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Barsoum's wrote many historical essays which he published in now
hard-to-find journals, mainly al-Hikmah and al-Majalla
al-Batriyarkiyya al-Suryaniyya (Jerusalem). This collection of
articles, published in the original Arabic with an English
translation by Matti Moosa, forms the core of Barsoum's historical
writings.
New volume in the TNTC revision and replacement programme
Manuscripts of the New Testament frequently contain, in addition to
the text, supplementary information such as excerpts from the
Fathers, chapter lists, quotation lists, introductions to sections,
for example, the Pauline letters, and to individual books. The a
žEuthalian apparatusa oe is the name given to one such collection
of helps to the reader. Unfortunately, the relationship of the
various parts, the identity of the author, the time of the writing,
and the provenance remain uncertain. This work collects,
summarizes, and analyzes the sometimes disparate published
scholarship on the apparatus through 1970. The bibliography updates
the original bibliography through 2007 and includes newly
identified, earlier bibliographic references.
After a survey of recent approaches to the study of Paul's use of
Scripture, the four main chapters explore the use of Isa. 54:1 in
Gal. 4:27, the catena of scriptural texts in 2 Cor. 6:16-18, Hos.
1:10 and 2:23 in Rom. 9:25-26 and Isa. 57:19 in Eph. 2:17. In each
case, the ancienwriter seeks to place the letter in its historical
context and rhetorical situation, identify the significance of any
conflations or modifications that have taken place in the citation
process, analyse the citation's function within its immediate
context, compare its use by Paul with the various ways in which the
text is interpreted and appropriated by other Second Temple
writers, and evaluate the main proposals offered as explanations
for the riddle posed by the citation. That done, he offers his own
account of the hermeneutic at work, based on an analysis of the
explicit and implicit hermeneutical pointers through which the
letter guides its readers in their appropriation of Scripture. This
book compares the hermeneutical approaches of the four letters and
draws conclusionsconcerning the interplay of continuity and
discontinuity between Scripture and gospel in Paul's letters and
the relationship between grace and Gentile inclusion in his
theology.
This volume presents a comparative study of the Messiah in the
Pauline letters with the Enochic Son of Man traditions in the
"Parables of Enoch". This volume discusses conceptual elements of
messianic traditions that are identified in the "Parables of Enoch"
and the "Letters of Paul" by examining the nature and functions of
the divine figure and of the messiah figure. Comparative analysis
presented here demonstrates that the "Parables of Enoch" and the
"Letters of Paul" share specific conceptual elements of messianic
traditions. The combination of shared elements is so striking as to
preclude the possibility that the "Parables of Enoch" and the
"Letters of Paul" constituted independent, parallel developments.
It cannot be claimed, however, that Paul was familiar with the text
of the Parables of Enoch; there are no direct quotes of the
Parables anywhere in Paul's Letters. Waddell does however show that
Paul was familiar with the conceptual elements of the Enochic
messiah, and that Paul developed his concept of the Kyrios out of
the Son of Man traditions in the Book of the "Parables of Enoch".
Waddell specifically argues Pauline christology was at the very
least heavily influenced by Enochic Son of Man traditions. This
series focuses on early Jewish and Christian texts and their
formative contexts; it also includes sourcebooks that help clarify
the ancient world. Five aspects distinguish this series. First, the
series reflects the need to situate, and to seek to understand,
these ancient texts within their originating social and historical
contexts. Second, the series assumes that it is now often difficult
to distinguish between Jewish and Christian documents, since all
early "Christians" were Jews. Jesus and his earliest followers were
devout Jews who shared many ideas with the well-known Jewish
groups, especially the Pharisees, the Essenes, and the various
apocalyptic groups. Third, the series recognizes that there were
(and still are) many ways of understanding authoritative literature
or scripture. Therefore, we must not impose a static notion of
"canon" on the early period of our culture and in turn denigrate
some texts with labels such as "non-canonical," since such terms
are anachronistic designations that were only later imposed on the
early documents. Fourth, the series emphasizes the need to include
all relevant sources and documents, including non-literary data,
and that all important methodologies - from archaeology and
sociology to rhetoric and theology - should be employed to clarify
the origin and meaning of the documents. Fifth, scientific research
is at the foundation of these publications which are directed to
scholars and those interested in Jewish and Christian origins.
The monograph is devoted to a crucial point of Christian theology:
its development from the short formulae of the 'gospel'
(euangelion) - as the first reflected expressions of Christian
faith - to the theology of literary Gospels as texts that evoked
the idea of Christian canon as a counterpart of the "Law and
Prophets". In the formulae of the oral gospel the apocalyptic
expectations are adapted into a "doubled" or "split" eschatology:
The Messiah has appeared, but the messianic reign is still the
object of expectation. The experience with Jesus' post Easter
impact has been named as "resurrection" of which God was the
subject. Since the apocalyptic "resurrection" applied for many or
all people, the resurrection of Jesus became a guarantee of hope.
The last chapters analyze the role of the oral gospel in shaping
the earliest literary Gospel (Mark). This book analyses Gospels as
texts that (re-)introduced Jesus traditions into the Christian
liturgy and literature. Concluding paragraphs are devoted to the
titles of the individual Gospels and to the origins of the idea of
Christian canon.
The New Testament for Everyone is the result of a passionate
conviction that scripture should be something that everyone can
read, understand and enjoy. Broken up into easy-to-read, bite-sized
chunks, and now including helpful introductions to each biblical
book, informative maps and a substantial glossary of key words,
here is a new rendering of ancient wisdom that can be read like a
novel, studied in sections or used as an aid to daily devotion.
Scholars have long noted the prevalence of praise of God in
Luke-Acts. This monograph offers the first comprehensive analysis
of this important feature of Luke's narrative. It focuses on
twenty-six scenes in which praise occurs, studied in light of
ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman discourse about praise of deity and
in comparison with how praise appears in the narratives of Tobit
and Joseph and Aseneth. The book argues that praise of God
functions as a literary motif in all three narratives, serving to
mark important moments in each plot, particularly in relation to
the themes of healing, conversion, and revelation. In Luke-Acts
specifically, the plot presents the long-expected visitation of
God, which arrives in the person of Jesus, bringing glory to the
people of Israel and revelation to the Gentiles. The motif of
praise of God aligns closely with the plot's structure,
communicating to the reader that varied (and often surprising)
events in the story - such as healings in Luke and conversions in
Acts - together comprise the plan of God. The praise motif thus
demonstrates the author's efforts to combine disparate source
material into carefully constructed historiography.
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In this addition to the well-received Paideia series, Jo-Ann Brant
examines cultural context and theological meaning in John. Paideia
commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers
by
- attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the
text employs
- showing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral
habits
- commenting on the final, canonical form of each New Testament
book
- focusing on the cultural, literary, and theological settings of
the text
- making judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a
reader-friendly format
This commentary, like each in the projected eighteen-volume series,
proceeds by sense units rather than word-by-word or verse-by-verse.
This monograph on John 9 makes extensive use of premodern Christian
exegesis as a resource for New Testament studies. The study
reframes the existing critique of the two-level reading of John 9
as allegory in terms of premodern exegetical practices. It offers a
hermeneutical critique of the two-level reading strategy as a kind
of figural exegesis, rather than historical reconstruction, through
an extensive comparison with Augustine's interpretation of John 9.
A review of several premodern Christian readings of John 9 suggests
an alternative way of understanding this account in terms of
Greco-Roman rhetoric. John 9 resembles the rhetorical argumentation
associated with chreia elaboration and the complete argument to
display Jesus' identity as the Light of the World. This analysis
illustrates the inseparability of form and content, rhetoric and
theology, in the Fourth Gospel.
Poverty, Wealth, and Empire presents an antidote to the liberal
Jesuses that are constantly being constructed by theologians and
historians in universities and seminaries in the West. Sandford's
programme is to pay attention to those texts where Jesus appears
hostile to his audiences, or even invokes the idea of divine
judgment and violence against certain groups. Drawing on a variety
of texts in the Synoptic Gospels, Sandford finds violent
denunciations of the rich and those who neglect the needy to be a
consistent theme in Jesus' teaching. R ather than deploying
biblical texts to support an antiimperial or liberationist agenda,
Sandford foregrounds troubling and problematic texts. Among them
are wisdom sayings that justify poverty, texts that denigrate
particular ethnic groups, and the ideology inherent in Jesus'
teachings about 'the Kingdom of God'. On such a basis Sandford is
able to call into question the effectiveness of mainline Christian
scholarly interpretations of Jesus in dealing with the most
profound ethical problems of our time: poverty, domination and
violence. Always alert to the assumptions and prejudices of much
Western New Testament scholarship, Sandford draws attention to its
intellectual contradictions, and, furthermore, to the way in which
this scholarship has sometimes served to undergird and justify
systems of oppression-in particular by its demonstrable dodging of
the issue of material poverty and its causes. Building on recent
debates in postcolonial biblical criticism, Sandford offers a
decidedly 'illiberal' reading of Jesus' sayings on divine judgment,
focusing on the paradoxical idea of a 'nonviolent' Jesus who
nevertheless makes pronouncements of divine violence upon the rich.
Sparkling reflections by our most popular Christian author, from
Advent to Christmas
This commentary is especially useful for pastors and teachers who
know that the members of their audiences use a variety of different
English versions. It is also a helpful tool for serious students of
the Bible, including laypeople and seminary students. In addition
to this passage-by-passage commentary, the reader is introduced to
the art of textual criticism, its importance for studying the New
Testament, and the challenges translators of English versions
face.
Presented in a clear, easy to read manner. All major English
translations are surveyed & tabulated.
Throughout the history of Christianity, the book of Revelation
has had an enormous influence in religion, history, and culture,
and it still has an urgently needed message for the church. M.
Eugene Boring's critical assessment of Revelation enlightens
readers as to just what that message is.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is
a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the
church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching
needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major
contribution to scholarship and ministry.
Mimesis is a fundamental and pervasive human concept, but has
attracted little attention from Johannine scholarship. This is
unsurprising, since Johannine ethics, of which mimesis is a part,
has only recently become a fruitful area of research. Bennema
contends that scholars have not yet identified the centre of
Johannine ethics, admittedly due to the fact that mimesis is not
immediately evident in the Johannine text because the usual
terminology for mimesis is missing. This volume is the first
organized study on the concept of mimesis in the Johannine
literature. The aim of the study is to establish that mimesis is a
genuine Johannine concept, to explain its particulars and to show
that mimesis is integral to Johannine ethics. Bennema argues that
Johannine mimesis is a cognitive, creative process that shapes the
believer's identity and behaviour within the context of the divine
family. Besides being instrumental in people's moral
transformation, mimesis is also a vital mechanism for mediating the
divine reality to people
First and Second Peter, James, and Jude have existed on the edges
of the canon throughout the centuries. In this volume, Pheme
Perkins casts light on these often neglected writings, ably
demonstrating that they have, in fact, much to offer to today's
readers. The epistles are more than a compilation of traditional
material. They are concerned with very specific and concrete issues
facing the early Christian communities and offer a counterpoint to
the letters of Paul. They deal with issues such as how to conduct
oneself with others, how to live in a non-Christian world, and how
to "shepherd the flock of God", as well as with theological issues
such as the early Christian understanding of God, the relationship
between faith and works, prayer, and suffering. Teachers,
preachers, and others will find much intriguing material here as
they rediscover the world of the first Christians through these
letters.
Though considered one of the most important informants about
Judaism in the first century CE, the Jewish historian Flavius
Josephus's testimony is often overlooked or downplayed. Jonathan
Klawans's Josephus and the Theologies of Ancient Judaism reexamines
Josephus's descriptions of sectarian disagreements concerning
determinism and free will, the afterlife, and scriptural authority.
In each case, Josephus's testimony is analyzed in light of his
works' general concerns as well as relevant biblical, rabbinic, and
Dead Sea texts.
Many scholars today argue that ancient Jewish sectarian disputes
revolved primarily or even exclusively around matters of ritual
law, such as calendar, cultic practices, or priestly succession.
Josephus, however, indicates that the Pharisees, Sadducees, and
Essenes disagreed about matters of theology, such as afterlife and
determinism. Similarly, many scholars today argue that ancient
Judaism was thrust into a theological crisis in the wake of the
destruction of the second temple in 70 CE, yet Josephus's works
indicate that Jews were readily able to make sense of the
catastrophe in light of biblical precedents and contemporary
beliefs.
Without denying the importance of Jewish law-and recognizing
Josephus's embellishments and exaggerations-Josephus and the
Theologies of Ancient Judaism calls for a renewed focus on
Josephus's testimony, and models an approach to ancient Judaism
that gives theological questions a deserved place alongside matters
of legal concern. Ancient Jewish theology was indeed significant,
diverse, and sufficiently robust to respond to the crisis of its
day.
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