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Christianity as a movement developed within the already
established, but volatile Jewish movement/religion, expressing a
profound sense of inclusivism illustrated in the transcendence of
social boundaries. In this book the dynamic reality of creating and
transcending boundaries and the relationship between insiders and
outsiders are explored by way of reflecting on mission and ethos.
Despite being recognized as the most 'Jewish Gospel, many argue
that Matthew was penned by someone who sought to distance himself
from Judaism. Scholars have used diverse approaches for determining
the relationship between Matthew and the variegated Judaism of the
first century, but few recognize the important piece that the
Evangelists Christology - in particular the shepherd motif - brings
to the puzzle of his socio-religious orientation. Wayne Baxter
contends that there are distinctive tendencies in the shepherd
metaphors appropriation by non-Christ-believing Jewish and
Graeco-Roman authors as well as Christ-believing authors
approximately contemporary with Matthew, which reflect distinct
patterns of thought. By comparing these uses of the shepherd
metaphor Baxter unearths clues about the Evangelists
socio-religious orientation. Baxter is able to use this to
determines the metaphors contribution to the overall theological
framework of the Gospel, specifically, its Christology,
soteriology, and the Evangelists view of mission. Moreover, he is
able to ascertain Matthews socio-religious orientation, and thus,
and its implications for the debate surrounding the 'parting of the
ways between Judaism and Christianity.
In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus' arrest, trial and execution ends with
the Roman centurion who oversees the death process proclaiming
Jesus as God's son. Gamel explores two key questions in relation to
this moment: what does the centurion mean when he says that Jesus
is God's son, and why does he say it? The confession is not made on
the basis of any signs nor from any indication that he perceives
Jesus' death as honourable or exemplary. This apparent lack of
motivation itself highlights a key Markan theme: that this insight
is revealed by an apocalyptic act of God, signalled by the tearing
of the temple veil. Thus the confession, which we can understand to
be made sincerely and knowledgeably, is the result of an act of
God's revelation alone. Gamel explores the theory of Mark depicting
a story in which all human characters exhibit varying levels of
blindness to the spiritual realities that govern their lives. By
making a thorough examination of Mark's Gospel - while placing
primary focus on the centurion, the study is unlimited and presents
a serious examination of the whole Gospel - Gamel concludes his
argument with the point that, at the foot of the cross, this
blindness is decisively confronted by God's apocalyptic act. The
offer of sight to the centurion demonstrates the reconciliation of
God and humanity which are otherwise in Mark's Gospel repeatedly
presented as antagonistic spheres. Finally, the fact that
revelation is offered to a Gentile highlights the inclusion of the
nations into the promises of Israel.
This book examines the concept of 'zeal' in three Pauline texts
(Rom 10:2; Gal 1:14; Phil 3:6) as a way-in to discussion of the
'New Perspective' on Paul. The concept of zeal has been discussed
in a sustained way by James D. G. Dunn, who argues that Paul was
drawing on a long and venerable tradition of Jewish zeal for the
nation of Israel, that is, a concern to maintain Israel's
distinction from the surrounding nations by defending and
reinforcing its boundaries. Ortlund interacts with Dunn, agreeing
that this concern for distinctiveness was a crucial, and neglected,
concern of Paul's before his conversion. Nevertheless, Ortlund
contends that Dunn has presented an overly narrow understanding of
Pauline zeal that does not sufficiently locate zeal in the broader
picture of general obedience to Torah in Jewish tradition. As such,
Ortlund shows in this work that zeal refers most immediately to
general obedience to Torah - including, but not to be centrally
circumscribed as, ethnic distinction.
As Mark's Gospel moves toward its climax, four stories of women
challenge Jesus in his mission to establish the empire of God
against the backdrop of the Roman Empire: those of the poor widow
(12.41-44), the anointing woman (14.1-11), the women at the cross
and the burial (15.40-41, 47), and the women at the empty tomb
(16.1-8). They are stories that would seem to demand both a
feminist and a postcolonial perspective on the part of their
readers-yet Kim's is the first reading of the Gospel that has taken
an explicitly postcolonial feminist stance. In addition to the
feminist and the postcolonial themes, the third strand in Seong Hee
Kim's approach arises from her Korean context, which provides her
with the concept of Salim interpretation, that is, 'making things
alive'. Starting from the reader's context, she develops a Salim
hermeneutics for each of the four stories by engaging in a dialogue
between the biblical story and the reader's use of her or his own
imagination. The goal of her interpretation is such a making things
alive, a mending of broken things, and an opening up of meaning-in
contrast to the tendency of historical criticism, which has striven
to identify a single, correct meaning in the biblical text.
The Dubious Disciples provides a literary examination of the four
scenes of the disciples doubting the appearance of the resurrected
Jesus in the canonical Gospels. Each Gospel offers a unique account
of this episode, and the differences between them dramatically
affect how readers evaluate the disciples' actions and perceive the
role of doubt in the Christian experience.
This Festschrift draws on the research interests of Christopher
Rowland. The collection of essays comes from former doctoral
students and other friends, many of whom shed light on the angelic
contribution to the thought-world of developing Christianity. The
significance of the Jewish contribution to developing Christian
ideology is critically assessed, including the impact of the
original Jewish sources on the earliest Christian belief. The
distinguished contributors to this volume include April DeConick,
Paul Foster, John Rogerson, Tobias Nicklas and Andrei Orlov.
The letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter, and Jude are among the most
neglected letters of the NT. Thus, methodological advances in NT
study tend to arise among the Gospels or Pauline letters. But these
letters are beginning to receive increased attention in the
scholarly community. Reading Second Peter With New Eyes is the
third of four volumes that incorporate research in this area. The
essays collected here examine the impact of recent methodological
developments in New Testament studies to Second Peter, including,
for example, rhetorical, social-scientific, socio-rhetorical,
ideological and hermeneutical methods, as they contribute to
understanding this letter and its social context.
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issues, inclusion in the church When 2 Corinthians is read as a
whole in the early manuscripts, we hear a distraught and defensive
Paul, struggling to recover the respect of the Corinthians that he
assumed in 1 Corinthians. Scholars have supplied a recent visit
gone awry to explain this, but Wire argues that the Corinthians
have not kept the restrictions Paul laid down in his earlier
letter. It is Paul who has changed. No longer able to demand that
they imitate his weakness as he embodies Jesus' death, he concedes
and even celebrates that they embody Jesus' power and life and
thereby demonstrate the effectiveness of his work among them. With
special attention to the women in Corinth who pray and prophesy,
Wire looks at each part of 2 Corinthians through three feminist
lenses: a broad focus on all bodies within the tensions of the
ecosystem as Paul sees it; a mid-range focus on the social,
political, and economic setting; and a precise focus on his
argument as evidence of an interaction between Paul and the
Corinthians. When Paul ends with "The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ, the love of God, and the partnership of the Holy Spirit,"
the Corinthians have pressed him to reshape his message from "yes
but" and "no" to "yes," from a tenacity of qualifiers and
subordinations to an overflow of encouragements.
Suffering in Ancient Worldview investigates representative
Christian, Roman Stoic and Jewish perspectives on the nature,
problem and purpose of suffering. Tabb presents a close reading of
Acts, Seneca's essays and letters and 4 Maccabees, highlighting how
each author understands suffering vis-a-vis God, humanity, the
world's problem and its solution, and the future. Tabb's study
offers a pivotal definition for suffering in the 1st century and
concludes by creatively situating these ancient authors in dialogue
with each other. Tabb shows that, despite their different religious
and cultural positions, these ancient authors each expect and
accept suffering as a present reality that is governed by divine
providence, however defined. Luke, Seneca and the author of 4
Maccabees each affirm that suffering is not humanity's fundamental
problem. Rather, suffering functions as a cipher for other things
to be displayed. For Seneca, suffering provides an opportunity for
one to learn and show virtue. The author of 4 Maccabees presents
the nation's suffering as retribution for sin, while the martyrs'
virtuous suffering leads to Israel's salvation. For Luke, the Lord
Jesus suffers to accomplish salvation and restoration for the world
marred by sin and suffering, and the suffering of his followers is
instrumental for Christian mission.
"Jude" is one of the most neglected letters of the New Testament.
This collection of essays brings together fresh research in this
area and develops a new understanding of the letter.The letters of
"James", "1 and 2 Peter", and "Jude" are among the most neglected
letters of the New Testament. Thus, methodological advances in New
Testament study tend to arise among the Gospels or Pauline letters.
But these letters are beginning to receive increased attention in
the scholarly community."Reading Jude With New Eyes" is the fourth
of four volumes that incorporate research in this area. The essays
collected here examine the impact of recent methodological
developments in New Testament studies to "Jude", including, for
example, rhetorical, social-scientific, socio-rhetorical,
ideological and hermeneutical methods, as they contribute to
understanding this letter and its social context. Each essay will
have a similar three-fold structure: a description of the
methodological approach; the application of the methodological
approach to the particular letter under consideration (the bulk of
the essay); and a conclusion identifying how the methodological
approach contributes to a fresh understanding the letter.It was
formerly published as the "Journal for the Study of the New
Testament Supplement", a book series that explores the many aspects
of New Testament study, including historical perspectives,
social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural
and contextual approaches. "The Early Christianity in Context"
series, a part of JSNTS, examines the birth and development of
early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The
series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and
economic context. "European Seminar on Christian Origins" and
"Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement" are also
part of JSNTS.
"Commemorative Identities "represents a significantly new approach
to the issue of replacement/abrogation vs. continuation of Jewish
thought patterns and practices among Jewish Christ-followers as
they are addressed by the Johannine author. Previous studies have
been unable to elucidate a comprehensible argument to support
continuation of commemoration in the face of explicit Temple
replacement terminology in the Gospel.
This study provides that argument based upon known sociological
observations and models, and direct comparative analysis with
Jewish practices pre- and post-70. Mary Spaulding's study will
further invigorate scholarly debate concerning identity issues in
the Fourth Gospel, a topic of significant interest among Johannine
scholars today. More generally, the origins of Christianity as
portrayed in the Gospel of John are understood as a gradual
unfolding of and differentiation among various Jewish groups
post-Second Temple rather than as an abrupt break from an
established, normative Judaism.
An extension of Turner's conclusions in Volume III of Moulton's
Grammar of New Testament Greek. A positive contribution to the
permanent meaning of controversial passages in the New Testament.
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