Rev. Dr. Anthony Abela - Publications - Sacred Scripture, Hebrew & Greek

Professional Exegetical Studies

“Abramo Cammina davanti al Signore. Esegesi di Gen 17,” in F. Vattioni (ed.), Sangue e Antropologia Biblica nella Patristica, Edizioni Pia Unione Preziosissimo Sangue, 1, Rome 1982, 23-58.
“Gen 13: Abraham Discovers the Land as God’s Gift,” Melita Theologica XXXIX/2 (1987) 53-80.
“Ħuk fejn hu? (2)” L-Art Imqaddsa 9/46 (Lulju-Awwissu 1988) 375-381.
“The Genesis Genesis” in Melita Theologica XXXI/2 (1988) 155-185
“Ġenesi 22,1-19: Fejn hi l-Bhima għad-Debħa, missier? (1)” L-Art Imqaddsa, 10/49 (Jannar-Frar 1989) 2-11.
“Fejn hi l-Bhima għad-Debħa, missier? (2)” L-Art Imqaddsa 10/50 (Marzu-April 1989) 27-35.
"Fejn hi l-Bhima għad-Debħa, missier? (3)” L-Art Imqaddsa 10/51(Mejju-Ġunju 1989) 50-58.
“The Redactional Structuring within the Abraham Narrative in Genesis” in Vincent Borg (ed.), Veterum Exempla. Essays in Honour of Mgr Prof. Emeritus Joseph Lupi, Melita Theologica Supplementary Series 1, Malta 1991,35-82.
“Tlugħ il-Mulej fis-Sema”(1), L-Art Imqaddsa 10/53 (Settembru-Ottubru1989) 99-104.
“Tlugħ il-Mulej fis-Sema (3)” L-Art Imqaddsa 11/56 (Marzu-April,1990) 188-194.
“Tlugħ il-Mulej fis-Sema (4)” L-Art Imqaddsa 11/58 (Lulju –Awwissu 1990) 247-254.
“Tlugħ il-Mulej fis-Sema (5)” L-Art Imqaddsa, 11/59 (Sttembru-Ottubru 1990) 292-299.
“Tlugħ il-Mulej fis-Sema (6)” L-Art Imqaddsa 12/62 (Marzu-April 1991) 390-396.
“Tlugħ il-Mulej fis-Sema (7)” L-Art Imqaddsa 12/63 (Mejju-Ġunju 1991) 409-418
"U. Cassuto’s The Documentary Hypothesis. Thirty Years Later” in Melita Theologica XLIII/1 (1992) 61-68.
“L-Appuntament f’Ġebel Alla, il-Ħoreb” L-Art Imqaddsa 13/72 (Novembru-Diċembru 1992) 169-179
“L-Appuntament f’Ġebel Alla, il-Ħoreb” L-Art Imqaddsa 13/71 (Settembru-Ottubru 1992) 150-157.
“L-Appuntament f’Ġebel Alla, il-Ħoreb” L-Art Imqaddsa 14/75 (Mejju-Ġunju 1993) 278-285.
“L-Appuntament f’Ġebel Alla, il-Ħoreb” L-Art Imqaddsa 14/76 (Lulju –Awwissu 1993) 299-302.
“U.Cassuto’s Alternative Explanation of the Divine Names Phenomenon within the Abraham Narrative in Genesis” in Helena Palincová & Dalibor Papoušek (eds.), The Bible in Cultural Context, Brno 1994, 11-24.
“Two Professional Translations of the Bible in Maltese in the 20th Century” Melita Theologica XLVIII/2 (1996) 15-35.
“Abraham’s Legacy to Future Generations” in Emmanuel Agius & Lionel Chircop (eds), Caring for Future Generations, Jewish, Christian, Islamic Perspectives, Adamantine Press Limited, Twickenham1998, 42-61.
“Shifting Paradigms in Theorizing About the Composition of the Pentateuch” in J.N.Vj (ed.) Bibele: Raksti Teksts Kulturevide, Latvian Bible Society, Riga 1999, 30-53.
“Understanding and Translating Judg 5,2” in Kelmet Alla f’Ħajjet il-Bniedem. Studji f’ġieh P.Prof Pietru Pawl Zerafa OP, Knisja 2000 12/50 (Lulju-Diċembru 1999) 23-48.
“A Global Redactional Principle within the Primary History” in Melita Theologica L(1999) 41-52.
"Is-Sengħa tad-Traduttur tal-Bibbja,” Sijon 12/2 (2000) 1-3.
“Nisel il-Mara u s-Serp Jaħbtu għal Xulxin f’Ġenesi 3,15b” in Sijon 12/2 (2000) 33-42
“When the Agenda of an Artistic Composition Is Hidden: Jonah and Intertextual Dialogue with Isaiah 6, ‘the Confessions of Jeremiah’ and Other Texts” in Johannes C. de Moor (ed.), The Elusive Prophet. The Prophet as a Historical Person, Literary Character & and Anonimous Artist, Brill, Leiden 2001, 1-30.
“Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Rhetorical Devices in Moses’ Second Sermon in Dt 4,1-40” Père Ayoub Chehwan & Dr Antoine Kassis(eds.), Études Bibliques et Proche-Orient ancient, Mélange offerts au Rvd. Père Paul Feghali, Fédération Biblique, Beyrouth 2002, 71-93.
“Two Short Studies on Judges 5” The Bible Translator, 53/1 (January 2002) 133-137.
“Il Dio di Abramo nella Genesi” in Gennaro Cicchese & Piero Coda & L’ubomir Žák(eds.), Dio e il suo avvento, Luoghi Momenti Figure, Città Nuova, Roma 2003, 19-62.
“Suggestions for a Discourse Analysis of Amos 5:1-6:14” in Journal of Translation and Textlinguistics 16 (2003) 67-85. This was republished with slight changes in Melita Theologica 58/1 (2007) 79-99
“Exegesis and Interpretation of the term porneia in Mt 5,32 and 19,9: First Draft of a New Proposal” in Abela 2004,11-28.
“Understanding Tinxal Bø in Psalm 82,8 within the Macrocosm of the Composition” in Abela 2004,191-211.
“Who were the Cows of Bashan in Amos 4,1-3?” in Abela 2004,213-223.
“When Tradition Prevails over Good Parsing. Reconsidering the Translation of Is 53,11b,” Melita Theologica 55/2 (2004) 157-174. This paper was then read at the XVIIIth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament held in Leiden 2004 and published with a few slight changes in the volume edited by Hermann Michael Niemann & Matthias Augustin, Stimulations from Leiden, Beiträge zur Erforschung des alten Testament und des Antiken Judentums, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2006, 89-104.
“Ben Sirach’s nqrwpov pçrnov in Sir 23,17” in Melita Theologica 55/2 (2004) 175-178.
“Acts 4,25a: Recognizing a Concentric Arrangement” Melita Theologica 56/1 (2005) 93-100.
“Exegeting and Translating Jas 4,5b” Melita Theologica 56/2 (2005) 59-69.
“Hannah expresses her Strong Feelings about her Rival and about the Lord in her Hymn of Praise (1Sam 2,1-2)” Melita Theologica 57/1 (2006) 77-99.
“Translating oÄtov in 2 John 7” Melita Theologica 57/2 (2006) 55-61.

Professional Theological Studies

“L-Ittri ta’ Wieħed maħtuf” Pastor 14 (Marzu 1981) 25-28.
“Il-Bibbja tnisslet u twieldet fi ħdan il-poplu ta’ Alla” fi L-Art Imqaddsa 7/31 (Jan-Frar 1986) 12-21. Later gathered to form part of Kelmet Alla f’Kitbiet il-Bniedem. Introduzzjoni ġenerali għall-Bibbja, Edizzjoni TAU, Malta 1989.
“Ġenesi 1-XI. Kif taqrahom bis-sens” Bulletin tal-Arċidjoċesi, 52 (Avvent 1986) 119-128.
“Librerija mqassma bil-ħsieb” L-Art Imqaddsa, 7/32 (Marzu–April 1986) 32-36. Later published in Abela 1989.
“Kif taqra l-Bibbja bis-sens” L-Art Imqaddsa 8/12 Novembru-Diċembru 1987) 266-275.
“It-Teoloġija ta’ Dun Ġorġ fuq il-Madonna” Dun Ġorġ 29 (1990)22-28.
“Il-Knisja li nisslet u welldet it-Testment il-ġdid” L-Art Imqaddsa 7/34 (Lulju Awwissu 1986) 84-92. Later included in Abela 1989.
“L-Avvent fil-Ħajja Nisranija” Dawl Franġiskan 9/95 (Diċembru 1989) 3-6.
“Ir-Riflessjoni tal-Knisja dwar it-Tnissil tal-Kelma ta’ Alla” fi L-Art Imqaddsa, 8/37 (Jannar-Frar 1987) 146-153. Later included in Abela 1989.
“Bibbja jew Bibbji? (1)” fi L-Art Imqaddsa 8/38 (Marzu-April 1987) 170-176 Later included in Abela 1989.
“Bibbja jew Bibbji? (2)” fi L-Art Imqaddsa 8/40 (Lulju-Awwissu 1987) 218-227. Later included in Abela 1989.
“Il-Bibbja tnisslet u twieldet minn xogħol Alla u l-bniedem” L-Art Imqaddsa 7/36 (Novembru-Diċembru 1986) 122-128. Later included in Abela 1989.
“Ir-Rakkont tal-Qawmien fil-Vanġelju ta’ Mattew” Il-}u[[ie[a (Marzu-April 1992) 7-12.
Lino Sant & Anthony Abela, “One Book. Two Different Reactions” Melita Theologica XLIV/2 (1993) 65-90.
“Providentissimus Deus qabbdet it-triq lill-istudju xjentifiku tal-Bibbja fil-Knisja fiż-żmien modern” in Abela 1995, 27-47.
“Jesus’s Reasoning on Marriage and Divorce” Forum 2/2 (1991) 23-63.
“Min kiteb il-Pentatewku?” Sijon, 9/1 (1997) 3-15.
“Qumran Research and Contemporary Discussion on the Closure of the Canon of the Hebrew Bible” in Valdis Traudkalns (ed.), Bbele: Raksti, Teksts, Kultrvide, II, Latvia Bible Society, Riga 2002, 51-64.
“Kristu f’Luqa Jgħallem lid-Dixxipli Jitolbu Bħalu (11,5-8;18,1-8)” in Tereża, Lulju-Settembru (2004) 191-205.
“In-Nisrani quddiem il-Kmandamenti u l-Pattijiet tat-Testment il-Qadim” in Tereża, Jannar-Marzu (2007) 337-344.

Book Reviews

Umberto Neri, Genesi, Biblia AT/1; Gribaudi, Torino 1986 in Melita Theologica XXXIX (1988) 76-80.
Carol L. Meyers & Eric Meyers, Haggai, Zechariah 1-8, Anchor Bible 25B; Doubleday Garden City, New York 1987 in Melita Theologica XXXIX (1988) 69-74.
Giuseppe Maria Zanghí, Dio che è Amore. Trinità e Vita in Cristo, Citta Nuova, Rome 1991 in Melita Theologica XLIV/2 (1993) 78-90.
Mary Phil Korsak, At the Start, Genesis Made Doubleday, New YORK 1993 in Melita Teologica XLIX/2 (1998) 89-92
El Hassan Bin Talal, Christianity in the Arab World, Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Amman 1994 in Melita Theologica XLVI/2 (1995) 199-200.
Maurice Eminyan SJ, Theology of the Family, Malta 1994 in Melita Theologica XLVI(1995) 201-204.
Lénart de Regt, Participants in Old Testament Texts and the Translator. Reference Devices and their Rhetorical Impact, Studia Semitica Neerlandica 39; Van Gorcum, Assen 1999, in Melita Theologica, L/2 (1999) 95-98.
Raymond E. Brown, The Death of the Messiah. A Commentary on the Passion Narratives in the Four Gospels, 2 volumes, Doubleday, New York1994, in Melita Theologica LI/1 (2000) 85-69.
Manuel M. Jinbachian, Le Techniques de Traduction dans la Genèse en Armenien Classique, Bibliothéque Arménienne de la Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon 1998, in Melita Theologica LII/1 (2001) 101-104.
Giulia Di Nicola & Attilio Danese, Abissi e Vette. Percorsi spirituali e mistici in Simone Weil, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 2002 in Melita Theologica LIII/2 (2002) 199-200
Carlo Buzzetti, Traduzione e Tradizione. La Via dell’Uso-Confronto (Oltre il biblico traduttore traditore), Edizioni Messaggero, Padua 2001 in Melita Theologica LIII/1(2002) 101-104
Geoffrey Stonier (ed.), The New Thematic Concordance, Christian Focus Publications, Ross-shire 2004, in Melita Theologica 56/1 (2004) 101-102.
Carlo Buzzetti & Mario Cimosa, Dei Verbum. Testo e Commento, Libreria Ateneo Salesiano, Roma 2004, in Melita Theologica, 56/1 (2004) 103-104.
Roger Omanson (ed.), Discover the Bible. A Manual for Biblical Studies, United Bible Societies, New York 2001, in Melita Theologica 55/2 (2004) 179-182.
“What is ‘new’ in the New Edition of Il-Bibbja?” Melita Theologica 56/2 (2005) 3-12.
Giovanni Ibba, Le Ideologie del Rotolo della Guerra (IQM), Studio sulla genesi e la datazione dell’opera. Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Giudaismo. Testi e Studi, 17; Editrice Giuntina, Firenze 2005, in Melita Theologica 57/2 (2006) 79-81.
Carmel Bezzina, Saydon. Biblista u Studju tal-Malti, Publikazzjoni Preca, Malta 2006, in Melita Theologica 58/1 (2007) 101-106.

Books

The Themes of the Abraham Narrative, Thematic Coherence within the Abraham Literary Unit of Genesis 11, 27-25, 18, Studia Editions, Malta 1989.
Kelmet Alla f’Kitbiet il-Bniedem, Introduzzjoni Ġenerali tal-Bibbja, Edizzjoni TAU, Malta 1989.
Anthony Abela (ed.), Carmel Sant, Bible Translation and Language, Melita Theologica Supplementary Series, 2, Malta 1992.
Anthony Abela (ed.), L-Aħbar it-Tajba Għalik. It-Testment il-Ġdid ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu, Għaqda Biblika Maltija, Malta 1992. Edition of NT for schools.
Anthony Abela (ed.), Il-Bibbja minsuġa f’Ħajjet il-Poplu ta’ Alla, Sensila Nifhmu l-Bibbja,2; Għaqda Biblika Maltija, Malta 1995.
Wiċċ Imb’Wiċċ ma’ Alla. Lectio Divina. Kif titlob bil-Bibbja, Malta Bible Society, Malta 1999.
Anthony Abela (ed.), In Joyful and Serene Service of his Lord’s Word. In Memory of Rev Dr Joseph Calleja, Melita Theologica Supplementary Series, 5, Malta 2004.
Il-Bibbja. Il-Kotba Mqaddsa, It-Tielet Edizzjoni, Għaqda Biblika Maltija, Malta 2004.

Pastoral Writings

Abraham. Għalliem il-Fidi, Sensila Fidi u Kultura; Istitut Kattoliku, Malta 1992.
Il-Bibbja Ktieb Imnebbaħ, Sensila Fidi u Kultura 31-31B, Isititut Kattoliku, Malta 1993.
“Titwila mill-qrib lill-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi” Sijon 9/1 (1997) 16-21.
“L-Impenn tal-Lajċi fil-Bini tal-Komunjoni” Pastor 312/XXXV (Mejju-Ġunju 2004) 7-9.
Skemi 1999, Gruppi Familji Nsara, Moviment ta’ Kana.
Skemi għal-Laqgħat 2000 Gruppi Familji Nsara, Moviment ta’ Kana
Skemi 2001, Gruppi Familji Nsara, Moviment ta’ Kana.
Skemi 2004, Gruppi Familji Nsara, Moviment ta’ Kana.
Skemi 2007, Gruppi Familji Nsara, Moviment ta’ Kana.
“Pawlu ta’ Howard Brenton huwa Pawlu minn Tarsu?” Leħen is-Sewwa (14/4/2007) p.15; (21/4/2007) pp.11.15.

Saydon Studies

“Word Order in the Clauses of the Narrative Sections in P.P. Saydon’s Bible Translation in Maltese: A Relevant Factor in its Comprehensibility Level by Modern Native Speakers of Maltese” Submitted in partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree in Linguistics Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading. September 1997. After its marking it was subsequently partially published as:
“Word Order in the Clauses of the Narrative Sections in P.P. Saydon’s Bible Translation in Maltese: A Relevant Factor in its Comprehensibility Level by Modern Native Speakers of Maltese” Sijon 14/1 (2002) 55-86 and 14/2 (2002) 29-64 and in Melita Theologica LIII/1-2 (2002) 2-26; 107-132.