http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=journal&journal_code=BIB Recent articles poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/BIB.106.4.3295278 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3295278 Mon, 11 May 2026 12:53:44 +0000 poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/BIB.106.4.3295279 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3295279 Mon, 11 May 2026 12:54:45 +0000 This article reconsiders the gender distinction in purification rituals in Leviticus 15. By examining the broader use of purification formulas within and beyond Leviticus 15, the article argues that bathing does not function as a universal rite of purification but as a means to shorten impurity to a single day, with purity reemerging at sunset. The apparent gender distinction thus reflects not exclusion of women from ritual sphere, but the differing duration of bodily emissions: momentary discharges could be shortened through bathing, whereas extended flows could not. This framework clarifies gendered distinctions and the inner coherence of Priestly impurity laws. poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/BIB.106.4.3295280 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3295280 Mon, 11 May 2026 12:56:41 +0000 poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/BIB.106.4.3295281 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3295281 Mon, 11 May 2026 13:02:38 +0000 poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/BIB.106.4.3295282 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3295282 Mon, 11 May 2026 13:04:17 +0000 poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/BIB.106.4.3295283 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3295283 Mon, 11 May 2026 13:05:15 +0000 According to Acts 18,2, Claudius expelled all the Jews from Rome. Extra biblical literature favours a limited expulsion of the Jews to put an end to disturbances in some synagogues concerning Jews and Christian Jews. When the latter returned to Rome under Nero, they faced a Christian community meeting in houses, led by non-Jewish Christians, creating an integration issue or a power struggle. The recommendations by Paul to accept one another on the foundation of faith in Christ (Rom 15,7-13) take their full significance in this context, cast a new light and offer a useful insight into Romans. poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/BIB.106.4.3295284 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3295284 Mon, 11 May 2026 13:06:38 +0000 The article examines the nature of judgment in 1 Cor 5,1-5. The author compares the working of Satan/Belial/Beliar at Qumran, in the <i>Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs</i>, and in 1 Cor 5,5, bringing to light both affinities and differences among them. The closest correspondence to 1 Cor 5,5 seems to be Rom 1,18-32, where the idea of apocalyptic judgment also appears. The act depicted in 1 Cor 5,5 could signify the exclusion of the sinner from the community, taking place during the Eucharist. A parallel for a dynamistic reading of 1 Cor 5 can be found in the <i>War Scroll</i>. poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/BIB.106.4.3295285 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3295285 Mon, 11 May 2026 13:07:20 +0000 not available poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/BIB.106.4.3295286 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3295286 Mon, 11 May 2026 13:07:28 +0000 Book reviews poj@peeters-leuven.be http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/BIB.106.5.3295612 http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3295612 Mon, 11 May 2026 13:11:06 +0000 Index of volume 106