Conference Report: Biblical Studies in Poland in the Context of Current Tendencies.SBL Meeting, Berlin, 7-11 of August, 2017
Conference Report: Biblical Studies in Poland in the Context of Current Tendencies.SBL Meeting, Berlin, 7-11 of August, 2017

Summary/Abstract: During International Meeting of Society of Biblical Literature in Berlin on 7-11 of August 2017, Polish scholars from different biblical centers present-ed the theme: “Biblical Studies in Poland in the Context of Current Tendencies”. It was the first so large presentation of Polish biblical studies organized outside of Poland after the World War II. Prof. Waldemar Chrostowski spoke about developments and perspectives of Polish Biblical Scholarship. He emphasized the meaning of the creation of the Association of Polish Biblical Scholars in the year 2003. It is the most important forum of meetings, scholarly presentations and discussions. As to the perspec-tives, some aspects should be noted, all of them connected with the up-to-day scholarly researches done especially at the theological faculties in the country. The list of most important topics, taken and developed currently, and, possibly also in the near future, follows: biblical hermeneutics; the diaspora of Israelites in Mesopotamia (VIII-VI B.C.E.) and its impact on the history and religion of ancient Israel; the prophetic literature; the Septuagint as the Bible of Biblical Judaism and the Church; the Aramaic Bible; Biblical Judaism – Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism; the studies of Gospel, focused especially on historical Jesus; studies of St. Paul. Prof. Mariusz Rosik spoke about new translations and commentaries of the Bible. He noted that after Vatican II several translations of the Bible emerged in Poland. Each of them is characterized by its specificity, which reflects the assumptions used by the translators. In recent decades, also several biblical com-mentaries in Polish were published. Some of them are strictly scientific, while others may be classified as pastoral aids. Polish translations of the Bible as well as well as polish biblical commentaries were shortly presented in the paper.Prof. Grzegorz Szamocki in his paper reviewed the works of Polish schol-ars related to the Old Testament, especially Pentateuch, Prophets and Wisdom Literature. The results of the studies are discussed in the annual conferences, organized by the Association of Polish Biblical Scholars, and published in the open-access journals. The presentation of Prof. Artur Malina focused on researches undertaken re-cently by Polish biblical scholars which can make an impact on New Testament The Biblical Annals772The Biblical Annals 9/4 (2019)studies. Their results were discussed in the annual conferences, organized by the Association of Polish Biblical Scholars as well as the Institutes of Biblical Sciences of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw and the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, and published in the open-access journals. Among them there are some research projects rated excellent and innovative by the international experts of the National Science Centre in Poland.Prof. Mirosław S. Wróbel presented in his paper the findings of a new project started in Poland in 2014: Multivolume seriesBiblia Aramejska[Aramaic Bible]which include, Targums to the Pentateuch (Targum Neofiti 1, Targum Pseudo-Jon-athan, Targum Onkelos), Targums to the Prophets and Targums to the Writings, all translated into the Polish language. The first two volumes: Targum Neofiti 1 to Genesis and to Exodus were published in Poland and constitute the model for the whole project. Prof. Wróbel also outlined his recent work, i.e. Wprowadzenie do Biblii Aramejskiej [Introduction to the Aramaic Bible] which, being a volume 0, serves as the explanation and introduction to the targumic literature. Prof. Krzysztof Mielcarek in his paper noted that despite the fact that the Polish biblical institutes cannot claim as vast an involvement in the studies of Septuagint as some West European centres, in the last few decades quite a few scholars at different Polish theological faculties issued some interesting mono-graphs and articles concerning this very biblical field. Moreover, just four years ago (in 2013) the first Polish translation of the LXX came into being (prepared by R. Popowski) and in 2017 a special interuniversity project has been established at the Card. Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW) to study Codex Alexandri-nus accompanied by the biannual journal named Studia Biblica Graeca

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