Abstract:The Dangme Bible translation of Matthew 6:12 renders the Greek ("forgive") as ke pa ("lend"). The word "lend" does not match with the word "sin" in the Dangme text. Using the mother-tongue biblical hermeneutics methodology, this article seeks to determine how "forgive" should be translated in Dangme to make sense to Dangme Bible readers. The finding is that Matthew 6:12 should be translated as NgϽϽ wa tϽmi Ͻmε kε ke wϽ kaa bϽ nε waa kε kee nihi nε tϽϽ wa nϽ ("Let go of our sins just as we let go of the sins of those who wrong us"). The ke ("let go of") in this translation agrees with the rendering in some other Ghanaian translations, such as the Dangme New Testament (1977), the New Ga Bible (2006), the Ewe Bible ([1931] 2010) and the Asante-Twi Bible ([1964] 2012). This finding confirms the interpretation of 88.8 percent of Dangme Bible readers, who interpret God's forgiveness as God cancelling the sins of the offender. The finding of the study has thus added to the varied translations and interpretations of Matthew 6:12.
摘要：马太福音6:12的《当me圣经》译本将希腊语（“原谅”）翻译为ke-pa（“借出”）。Dangme文本中的“借出”一词与“罪恶”一词不匹配。本文运用母语圣经解释学的方法，试图确定《当我》中“宽恕”应该如何翻译，以使《当我圣经》的读者有意义。这一发现是，马太福音6:12应该被翻译为NgϽϾwa t 1021；mi 1021 mεkεkew 1021&kaa bεnεwaa kεkee nihi nεt（“释放我们的罪，就像我们释放那些冤枉我们的人的罪一样”）。本译本中的ke（“放手”）与其他一些加纳译本中的表述一致，如《当格姆新约》（1977年）、《新加圣经》（2006年）、“埃维圣经”（[1931]2010年）和《阿桑特-特维圣经》（[1964]2012年）。这一发现证实了88.8%的《当我圣经》读者的解释，他们将上帝的宽恕解释为上帝取消了罪犯的罪行。因此，这项研究的发现为马太福音6:12的各种翻译和解释增添了内容。
{"title":"A Critical Study of the Translation of Matthew 6:12 in the Dangme Bible","authors":"J. Kuwornu-Adjaottor","doi":"10.1353/neo.2020.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2020.0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The Dangme Bible translation of Matthew 6:12 renders the Greek (\"forgive\") as ke pa (\"lend\"). The word \"lend\" does not match with the word \"sin\" in the Dangme text. Using the mother-tongue biblical hermeneutics methodology, this article seeks to determine how \"forgive\" should be translated in Dangme to make sense to Dangme Bible readers. The finding is that Matthew 6:12 should be translated as NgϽϽ wa tϽmi Ͻmε kε ke wϽ kaa bϽ nε waa kε kee nihi nε tϽϽ wa nϽ (\"Let go of our sins just as we let go of the sins of those who wrong us\"). The ke (\"let go of\") in this translation agrees with the rendering in some other Ghanaian translations, such as the Dangme New Testament (1977), the New Ga Bible (2006), the Ewe Bible ([1931] 2010) and the Asante-Twi Bible ([1964] 2012). This finding confirms the interpretation of 88.8 percent of Dangme Bible readers, who interpret God's forgiveness as God cancelling the sins of the offender. The finding of the study has thus added to the varied translations and interpretations of Matthew 6:12.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"67 - 86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/neo.2020.0006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45442637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:In Matthew 25:31–46, Jesus describes the final judgment of humankind in apocalyptic terms, and as in other apocalyptic texts the righteous are rewarded and the wicked are punished. Yet in Matthew's final judgment both the righteous and the wicked are surprised at their status and completely unaware of the criteria for judgment. Although "surprise" is usually noted with regard to the timing of the eschaton, it is an element that has otherwise been neglected in studies of apocalyptic. Are the wicked always unaware of their misdeeds? Are the righteous not usually self-righteous? Comparison with The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1–36) demonstrates that for Enoch the Watchers know they did wrong, but they are nonetheless disappointed that Enoch cannot intervene to help them before God. Matthew plays much more on the idea of complete surprise in paradoxically encouraging his community to do good without realising it.
{"title":"Surprise on the Day of Judgment in Matthew 25:31–46 and The Book of the Watchers","authors":"G. Njeri","doi":"10.1353/neo.2020.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2020.0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In Matthew 25:31–46, Jesus describes the final judgment of humankind in apocalyptic terms, and as in other apocalyptic texts the righteous are rewarded and the wicked are punished. Yet in Matthew's final judgment both the righteous and the wicked are surprised at their status and completely unaware of the criteria for judgment. Although \"surprise\" is usually noted with regard to the timing of the eschaton, it is an element that has otherwise been neglected in studies of apocalyptic. Are the wicked always unaware of their misdeeds? Are the righteous not usually self-righteous? Comparison with The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1–36) demonstrates that for Enoch the Watchers know they did wrong, but they are nonetheless disappointed that Enoch cannot intervene to help them before God. Matthew plays much more on the idea of complete surprise in paradoxically encouraging his community to do good without realising it.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"104 - 87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/neo.2020.0008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48081897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Paul's references to women in his letter to the Romans and their probable backdrop against the situation in Rome and Paul's own circumstances in the mid-fifties of the first century CE have rarely been examined. This article first addresses some of the methodological challenges involved in this quest and sketches the historical background. Discussion also includes Tacitus's account of a particularly unsettling event in Annales 11.12–38 and its conceivable bearing on Romans. It then discusses Paul's references to some women, to women in general, to named individual women and to female characteristics or activities in Romans 1:26, 4:19, 7:2–3, 8:22, 9:9–12, 16:1–2 and 16:3–15. While women occur in unqualified traditional roles in marriage, family and society when Paul makes general and abstract references in some passages, Paul also mentions women who fulfil new roles in specific and concrete references, where he wholeheartedly praises them.
{"title":"Paul's References to Women in His Letter to the Romans and Their Function in the Argument of the Letter: A Modest Proposal","authors":"C. Stenschke","doi":"10.1353/neo.2020.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2020.0010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Paul's references to women in his letter to the Romans and their probable backdrop against the situation in Rome and Paul's own circumstances in the mid-fifties of the first century CE have rarely been examined. This article first addresses some of the methodological challenges involved in this quest and sketches the historical background. Discussion also includes Tacitus's account of a particularly unsettling event in Annales 11.12–38 and its conceivable bearing on Romans. It then discusses Paul's references to some women, to women in general, to named individual women and to female characteristics or activities in Romans 1:26, 4:19, 7:2–3, 8:22, 9:9–12, 16:1–2 and 16:3–15. While women occur in unqualified traditional roles in marriage, family and society when Paul makes general and abstract references in some passages, Paul also mentions women who fulfil new roles in specific and concrete references, where he wholeheartedly praises them.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"1 - 45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/neo.2020.0010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45193156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foundations for Sociorhetorical Exploration: A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader ed. by Vernon K. Robbins, Robert H. von Thaden Jr. and Bart B. Bruehler (review)","authors":"Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh","doi":"10.1353/neo.2020.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2020.0003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"145 - 149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/neo.2020.0003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48899099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:In this study, the ethics of the Letter to Philemon is investigated by means of an integrated model for interpreting the ethics of the New Testament (called an Organon) that was developed by Ruben Zimmermann. Five issues are addressed, namely (1) how moral significance is created in the letter; (2) which norms appear in the letter; (3) where these norms come from; (4) if a hierarchy of norms can be discerned in the letter; and (5) how the ethics of the letter can be appropriated for our current context(s). It is argued that in this letter moral significance is generated by means of an integrated "web of norms" consisting of norms such as "spiritual kinship" and "divine will," and that this may be appropriated in a meaningful way for our times by means of a compliant reading, balanced by a resistant reading.
{"title":"The Ethics of the Letter to Philemon","authors":"D. F. Tolmie","doi":"10.1353/neo.2020.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2020.0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In this study, the ethics of the Letter to Philemon is investigated by means of an integrated model for interpreting the ethics of the New Testament (called an Organon) that was developed by Ruben Zimmermann. Five issues are addressed, namely (1) how moral significance is created in the letter; (2) which norms appear in the letter; (3) where these norms come from; (4) if a hierarchy of norms can be discerned in the letter; and (5) how the ethics of the letter can be appropriated for our current context(s). It is argued that in this letter moral significance is generated by means of an integrated \"web of norms\" consisting of norms such as \"spiritual kinship\" and \"divine will,\" and that this may be appropriated in a meaningful way for our times by means of a compliant reading, balanced by a resistant reading.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"47 - 66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/neo.2020.0011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47126103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception: Lotus to Masrekah ed. by Christine Helmer et al. (review)","authors":"C. Stenschke","doi":"10.1353/neo.2020.0000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2020.0000","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"172 - 175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/neo.2020.0000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42705040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1, 2 & 3 John by Constantine R. Campbell (review)","authors":"C. van Deventer","doi":"10.1353/neo.2020.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2020.0013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"169 - 172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/neo.2020.0013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44846231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:The profuse use of the Bible perceived as the Word of God and the deposit of faith is common to all Christian denominations in Nigeria. Its contextual interpretation assumes various forms that can be formal, informal or neither of the two. Each has its expected impact in theological discussions and practice of the faith. Formal interpretation by experts, well-informed in scientific tools, contributes much in shaping the orthodoxy and orthopraxy of the Christian faith. Conversely, distorted explanations of the Bible have repercussions, as is evident from the mushrooming of sects and syncretism. The focus of this article is to explore some varieties of interpretation of sacred Scripture in Nigeria, their impact, and to offer suggestions on how to achieve an enhanced interpretation that will lead to a deepened understanding of the faith and its practice. Spurred on by the centrality of the Word of God in the life of Christians, the article, hopefully, will attain its aim of accentuating the need for a correct interpretation of the Bible.
{"title":"The Theological Impact of a Contextual Interpretation of Sacred Scripture in Nigeria","authors":"Mary Jerome Obiorah, F. Uroko","doi":"10.1353/neo.2020.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2020.0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The profuse use of the Bible perceived as the Word of God and the deposit of faith is common to all Christian denominations in Nigeria. Its contextual interpretation assumes various forms that can be formal, informal or neither of the two. Each has its expected impact in theological discussions and practice of the faith. Formal interpretation by experts, well-informed in scientific tools, contributes much in shaping the orthodoxy and orthopraxy of the Christian faith. Conversely, distorted explanations of the Bible have repercussions, as is evident from the mushrooming of sects and syncretism. The focus of this article is to explore some varieties of interpretation of sacred Scripture in Nigeria, their impact, and to offer suggestions on how to achieve an enhanced interpretation that will lead to a deepened understanding of the faith and its practice. Spurred on by the centrality of the Word of God in the life of Christians, the article, hopefully, will attain its aim of accentuating the need for a correct interpretation of the Bible.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"129 - 144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/neo.2020.0009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48931283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jesus Wept: The Significance of Jesus' Laments in the New Testament by Rebekah Eklund (review)","authors":"J. Dickie","doi":"10.1353/neo.2020.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2020.0014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"161 - 165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/neo.2020.0014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46813293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Jewish Annotated New Testament ed. by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler (review)","authors":"C. Stenschke","doi":"10.1353/neo.2020.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2020.0001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"157 - 161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/neo.2020.0001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44802092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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