The Study of Religions in Premodern Muslim Civilization: Some Distinctions Concerning Its Disciplinary Status by Muhammad Akram

“…Based on these distinctions and an assessment of the number of works in each type, the paper maintains that a sprouting tradition of descriptive studies of religions existed in the pre-modern Muslim societies, which introduced certain methodical novelties such as comparative method, historiography, and, last but not least, textual criticism, which seems to have heralded the modern biblical studies in some respects. However, this tradition could not mature into a full-fledged discipline at par with many other branches of knowledge that flourished in the heyday of Muslim civilization. …”
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Translating Romans 5:12 in the early 16th century. Franciscus Titelmans’s polemic against humanists by Tomasz Karol Mantyk

“…Although specific arguments of this debate are outdated and hardly relevant to modern-day biblical studies, divergent attitudes of its protagonists are well reflected in current debates, making it worth…”
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Rebels in Biblical and Chinese Texts: A Comparative Study on the Interplay of Myth and History by Aryeh Amihay, Lupeng Li

“…This article thus reconsiders the relationship between myth and history in both biblical and Chinese literature, while seeking to broaden the endeavor of the comparative method in biblical studies. Two examples are offered: (1) the story of Moses’s call narrative and his relationship with Aaron in Exodus in light of the story of Xiang Liang and Xiang Ji in the <i>Shiji</i>; (2) the story of Saul and David in 1 Samuel compared with the story of Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu in the <i>Romance of the Three Kingdoms</i>. …”
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שָׁלוֹם proclamations in the Book of Jeremiah: The dilemma of Jeremiah 4:10 and 23:17 by Wilhelm J. Wessels

“…Contribution: This article offers original research in the field of biblical studies, more specifically, in the field of the Old Testament. …”
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Unapologetic Apologetics: Julius Wellhausen, Anti-Judaism, and Hebrew Bible Scholarship by Stacy Davis

“…First, those who may criticize contextual biblical studies done by women and scholars of color have no problem pleading for a contextual understanding of Wellhausen while downplaying the growing anti-Judaism and nationalism that was a part of nineteenth-century Germany. …”
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What does God have to do with my health? by Peet J. van Dyk, Alta C. van Dyk

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Micah 1–3 and Cultural Trauma Theory: An Exploration by Bayer Scott P.

“…Yet, most of the work on trauma theory within biblical studies focuses on psychological aspects of trauma instead of sociological or cultural aspects of trauma. …”
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Renewal and reconstruction: Holy Writ in Ezra-Nehemiah – A missional reading by Bob Wielenga

“…We examine this book historically, canonically and exegetically to lay a foundation for a missiological reflection on the results of this excursion in the field of biblical studies. We close with the formulation of some missional conclusions that serve as guidelines for the development of a relevant theology of mission. …”
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The nature and scope of Nietzsche’s philosophical reception of Genesis 2:4b–3:24 by Jacobus W. Gericke

“…Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The research is located at the intersection of biblical studies and philosophy. More specifically, the history of the Old Testament’s reception within 19th-century German atheist philosophy of religion is enriched with the first overview exclusively devoted to the nature and extent of motifs from Genesis 2:4b–3:24 in the writings of Nietzsche.…”
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The Emergence of Apocalypticism in Ancient Israel/Judaism and the Rethinking of the Definition of Apocalypse in Semeia 14 and Semeia 36: A Historiographic Analysis by Kenroy R. Campbell

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The Emergence of Apocalypticism in Ancient Israel/Judaism and the Rethinking of the Definition of Apocalypse in Semeia 14 and Semeia 36: A Historiographic Analysis by Kenroy R. Campbell

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Letters as a School of the Christian Exegesis. A Study of the Selected Early Christian Latin Letters of the 4th and 5th Century (Augustine, Jerome, and Paulinus of Nola) by Marcin Wysocki

“…This can also be applied to biblical studies and the study of biblical and patristic exegesis. …”
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ECCLESIASTIC ENLIGHTENMENT IN RUSSIA AND THE OXFORD MOVEMENT IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by T. V. Chumakova

“…A famous participant of ecclesiastic enlightenment, specialist in Biblical studies and Christian history A. P. Lopukhin called Tractarianism “the great Oxford Movement”.…”
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An Exegetico-Theological Study of Romans 8:1-8: Towards a Pneumatological-Ecclesiology by Isaac Boaheng

“…The article contributes to the academic disciplines of systematic theology and biblical studies by exploring what pneumatological-ecclesiology is embedded in the text and applying this formulated theology to the life of the contemporary church, drawing attention to the fact that since the Holy Spirit breathes upon and through the church, the activities of the Spirit in the church should be the plumb line for assessing the nature and conduct of the church. …”
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<i>Holy War</i> in Corinth: The Apocalyptic Background of Paul’s Struggle against Opponents in 2 Cor 10:3–6 by Marcin Kowalski

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Christian Theology by Judith Wolfe

“…This section also briefly discusses the relationship between theology and modern biblical studies. Section 4 offers a brief overview of the history of theology, enumerating the challenges and achievements, as well as the institutions, forms, and people that enabled them, of the five large periods of Christian history in the West: the Patristic era, the Middle Ages, Reformation and post-Reformation, the Enlightenment, and late modernity. …”
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From apocrypha to Church reformation and politics: Archpriest A.V. Smirnov's response to the challenges of time by A.Yu. Mikhailov, K.B. Sabitova

“…He was interested in biblical studies, critical analysis of the Old Testament’s apocrypha. …”
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Biblical interpretation during the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from Africa by Daniel N.A. Aryeh, Victor V.S. Molobi

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When the Gap between Academic Theology and the Church Makes Possible the Orthodox–Evangelical Dialogue by Dănuț Jemna, Dănuț Mănăstireanu

“…We believe that one of the best ways to reduce the distance between them is to build on the interest of the current generation of theologians from both churches in Biblical studies, in Patristic theology, and in the work of the Romanian theologian Dumitru Stăniloae.…”
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Assessing the Mode of Biblical Interpretation in the Light of African Biblical Hermeneutics: The Case of the Mother-Tongue Biblical Interpretation in Ghana by Emmanuel Kojo Ennin Antwi

“…Though this enterprise is recommendable to African exegetes, it is a special area of biblical studies in search of a standard methodological approach. …”
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