Journal of Semitic Studies 71/1 (2026)

Volume 71, Issue 1, Spring 2026   View issue

Short Notes     The Dhofari/South-East Arabian Inscription KME 48: Some remarks on a Modern South Arabian Anthroponym Giuliano Castagna and Letizia Cerqueglini

Articles     Genizah Fragment Possibly Copied by Moshe B. Levi Ha-Levi and Its Version of Saadya's Introduction to the Tafsīr and Gen. 1:1–3:5 Tamar Zewi and Amir Ashur Disseminating Medical Knowledge from the East: Two new Judaeo-Syriac fragments from the Cairo Genizah Anna Cherkashina Aramaic Reflexes of the Semitic Ḏ̣/Ṣ̂*: A Study in Ancient Polyphony, Ugaritic Phonology & Arabic Dialectology Martin Luther Chan Bridging the Gaps: A New Jewish Aramaic Incantation Bowl and Its Parallels Ohad Abudraham Borrowed adjectival inflection in the North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic dialects Eleanor Coghill Non-Urmi North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic varieties in the village of Urmiya, Russia: Distinctive features of phonology and morphology Maria Ovsjannikova and others When did Faṣīḥ become Qabīḥ? Rehabilitating Classical phonological and morphological features Marijn van Putten Late Judaeo-Arabic Poems of Ibn Mi‹mār—an Unknown 17th century Humourist(?) Rachel Hasson Non-Future Uses of the Particle ġādi in Moroccan Arabic Simone Bettega The Low Vowel Insertion Rule After Gutturals (AKA The Gahawa-Syndrome): Types, Synchronic Distribution, Diachronic Developments and The Rule's Role in Bedouin-Type Arabic Stephan Procházka Dialectology of Rabbinic Hebrew: Idiomatic Expressions of Death Emmanuel Mastey Palestinian Amoraic Hebrew—A Living Vernacular? Yehonatan Wormser From Prepositions to Causal Conjunctions: An Incomplete Change Process in the Emergence Period of Modern Hebrew Yael Reshef On the Apparent Co-occurrence of the Definite Article and the Possessive Pronominal Suffix in Modern South Arabian and Ṭuroyo Lutz Edzard

Review Articles     Notes on the History of the Aramaic Verb Sergey Loesov and Maksim Kalinin Scribal Interference and Diachronic Diversity in Classical Biblical Hebrew in the Wake of Aaron D. Hornkohl's Diachronic Diversity in Classical Biblical Hebrew Channan Ariel

Reviews     Moshe Florentin and Abraham Tal, The Samaritan Pentateuch: An English Translation with a Parallel Annotated Hebrew Text Timothy Lee Kim Phillips, Two Early Byzantine Bible Manuscripts in Christian Palestinian Aramaic: Codex Climaci Rescriptus II & XI Laurent Capron William C. Young, The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors: Explaining the Non-human Names of Arab Kinship Groups. 3 Vols. 178.1, 178.2-1, 178.2-2 James Bejon Dotan Arad and Esther-Miriam Wagner, 'Wisdom and Greatness in One Place': The Alexandrian Trader Moses ben Judah and His Circle Jane Hathaway Hector M. Patmore, Hindy Najman, Stefan Schorch, Jeroen Verrijssen, and Hanneke van der Schoor (eds), Reading: Performance and Materiality in Hebrew and Aramaic Traditions Kim Phillips Roey Schneider, The Semitic Sibilants: Correspondences and Discrepancies Ola Wikander Janet C. E Watson, Moranda J Morris, and Erik Anonby (eds), Harvesting the Sea in Southeastern Arabia, Volume 1: Regional Studies. Aharon Geva-Kleinberger Frendo, Anthony J., and Kurstin Gatt, (eds), Arabic in Context: Essays on Language, Dialects, and Culture in Honour of Martin R. Zammit. Slavomír Čéplö Assaf Bar-Moshe, Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook Wiktor Gębski

Journal of Theological Studies 76/2

Volume 76, Issue 2, October 2025   View issue

Articles     Multiplicity and the Idea of Scripture David Lambert Psalm 51 and Original Sin: An Exercise in Reading the Old Testament as Christian Scripture R J Balfour Psalm 137 and Its Contribution to Book V of the Psalter T Fulcher Hedged in, Hunted, Haunted, Hiding: Divine Presence and Absence in the Dialogues in Job Brittany N Melton and Katharine J Dell The Sun in Mark's Crisis Management: Narratological Observations Christian Blumenthal Becoming a Neighbour: A Process-Relational Reading of the Parable of the Good Samaritan Alessandro Falcetta New Birth, Adoption, and the Πνεῦμα: The Role(s) of the Holy Spirit Within Paul's Kinship Discourse J Andrew Cowan ἘΠΙΘΥΜΙΑ, ΝΟΥΣ, and the 'I' in Romans 7:7–25: A New Solution to an Old Problem Paul A Holloway Those 'in the Lord' Are Free: 1 Corinthians 7 and a Stoic Paradox Annalisa Phillips Wilson Revelatory, Ontological, or Transformative? On Luther and the Theological Function of Paul's 'Strength in Weakness' (2 Cor. 12:9–10) B G White 'Yet not as I will, but as you will': On the Development of Partitive Exegesis in the Early Arian Controversy Adam Renberg Macrina's Hippocratic Method: Science and Theology in Gregory of Nyssa's De anima et resurrectione Timm Heinbokel Vision, Poikilia, and a Platonic Allusion in Asterius of Amaseia's Ekphrasis of the Eye Fotini Hadjittofi Christ Wholly and Always Everywhere: Augustine on Christ Extra Carnem in Ep. 187 K J Drake A Note on the Homily In decem uirgines in the Codex Athous Koutloumousiou 11 Radu Gârbacea

Book Reviews     The Making of the Tabernacle and the Construction of Priestly Hegemony. By Nathan MacDonald Julia Rhyder Joshua. By John Goldingay Robin Baker The Destruction of the Canaanites: God, Genocide, and Biblical Interpretation. By Charlie Trimm Jack A Day The Book of Samuel: Studies in History, Historiography, Theology and Poetics Combined. Part Two: A Study of the Narratives Depicting Four National Leaders and Their Dynasties. By Moshe Garsiel David G Firth King David, Innocent Blood, and Bloodguilt. By David J. Shepherd Hilary Marlow Exile, Incorporated: The Body in the Book of Ezekiel. By Rosanne Liebermann Tova Ganzel Micah: A New Translation With Introduction and Commentary. Bob Becking Daniel L Smith-Christopher Voices from the Ruins: Theodicy and the Fall of Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible. By Dalit Rom-Shiloni Katharine J Dell (Re)reading Ruth. By William A. Tooman with Marian Kelsey Katharine J Dell Ben Sira in Conversation With Traditions: A Festschrift for Prof. Núria Calduch-Benages on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday. Edited by Francis M. Macatangay and Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz Katharine J Dell 2 Maccabees 8–15: A Handbook on the Greek Text. By Seth M. Ehorn William A Ross The T&T Clark Handbook of Septuagint Research. Edited by William A. Ross and W. Edward Glenny Ryan Comins The Transfiguration of Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Reading. By Patrick Schreiner Earl Collins Paul the Storyteller: A Narratological Approach. By Christoph Heilig Wesley Thomas Davey The Final Triumph of God: Jesus, the Eyewitnesses, and the Resurrection of the Body in 1 Corinthians 15. By James P. Ware Glenn B Siniscalchi The Open Sanctuary: Access to God and the Heavenly Temple in the New Testament. By Nicholas J. Moore Ann Conway-Jones The Return of the Kingdom: A Biblical Theology of God's Reign. By Stephen G. Dempster Joshua W Jipp Understanding the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Forms, Features, Framings, and Functions. By Douglas S. Huffman David M Allen God Becoming Human: Incarnation in the Christian Bible. By Reinhard Feldmeier and Hermann Spieckermann (translated by Brian McNeil) Jennie Grillo God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible. By Candida Moss Judith Lieu Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice. By Laura Salah Nasrallah Joshua H M Chan The Philocalia of Origen. A New Translation With Annotations. Edited by Ronald E. Heine H A G Houghton Life: The Natural History of an Early Christian Universe. Catherine Michael Chin Guy G Stroumsa Ishoʿdad of Merv: Commentary on Daniel. Edited by T. C. Schmidt Alison G Salvesen Theosis and Religion: Participation in Divine Life in the Eastern and Western Traditions. By Norman Russell Joshua R McManaway A Civic Spirituality of Sanctification: John Calvin. Edited by Roger Haight, SJ, Alfred Pach III, and Amanda Avila Kaminski Jon Balserak John Locke's Theology: An Ecumenical, Irenic, and Controversial Project. By Jonathan S. Marko Yasuhiko Tomida Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher: Kritische Gesamtausgabe. 4. Abteilung, Band 2. Joseph Fawcett: Predigten aus dem Englischen übersetzt (1798). Mungo Park: Reisen im Innern von Afrika. Aus dem Englischen (Berlin, 1799). Mit Synopse der Übersetzungsvorlagen. Edited by Günter Meckenstock Clive Marsh Berolinensia: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Berliner Universität und ihrer Theologischen Fakultät. By Christoph Markschies Clive Marsh Catholics Without Rome: Old Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and the Reunion Negotiations of the 1870s. By Bryn Geffert and LeRoy Boerneke Mark D Chapman The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Ratzinger. Edited by Daniel Cardó and Uwe Michael Lang Dennis Doyle The Consciousness of the Historical Jesus: Historiography, Theology, and Metaphysics. By Austin Stevenson Richard Cross Sensing the Sacred: Recovering a Mystagogical Vision of Knowledge and Salvation. Hanna J. Lucas Jacob Quick Undocumented Migration as a Theologizing Experience: Religious Stories Korean American Dreamers Tell in the Face of Uncertainty. By Eunil David Cho Wonjong Horace Lee Healthcare Chaplaincy as Specialised Spiritual Care: The Christian Call for Healing in a Global Health Context. Simon Peng-Keller Mark Newitt