These essays explore new methods and overlooked traditions that
appear to shed light on how the founders of the Christian movement
understood the older sacred tradition and sought new and creative
ways to let it speak to their own times. Gurtner discusses the
Matthean version of the temptation narrative. Chandler investigates
the exhortation to 'love your neighbour as yourself' from Lev.
19.18b. Talbot re-examines Jesus' offer of rest in Mt. 11.28-30.
Myers explores the ways Matthew's appeal to Isa. 42.1-4 in Mt.
12.17-21 affects the characterization of Jesus in his Gospel.
Hamilton explores 1 Enoch 6-11 as a retelling of Genesis 3-6.
Herzer seeks to explain varuiys aspects of Mt. 27.51b-53. McWhirter
explores the citation of Exod 23.20, Mal. 3.1, and Isa. 40.3 in Mk
1.2-3. Hopkins investigates the manner in which Jesus engages
questions and persons regarding purity and impurity. Miller notes
that victory songs are a generally acknowledges category of Hebrew
poetry. Gregerman argues that studies of early Christian
proselytism to Gentiles are largely focussed on missionary methods
of converts.
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