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{"title":"Still a Neglected Ending: The Grace Benediction of Ephesians 6:24 within the Letter Closing of Ephesians","authors":"Aaron Sherwood","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2018.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2018.020","url":null,"abstract":"Applying J. Weima’s model of Pauline letter closings to the conclusion of Ephesians, this article finds that the Grace Benediction of Ephesians 6:24 reflects major concerns of the letter body. As a typical element of a Pauline letter closing, the final element is shaped using atypical features to motivate his audience indirectly yet more forcefully, communicating that they might indeed live as the christocentric people of God by accepting Paul’s teachings. Streszczenie. Stosując model J. Weima dotyczący formuł końcowych listów św. Pawła w odniesieniu do zakończenia Listu do Efezjan, autor artykułu zauważa, że występujące na końcu błogosławieństwo upraszające łaskę (6,24) odzwierciedla główne zagadnienia zasadniczej części listu. Owo błogosławieństwo jest wprawdzie typowym elementem zakończenia listu Pawłowego, ale zostało sformułowane przy użyciu nietypowych elementów. Wszystko po to, by pośrednio – choć tym dosadniej – zmotywować odbiorców, dając im do zrozumienia, że oni faktycznie mogą żyć jako Chrystocentryczny Lud Boży, jeśli tylko przyjmą nauczanie Pawła.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44816734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ethics in the Revelation of John","authors":"M. Wojciechowski","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2019.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2019.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43315948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The formation of gentile Christ-believing identity vis-à-vis Israel in Ephesians and Barnabas","authors":"Lionel J. Windsor","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2018.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2018.019","url":null,"abstract":"Ksztaltowanie sie niezydowskiej tozsamości wierzących w Chrystusa wobec Izraela w Liście do Efezjan i Liście Barnaby List do Efezjan jest czesto umieszczany w punkcie środkowym trajektorii wczesnego chrześcijanstwa, miedzy wcześniejszymi zmaganiami Pawla o wypracowanie jedności miedzy zydowskimi i niezydowskimi chrześcijanami a poźniejszymi teologiami zastąpienia. Autor niniejszego artykulu bada te trajektorie poprzez analize porownawczą Listu do Efezjan i Listu Barnaby, analizując sposob, w jaki te dwa teksty ksztaltują pamiec zbiorową swoich odbiorcow w odniesieniu do Izraela, jego Pism i symboli. Analiza tych dwoch listow z tej perspektywy podkreśla uderzające roznice, podwazając przyjetą trajektorie. Pod tym wzgledem List do Efezjan jest ogolnie rzecz ujmując zgodny z niekwestionowanymi listami Pawlowymi. 800x600 Normal 0 21 false false false PL X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ \u0000 table.MsoNormalTable \u0000 {mso-style-name:Standardowy; \u0000 mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \u0000 mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \u0000 mso-style-noshow:yes; \u0000 mso-style-priority:99; \u0000 mso-style-parent:\"\"; \u0000 mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; \u0000 mso-para-margin:0cm; \u0000 mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \u0000 mso-pagination:widow-orphan; \u0000 font-size:10.0pt; \u0000 font-family:\"SBL BibLit\"; \u0000 mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42395437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Men Redeemed or Unredeemed? Interpretations of Rom 7:14‒25 in Aquinas’s Super Epistolam B. Pauli ad Romanos lectura and in Contemporary Exegesis","authors":"Piotr Goniszewski","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2018.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2018.014","url":null,"abstract":"This article focuses on the pericope of Rom 7:14‒25, especially on the problem of understanding the rhetorical ‘I’ in Aquinas’s Ad Rom, as well as in selected twentieth-century biblical commentaries. The first part of the article offers the analysis of Aquinas’s reflections on Rom 7:14‒25, where we find an exegetical explanation of the pronoun ‘I’ in Ad Rom. The second part includes the opinions of contemporary biblical scholars on the rhetorical ‘I’ of the pericope. The first scholar is Karl Barth whose well-known monograph Romerbrief  is an example of the philosophical (or anti-philosophical) and theological approaches to St Paul’s epistle. The second scholar is Douglas J. Moo, who represents classical historical-critical exegesis of Romans.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41346040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Aquinas’s Exegesis of Ps. 51(50) as a Tool of Christian Education","authors":"Marcin Trepczyński","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2018.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2018.017","url":null,"abstract":"The main hypothesis presented and examined in this paper is that St. Thomas Aquinas had written the commentary on Ps. 51(50) (“Have mercy on me, o God”, miserere mei, Deus ) mainly for educational reasons. It is argued that he did it not only to collect useful notes to teach about the Psalm’s content and understanding, but also, above all, to have a well-designed tool to teach Christian theology. This argumentation is based on external (context) and internal (content) analysis of Ps. 50 conducted in this article. It is also shown that this hypothesis has an additional explanatory power, as it helps us to understand the strategy adopted by Aquinas when composing the commentary and sheds some light on his pedagogical practice.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41548609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biblical Thomism: What is Next?","authors":"J. Vijgen","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2018.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2018.018","url":null,"abstract":"Book review: Michael O’Connor, Cajetan’s Biblical Commentaries. Motive and Method, Brill, Leiden, 2017, xvi + 302 p. ISBN: 978-04-32506-7","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42124200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“Be Strong in the Lord” (Eph 6:10). The Role of the Virtue of Fortitude in Christian Life in the Light of the Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians by St. Thomas Aquinas","authors":"Mirosław Mróz","doi":"10.12775/BPTh.2018.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2018.015","url":null,"abstract":"The article offers a comprehensive theological approach to the virtue of fortitude. The text examines the significance of the influence of grace on human ability to overcome difficulties when striving after goodness relying on Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians. The grace of the Holy Spirit granted to the faithful works in human mind, relying on nature and purifying it elevates it to the supernatural level. Christians are given a full understanding of the end and a new way of acting. Christian fortitude is not so much an individual effort but the act of entering the dynamics of the mystery of Christ’s power, trust ( fiducia ) in His power, strategy and tactics. That is why, Christians receive the armor of God ( armatura Dei ) from Christ so that they can withstand “the powers of this dark world” (Eph 6:11:13–17). As our struggle is not only against “flesh and blood” but also “against the rulers and against the authorities” (Eph 6:12). Putting on the armor of God takes place through the grace of the Holy Spirit, mostly in the sacrament of confirmation ( sacramentum conformationis ). Every Christian is endowed with the benefits of election ( beneficium electionis ) and predestination ( beneficium praedestinationis ) in the Church, that is the community of believers, and in their presence he gives the testimony of faith and love. The spiritual struggle is a fight against the traps of the devil ( insidia Diaboli ) and spiritual forces of evil ( spiritualia nequitiae ), acting in the world and among other people who are on the side of evil and sin. “Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might” ( confortamini in Domino et in potentia virtutis eius ) consists in being strong and ready to defense, always standing on the side of God. Christ’s fortitude is the result of His experience of the mystery of Passion, Death and Resurrection in the power of love. Christian fortitude is the fruit of joining Christ, the participation in his Mystery and in the community of the Church. Aquinas’s Commentary emphasizes that the power of the grace of the Holy Spirit is the sign of participation and conformity to Jesus Christ in the service of the Church and the Gospel.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42937694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Biblical Narrative about Leah, Jacob’s Wife (Genesis 29:16–30:21; 31:4–16; 33:1–3)","authors":"Karolina Olszewska","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2018.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2018.016","url":null,"abstract":"The research problem of this article is the question of how Leah is presented in the biblical narrative. The narrator of the Book of Genesis presents Leah in five social roles as a woman, daughter, wife, sister and mother. Each of them expresses Leah’s drama when she is compared to her younger sister Rachel. The culmination of the tension between the sisters is Leah’s desire to be a beloved wife and Rachel’s wish to become a mother as, in reality, Leah is a mother, and Rachel a beloved wife. God interferes in the story of the two sisters and His action allows the reader to properly interpret the presented narrative.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48344721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sprawiedliwość Boża a usprawiedliwienie z wiary w Liście do Rzymian","authors":"S. Stasiak","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2018.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2018.013","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the occurrence of hē dikaiosynē and dikaioō in Romans we discovered that the texts constitute an interesting arrangement. He allowed us to organize the material in such a way that a fairly ordered knowledge of God's righteousness and the justification that the Christian has access to through faith in Jesus Christ emerged. Primarily, Paul was well acquainted with one of the basic principles of Judaism, which he quoted in Rom 2:13: “...the doers of the law who will be justified”. But he certainly did not identify with this premise, and merely quoted the text of the Old Testament to show that the thing was quite different – a man is justified by faith, like Abraham’s. This issue is discussed extensively by Apostle in the subsequent chapters. He begins by stating the fact of the revelation of divine justice (1:17), which becomes even more evident in the context of our injustice (Rom 3:3–5). There is also a historical-saving dimension, leading to the justice of every believer. God’s justice thus results in salvation for the sake of man, and Christ has taken up his dying on the cross and resurrected. The Apostle gave a lecture on this subject w 3:21–31, and the shortest conclusion, and at the same time, the thesis is that man is justified by faith in Jesus Christ, and not by the works required by the Law. Not only are the Jews involved, whose faith is the continuum of religious monotheism and participation in the blessing of God, but also the pagans on whom faith is involved in the saving death of Christ. The pattern of faith that results in the justification is Abraham, he believed and it was counted to him as righteousness (Rom 4:2–7). We also noted that the justification for the believer has very concrete consequences: to remain in peace (Rom 5:1–2), be saved from the wrath of God (Rom 5:9), to be set freefrom sin (Rom 6:7), giving glory (8:29–30.33). Despite such great gifts, a man can choose his own righteousness and rejecting God’s righteousness, just as the Israelites chose the way of doing the works required by the law, and rejected faith in Jesus Christ and his Gospel.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41942259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pytanie o właściwą metodologię analizy narracyjnej","authors":"Barbara Rzepka","doi":"10.12775/BPTH.2018.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTH.2018.007","url":null,"abstract":"The appropriate use of the method of text analysis presupposes its fundamental knowledge, for this reason the characteristics of the Bible as ancient literature and some themes concerning the methodology of the analysis of the biblical text will be presented initially. Subsequently, various aspects of narrative analysis, its stages in application to the texts of the Hebrew Bible, and the tools the narrative method has to highlight the particular characteristics of a given narrative will be presented in an overall way. The presentation of the narrative analysis will be accompanied by a wide range of texts and examples of the application of the method. In conclusion, the question on the possibility of elaborating a single research procedure in narrative analysis will be taken into consideration.","PeriodicalId":37181,"journal":{"name":"Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44702024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}