Images of the Human Being (Mohr Siebeck)

NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Images of the Human Being. Eighth International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars, Caraiman Monastery, May 26 to 31, 2019. Edited by Cosmin Pricop, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr and Tobias Nicklas. 2024. XIX, 580 pages. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament (WUNT I) 521. DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-160638-0. €169.00 including VAT. eBook PDF available 978-3-16-160638-0. Also Available As: cloth €169.00.

Summary

This collection of essays presents the papers given at the Eighth International Orthodox-Western Symposium of New Testament Scholars in the Caraiman Monastery (Romania). The symposium was a project of the Eastern Europe Liaison Committee (EELC) of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Main subject matters of the volume are images and stories of the human being according to the New Testament and church tradition. All topics are discussed from a »western« (Protestant and Roman-Catholic) exegetical perspective as well as from an eastern orthodox point of view. In addition, several seminar papers deal with anthropological texts and conceptions in Paul, the synoptic Gospels, and John as well as with Philo and extra-canonical writings. A particular section presents reports on biblical scholarship in Romania, past and present.

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Heilig, Paul the Storyteller (Eerdmans)

NEW BOOK FROM EERDMANS:

Paul the Storyteller
A Narratological Approach

by Christoph Heilig

Imprint: Eerdmans

448 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 in

HARDCOVER
9780802878953
Publication Date: October 22, 2024
$49.99
£39.99

EBOOK
9781467469074
Publication Date: October 22, 2024

DESCRIPTION

An incisive study of Paul’s use of stories and narratives in his letters

Paul is often thought of as a crafter of numerous and complex arguments, but some scholars, such as N. T. Wright and Richard Hays, have shown that narratives are vitally important in his letters. Through careful examination of the texts, Christoph Heilig demonstrates that Paul is indeed a talented teller of stories—not only explicit narratives but also implicit stories.

In this volume, after a decade of research and writing, Heilig presents his definitive report on narrative in Paul. While Richard Hays and N. T. Wright have argued that Paul’s letters contain implicit narratives, Heilig stresses that a sound methodology requires beginning with text-linguistic investigation of explicit narratives. As Heilig argues, focusing on explicit narratives repeatedly redirects our attention to implicit (“almost”) stories. On this basis, he shows that Hays’s “narrative substructures” and Wright’s “worldview” narratives can also be fruitfully integrated into a narratological approach. Paul is a different kind of storyteller than the gospel writers, for example, but at countless points miniature narratives play a crucial role for Paul’s communicative goals.

Students and scholars of the New Testament will welcome Heilig’s expert guidance through a hotly debated area of Pauline studies.

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J. Cheryl Exum (1946-2024)

SAD NEWS, coming in from many sources, of the passing of J. Cheryl Exum, Professor Emerita of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield. Jim West posts Jack Sasson's Agade note: Sad News: J. Cheryl Exum has Died.

Reqiescat in pace.

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Enuma Elish (Bloomsbury Academic, open access)

NEW BOOK FROM BLOOMSBURY:

Enuma Elish

The Babylonian Epic of Creation

Johannes Haubold (Anthology Editor) , Sophus Helle (Anthology Editor) , Enrique Jiménez (Anthology Editor) , Selena Wisnom (Anthology Editor)

Open Access

Paperback
$34.95 $31.45

Hardback
$100.00 $90.00

Product details

Published Oct 31 2024
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 352
ISBN 9781350297197
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series The Library of Babylonian Literature
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

Description

This open access book is the first in a groundbreaking series making Babylonian literature accessible. It presents Enuma Elish in transcription and translation, with an introduction for non-specialist readers and essays from leading scholars in the field.

Acting as a companion to the poem, the book provides readers with the tools they need to explore Enuma Elish in greater depth. Essays cover important historical and contextual information, offer discussions of key topics and explanations of technical terms, as well as suggestions of relevant further reading. The book's interpretive and reflective approach, which pays special attention to questions of poetic style, intertextual resonance, and literary and cultural significance, encourages a greater understanding of the poem as a work of literature while remaining grounded in philology.

The critical essays examine Enuma Elish and the following themes: the poem's rhythm and style; its modern receptions, issues of gender, motherhood and masculinity; Marduk's rise to power; Babylonian astronomy; intertextuality and the poem as counter myth.

Enuma Elish and the Library of Babylonian Literature series will be an indispensable companion for anyone interested in the literature, culture and religion of ancient Assyria.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by LMU Munich and Princeton University.

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