Teología, 1963, Tomo I nº 2 (número completo)

La ética de los Evangelios sinópticos / Miguel Mascialino -- Doctrina de Santo Tomás sobre bienes superfluos y problemas del mundo actual / Pedro Geltman -- La teología de la fe en San Alberto Magno / Eduardo Briancesco -- División de parroquias. Sus orígenes / José L. Larrabe -- NOTAS: La voz del Oriente a la hora del Concilio / Carmelo J. Giaquinta -- Nuevo descubrimiento de manuscritos en Palestina (Jordania) / Jorge Mejía -- Las secularizaciones de 1823 / Américo Tonda

La conexión árabe : una hipótesis sobre el surgimiento sociopolítico de Israel en Palestina

Abstract: Recent scholarship has shown that there is no solid archaeological or epigraphic evidence to deem the narratives about the rise to kingship of David and his son Solomon as reflecting the rise and consolidation of Israel as a Nation-State during the 10th century BCE. It is rather during the 9th century in the Palestinian highlands that we can find the emergence of a socio-political entity named Bīt Humri/ya or Israel in the contemporary archaeological and epigraphic records, but with an ambiguous character as a state. In this paper, it is suggested the possibility that the rise of such a polity and the constitution of an ethnogenesis are notably and directly related to the appearance of the Arabian network of exchanges in the early first millennium BCE in the Near East. Furthermore, from a critical point of view, one may suggest that there is no direct ethnic connection between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah and the later Jewish cults of Yahweh in Palestine.

¿Todo tiempo pasado fue mejor? : tres estudios sobre comercio y desarrollo y su impacto en la historia económica de la Antigüedad

En los dos últimos años han salido a la luz tres libros que, pese a la variedad de sus temáticas y las tesis que sostienen—a menudo enfrentadas entre sí—, comparten el interés en dilucidar una de las cuestiones centrales de la historia moderna: qué es lo que hace que determinadas sociedades se desarrollen económica y políticamente, muy frecuentemente a costas de otras, y cuáles son las políticas más adecuadas para el crecimiento de países que vienen “rezagados” en el tren del desarrollo económico. ¿Qué tienen que ver estos tres libros con la historia el antiguo Cercano Oriente?...

La materia transfigurada : perspectivas teológicas de Pavel Evdokimov

Resumen: En estas páginas, Caamaño nos ofrece algunos trazos fundamentales de uno de los autores más interesantes de la teología del siglo veinte en Oriente: Pavel Evdokimov. A la vez que lo pone en relación con sus fuentes principales, nos alcanza una serie de perspectivas de importancia para la interpretación de una estética teológica.

A possible alchemist apparatus from the early islamic period excavated at Ramla, Israel

Abstract: During extensive salvage excavations carried out during the years 2004-2008 in a large Early Islamic industrial area at the vicinities of Ramla, in Central Israel, an unparalleled industrial device was unearthed. The star-shaped, soil embedded installation, whose lower part was preserved, consisted of a central pottery jar surrounded by five minor jars, linked by ceramic pipes. Evidence of heat was observed mainly around the central vessel, and metal hollow cones perforated in the tip were found inside the surrounding jars. Although the manufacturing procedures and operation techniques of the installation are not completely clear, it is proposed that the installation is part of an industrial workshop or an alchemy laboratory. Both industry and alchemy were well-developed during the Early Islamic period and very often closely related, to the point that sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between them. The identification proposed is based on comparisons with tools described in literary sources, and somewhat later drawings and etchings. Circumstantial ceramic evidence was found, as well as the proximity of a bathhouse whose guests could have been the consumers of perfumes and unguents seem to reinforce this possibility. Due to the poor state of preservation of the device and the lack of available comparisons, the identification proposed here is tentative, and future research coupled with eventual new discoveries is needed in order to clarify this matter.

Sources of contention and the emerging reality concerning Qohelet's Carpe Diem advice

Abstract: When Qohelet declares “there is nothing new under the sun,” his own words are no exception. It has been known for a century now that not all of Qohelet’s material is original to his own genius, and the idea that Qohelet is directly dependent on a literary source(s) is standard fare. The hallmark example continues to be Siduri the alewife’s advice to Gilgamesh which displays remarkable correspondence with Ecclesiastes 9: 7-9. However, what may have been construed as an instance of clear literary dependency a century ago cannot be maintained in light of the data that continues to emerge from the ancient Near East. New sources have risen that contend with the Gilgamesh Epic, and there has yet to emerge a definitive victor. This paper calls into question the very idea that Qohelet was directly dependent on a literary precursor and joins with a few select voices both past and present in suggesting an alternate interpretation of the data.

Consideraciones sobre los relieves del “árbol sagrado” asirio en el Palacio Noroeste de Aššurnasirpal II (Nimrud)

Resumen: En el presente análisis interpretaremos los relieves asirios del “árbol sagrado” conservados en el Palacio Noroeste de Aššurnasirpal II, considerando las prácticas de representación desarrolladas en el Cercano Oriente antiguo, así como las categorías de espacios ordenado y caótico utilizadas en el campo de la historia de las religiones comparadas.

Ramesside, Late Nubian and christian pottery from Serra West in the Museum of Natural History, La Plata

Resumen: El Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Plata, Argentina, posee una colección de piezas cerámicas provenientes del asentamiento egipcio y de la iglesia de Aksha, y de las tumbas nubias de Serra Oeste, sobre la margen izquierda del Nilo en la Baja Nubia, que pertenecen a las culturas meroítica y del Grupo X. Esta colección es producto del reparto después de las excavaciones realizadas por la Expedición Franco-Argentina en Sudán entre 1961 y 1963, como parte de las campañas de la UNESCO para salvar los monumentos de Nubia.