New Open Access Journal: HIPHIL Novum

HIPHIL Novum is a peer-reviewed academic e-journal publishing on global education and research on the Bible. Issues feature papers accepted by Society of Biblical Literature's Program Unit GERT - Global Education and Reseach Technology as well as other papers on next generation biblical research. We want to promote open education for all continents, races, genders, and communities.

HIPHIL Novum publishes papers on research or projecs focusing on the Bible's

History  *  Interpretation  * Pedagogy * Hermeneutics * Interactive Technology *  Linguistics

HIPHIL is Novum - the focus is on new Biblical Studies for a digital and global age. We welcome papers that take a lead in emerging global 21st Century education.

EDITORIAL

• Editor: Nicolai Winther-Nielsen and his assistants Randall Tan (New Testamaent), David Kummerow (Hebrew Bible) and Jens Bruun Kofoed (history theory).
• Board, at upstar: Kirk Lowery, Joshua Berman and Wido van Peursen
• Peer reviewers: members of the advisory group of Biblicalhumanities.org/ and individual scholars.

HIPHIL Novum publishes

• Peer-reviewed articles: normally 7500 words, occasionally longer. One other competent researcher must approve the quality of this research before publication.
• Conference papers: normally 2500 words, acceptance based on public presentation.
• Reports: News on projects, dissertations or unique studies of global relevance.
• Reviews: Promotion of books or digital ressources

Vol 1, No 1 (2014): Festschrift on the Occasion of Nicolai Winther-Nielsen's 60th Birthday, October 26, 2013

Table of Contents

Articles

Philistia and the Philistines in the Iron Age I: Interaction, Ethnic Dynamics and Boundary Maintenance	PDF
Avraham Faust, Justin Lev-Tov	1-24

Israel in the Iron-Smelting Furnace? Towards a New Understanding of the כּוּר הַבַּרְזֶל in Deut 4:20	PDF
Carsten Vang	25-34

The Doctrines of Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom: A Logical Analysis	PDF
Peter Øhrstrøm	35-43

Is the Bible losing its covers? Conceptualization and use of the Bible on the threshold of the Digital Order	PDF
Wido van Peursen	44-58

Diachronic Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Field in Crisis	PDF
Joshua Berman