at a time when the African continent is faced with myriads of developmental issues. While Sustainability Hermeneutics ingrains biblical texts into an integrative African worldview, the article also argued that the urgency of the use of Sustainability Hermeneutics in African Biblical Studies lies in the fact that the Bible and its messages still make sense to many African Christians. So, Sustainability Hermeneutics, if well utilised in African Biblical Studies, will motivate many African Christians to take actions that will lead to sustainable African societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this study is to analyze and provide an interpretation of Psalm 23 within the framework of Christian Education in the post-human era. Employing a qualitative methodology, the research utilizes a combination of literature study and biblical exegesis to gain a comprehensive understanding of the text. By employing an interpretative approach that involves exposition and critical analysis, the study engages with relevant literature to discuss the significance of Psalm 23 in education. The psalm portrays a profound trust in God's guidance, care, and provision, emphasizing the importance of these theological themes in the field of education. In the context of the rapidly evolving challenges presented by advanced technology and the blurring of human-machine boundaries, the timeless wisdom of Psalm 23 serves as a moral compass and provides valuable insights for educators to navigate these complex issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

My research challenges and participates in discourses of respectability, focusing on female homoerotic desires, the intertwining of slavery with sexual violence in religion, and the intersection of race, ethnicity, and religion with sexual violence. I argue for the freedom of academic writing to present evidence-based conclusions and personal insights, drawing on contemporary figures like Sudanese anti-slavery activist Mende Nazer. Respecting biblical texts involves differentiating between plausible historical readings and personal ethical views. Misreadings of biblical passages are common, but interpretations such as Rom 1:26–27 condemning same-gender relations or Col 3:22 endorsing slavery are not among them. Early Christian groups rejecting slavery were labeled heretics, prolonging slavery's existence. A hard, critical examination of where things went wrong both within the Bible and beyond may help to prevent future Christians from supporting new forms of slavery. I hope that my feminist intersectional interpretations are compatible with the womanist biblical interpretation and ethics that are central to all future research on these topics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the ethics of "speaking" the artistic languages or idioms of diverse cultures in the earliest Christian communities. This article presents a key New Testament text, the Song of Zechariah (the Benedictus in Luke 1:68–79), as a poetic text meant for communal performance and examines that cultural phenomenon through the lens of "musical caring" to examine the meaning such a poetic phenomenon has for modern Christian life and worship. First, I will briefly summarize the evidence for the Song of Zechariah as a lyrical poem containing the artistic "multilingualism" of both Hebrew and Greek poetic idioms. Then, I will assess such an artistic communal expression in its first-century context with Myrick's concept of musical caring, broadened to allow for uncertainty of the Song of Zechariah's first-century performance methods. Finally, I will consider the twenty-first-century implications or lessons from such care and inclusivity in the first century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I focus on the puzzling ending of the apostolic letter in Acts 15 in which the addressees are told that if they hold to four "essential" prohibitions, they will "do well" (εὖ πράξετε, v. 29). The question as to how, exactly, can destabilise some understandings of the decree, with alternative translations creating different problems, and particularly so where theological commitments are at play. Following Danker's call for greater attention to this phrase, I undertake a fresh, stratified survey of Greek usage across corpora ranging from the arguably less to the more proximate and bring this into dialogue with the senses given in various literary and social approaches to the decree involving epistolary rhetoric, reciprocity theory, and intertextuality. This reveals how purely linguistic data can stand in tension with compositional arguments in different ways and require a more complex arbitration between possibility, likelihood and coherence when both lexical- and discourse-level constraints are applied. Whilst not solving the problem of the decree outright, observing the impacts of different readings of εὖ πράξετε on the delicate balances involved presses some oblique but productive questions into the interpretive task. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to provide a description of the intersectionality approach and to offer an overview of the transformation and appropriation processes within the context of the transatlantic journey of this approach. Additionally, the current state of the discussion within the context of biblical studies will be outlined. An application of an intersectional analysis to a New Testament text example will be conducted based on the dialog at Jacob's well between the Samaritan woman and Jesus in John 4. When applying the intersectionality approach, an attempt will be made to critically examine power and oppression structures on all three levels: the world of the text, the context of the New Testament, and the world of interpretation and interpretation history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study delves into the intricate landscape of Mother Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics within the context of African Biblical Hermeneutics, aiming to unravel its origins, discern trends, and confront challenges. Employing a qualitative research methodology grounded in extensive literature review and critical analysis, this investigation explores the evolution and current state of Mother Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics in the African context.Findings underscore the significance of linguistic and cultural nuances in biblical interpretation, emphasizing the role of indigenous languages in shaping contextual understanding and relevance. Moreover, the study identifies persistent challenges including colonial legacies, linguistic imperialism, and theological biases that impede the full realization of Mother Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics.In light of these findings, recommendations are proposed to foster the integration of indigenous languages into biblical scholarship, advocate for linguistic diversity, and promote inclusivity in theological discourse. Ultimately, this study contributes to scholarship by illuminating the vital intersection of language, culture, and interpretation in African Biblical Hermeneutics, thereby enriching theological dialogue and advancing decolonial approaches to biblical studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the major challenges facing contemporary Ghanaian Christianity is ineffective discipleship. Consequently, Christianity has little influence on the moral life of its adherents. No wonder Ghana has a high Christian population, yet corruption and wickedness abound in its societies. The priorities of many contemporary Christians have shifted from the pursuit of the kingdom of God and its righteousness to the accumulation of material wealth, the pursuit of upward social mobility and the fixation on earthly gratification, among others. To avert the situation, there is the need for the church to teach biblical principles that will raise disciples of resilient faith for this and generations to come. By drawing out some principles from the Matthean Beatitudes (Matt 5:3-12) as a paradigm for contemporary Christian discipleship, the article sought to contribute to the church's efforts in dealing with discipleship challenges of current times and beyond. The main argument of this study was that the Christian disciple is called to be different from worldly people in both ethical behaviour and piety. This call to be set apart involves a call to recognise the reality of God's kingdom; a call to be alongside the poor and sinners; and a call to participate in God's kingdom community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This ethnographic case study utilizes intersectionality and sense of belonging to understand students' experiences in a Latino Bible study and how it contributes to their overall college experience. The findings suggest that the Bible study offers a unique space for students to explore faith, ethnic identity, and politics in a culturally appropriate format that helps them feel like family. This study helps demonstrate the value and role of student groups in students' college experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The proposed article is devoted to improving the classification of literature on Jewish studies kept in the collections of both the V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine and other scientific libraries. Ukraine inherited from the former USSR a significant number of collections of literature in the area of Jewish studies, which include, in particular, the collection of the Department of Jewish Studies at the Institute of Manuscripts in Vernadsky Library. The issue of systematization, classification and cataloguing of the Judaic literature still remains not fully resolved. This state of affairs can be illustrated by looking at the classification of the languages of the respective texts. In particular, the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC), widely used in modern Ukraine, indicates the following classification possibilities for the Hebrew language within Class 8 of the Classification: 811.4 Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Congo-Kordofanian, Khoisan languages 811.41 Afroasiatic languages 811.411 Semitic languages 811.411.16 Hebrew 811.411.16'02 Biblical Hebrew 811.411.16'03 Mishnaic 811.411.16'04 Rabbinical 811.411.16'08 Modern Hebrew. The potential of this classification is quite limited and it uses concepts borrowed from different branches of linguistics. For example, not all variants of the Hebrew language can be correctly classified as Jewish languages. On the other hand, many Jewish languages are non-Semitic and should be classified within their respective language families. It is not our intention to classify the Jewish languages on the basis of purely linguistic para�-meters; the main goal of our study is to unambiguously relate a particular language and therefore the study, to the context of Jewish studies regardless of how correct and consistent the used classification system is for a particular sphere or knowledge. This allows us to conclude that the Ukrainian version of the UDC has sufficient potential for classifying research in the field of Jewish studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper contends that a toxic corporate culture is the leading cause of unethical behavior in business, and that biblical values taught by the ancient prophets can help transform a firm's culture, inspire employees, and foster a work environment where the paycheck is not the ultimate goal. Scripture could help employees understand that the organization's purpose is to achieve many positive outcomes, such as delivering value to the customer, making a positive difference in society and the world, alleviating poverty and hunger, providing meaningful work, and encouraging innovation and positive change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a compelling case for the transformative potential of Meister Eckhart's spiritual interpretation in the context of Indonesian biblical studies. It sets out to accomplish two primary objectives. First, the article conducts a thorough analysis of Eckhart's distinct spiritual interpretation, positioning it in dialogue with contemporary biblical methodologies. Second, it leverages Hans Georg Gadamer's concept of 'fusion of horizons' alongside Paul Ricoeur's 'phenomenological interpretation' framework to appropriate Eckhart's insights in the Indonesian context. Methodologically, the article examines Eccl 10:5–7 through the lens of modern biblical interpretative approaches including historical-critical and literary-critical perspectives. It then contrasts these with Eckhart's spiritual interpretation via a dialogical analysis. The culmination of this study is the application of Eckhart's interpretive strategies to Indonesian biblical interpretation, guided by the theoretical underpinnings of Gadamer and Ricoeur. The ultimate goal is to enrich Indonesian biblical studies, emphasising spiritual formation grounded in Eckhart's teachings.

In the article "Human-Divine Interactions in the Hebrew Scriptures: Covenants and Cross-Purposes," Berel Dov Lerner explores the ways divine and human obligations are presented in the Hebrew Bible. Lerner argues that humans and God can have differing yet justified moral positions. The book engages with philosophical ideas around obligation and offers readings of biblical texts to explore divine-human interactions, focusing on the disparity between divine and human behavior. The structure of the book includes chapters that delve into various instances of human participation in God's plans and purposes, emphasizing the complexity of these interactions throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. [Extracted from the article]

The forum in the Journal of Disability & Religion discusses Julia Watts Belser's book "Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole." Scholars from various disciplines respond to Belser's work, exploring themes of embodiment, futurity, divinity, pedagogy, freedom, and love. The forum highlights the richness of Belser's work and the potential for interdisciplinary engagement in disability studies, religious studies, and theology, emphasizing the importance of disability wisdom in scholarly thinking. [Extracted from the article]

For the purpose of this study, A statistical test of Biblical books was conducted using the recently discovered probability models for text homogeneity and text change point detection. Accordingly, translations of Biblical books of Tigrigna and Amharic (major languages spoken in Eritrea and Ethiopia) and English were studied. A Zipf-Mandelbrot distribution with a parameter range of 0.55 to 0.88 was obtained in these three Bibles. According to the statistical analysis of the texts' homogeneity, the translation of Bible in each of these three languages was a heterogeneous concatenation of different books or genres. Furthermore, an in-depth examination of the text segmentation of prat of a single genre—the English Bible letters revealed that the Pauline letters are heterogeneous concatenations of two homogeneous segments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Literary and structural studies on the book of Isaiah have identified chapters 36-39 as a narrative core to the book in which deliberate connections are made from Hezekiah back to Ahaz in the other large narrative earlier in the book. This article builds upon this body of work by arguing that the narrative of chapters 6-8 is centrally positioned within chapters 1-12, the first section of the book, just as chapters 36-39 are centrally positioned within the book as a whole. In this way chapters 1-12, as the first major section of the book, thematically and structurally anticipate the work as a whole. This device contributes to the way the book presents motifs that are then taken up and nuanced later in the book, as well as structurally highlighting the ruler of chapters 9 and 11 and the servant of chapters 40-55. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Until 2016, braille readers had little or no access to ancient languages beyond Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Thus access to the study of ancient languages was difficult for blind students who needed braille texts. This article describes the history that led to the development of a braille system to represent the Coptic language. It also discusses the process of implementing the Coptic braille system in the translation of a textbook from print to braille and what was learned from the use of this braille system in the translation process. The information can provide guidance to other universities wishing to ensure access to ancient language texts for students who are blindand possible new directions for the study of this corpus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using Philippians 1:27–2:4 as an example, this article will explore the role of positionality in biblical studies. Although the process of reflecting on one's positionality is more prevalent in empirical-based research, one's positionality is also relevant in text-based research, such as in biblical studies. This article will demonstrate this by observing the following: first, how some analyses of the collectivistic cultural context of Philippians have been inappropriately influenced by certain implicit individualistic perspectives; and second, how an interpretive lens derived from my positionality as a scholar from an explicitly collectivistic culture is able to highlight a mostly ignored intrinsic correlation between social relations and virtue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A through bibliometric analysis of academic documents from 2019 to 2024 is carried out in this study, which includes 6672 documents that are drawn from 2361 books, journals, and other scholarly publications. Trends and patterns in research output are the main focus of the analysis. These include author contributions, keyword usage, citation metrics, average age of documents, annual growth rates, and document categories. The findings show a 14.2% annual decrease in the growth of publications, although the documents are still rather recent--an average of 2.7 years old and 2.22 citations per document. A large number of references (280,208) demonstrate the breadth of the study base. Through 22,31 "Keywords Plus" and 14,146 author Keywords-contributed by 9268 authors-the study presents a variety of research topics, with remarkable single-authorship in 4148 publications. 8.558% of worldwide partnerships and an average of 1.55 co-authors per document are indicated by collaboration metrics. With 4538 entries, research articles are the most common document type. The main methodology consists of quantitative techniques using bibliometric and network analysis, using Microsoft Excel, R/R-Studio, VOSviewer, and Scopus data. The report includes visualizations that show publication trends, top sources, and collaboration networks in addition to identifying important journals, authors, contributing nations, and organizations. The analysis emphasizes multidisciplinary research on socioeconomic variables and education, as well as noteworthy contributions from the United States. This comprehensive bibliometric analysis provides insights into the dynamics of academic publishing between 2019 and 2024, highlighting developing patterns, significant fields of study, and the environment of collaboration among academics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Numerous scholars have proposed varied theories as to how the story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2-3 arrived at its present text. In this paper, I will offer a different sense of the original Eden story stemming from a new perspective that differs from existing theories. In this paper I present sufficient evidence to derive the original Eden story from the present text of Genesis 2-3. Most importantly, Genesis 3:22-24 diverges from other parts of Genesis 3 as the subject of the action in Genesis 3:22-24 changes abruptly. As a second reason, I will point out the problem of overlapping narratives, and how more fundamental narratives can be separated. This paper uses these grounds to reconstruct the original Eden story. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Without doubt Aaron is intimately involved in the creation of the molten/golden calf. Does he act with good faith seeking to delay action until Moses descends from Mt Sinai, or because he fears for his life if he refuses to act? (He did the best he could under the circumstances.) Idolizing Aaron could mean "Defending Aaron." Or Idolizing Aaron could mean Aaron-as-idol-maker, "Disparaging Aaron." The preponderance of post-biblical writings exonerates Aaron, a minority view is that he is a blasphemer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article contextualizes Stef Craps' concept of postcolonial witnessing and Shelly Rambo's concept of the afterlife of trauma to offer a model of Bible study as a postcolonial witnessing to the afterlife. The aim is to identify the contextual and multilayered dimensions of Bible study as a witnessing practice embedded in an Indonesian local Christian community's story of post‐religious communal violence and cultural trauma and its rereading of the Bible as a narrative of the afterlife. The community's story unveils an intergenerational community of survivors witnessing life within the intersection of the rupturing presence of violence, mission history, and its collective memory. I argue that a contextual Bible study from the lens of the afterlife imbued with a local Christian community's story of trauma and witnessing exemplifies an intergenerational, intertextual, and intercultural witnessing of life – thus, a postcolonial witnessing – which is relevant to mission studies in the context of trauma history and interreligious relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper examined the spiritual phenomenon of the use of strange or unlearned tongues in Christian liturgy in Nigerian context. Lots of arguments have been generated and writers have delved into this issue from both academic and spiritual angles but not from the liturgical perspectives of it within the ambit of Pentecostal liturgical speaking in tongues. Even though there are divided opinions on its relevance outside the Pentecostals, it forms a unique feature among the Pentecostals. It explores the nexus of the use of tongues and Christian liturgy and how it provided a spiritual link between the human and the supersensible world. The phenomenological and participatory observatory methods were adopted in the study. The purpose of the study was to inform the readers that Nigerian Pentecostal Christianity also countenances African cosmological views about supersensible world and adopted use of spiritual languages to communicate with the incorporeal world. Theory adopted was Intercultural Hermeneutics, which gave room for the nexus between the biblical teaching and contextualization of such within African setting by virtue of their similarities. Finding revealed that speaking in tongues is crucial to Nigerian Pentecostal Christianity, incorporated into their worship, strongly encouraged both at congregational and personal worship and abused to an extent. The conclusions are drawn on the note that human language is given by God and in the absence of spiritual language, the liturgy is still acceptable and worshippers should not feel inferior to those who are gifted in tongues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents list of academic publications in the field of biblical studies, which include Gary A. Anderson's exploration of incarnation and atonement in the Tabernacle Narrative, Mariana Assaf's study of water imagery in the Book of Jeremiah, and Elie Assis' literary analysis.

As instructors of Jewish Studies struggle to find ways for their students to be more engaged in their learning, it is worthwhile for educators to consider whether art-based assignments are effective at reaching this goal. This article examines what students gain when their study of a biblical chapter is paired with the generation of an art product on that chapter. The study evaluates a pictorial summary assignment to retell the narrative and a dramatic production assignment to analyze the messages of a biblical chapter. The findings suggest that art-based assignments help students read Jewish texts more closely and make more personal connections to them more so than when no pictorial component is included with verbal-based assignments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]