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While the so-called "New perspective in Paul" has been in the focus
of New Testament exegesis for more than 25 years now, ancient
interpretations of Pauline texts and ideas have been neglected
widely. The present volume aims to fill this gap. Its articles
concentrate on three different foci of modern exegesis:
interpretations of Paul's conversion, his ideas about the relation
of "grace" and "works" and the fate of Israel. Several additional
articles contrast these ancient perspectives with answers of modern
exegesis.
"This is a stimulating work, engaging with those 'uncomfortable'
violent texts in the Apocalypse, and detailing the reception of the
work in later commentaries and in liturgy and art. The later
reflections, from both East and West, are insightful, and the
authors combine exegetical analysis with the critical importance of
locating works within their social and political contexts...Highly
recommended. -- Mark Finney, Journal for the Study of the New
Testament The Apocalypse of John belongs to the most puzzling texts
of the New Testament. Historical-critical exegesis has been
stressing that the book above all wishes to give a message of hope
and comfort for a community under threat. Yet readers have also
always been impressed and terrified by the many images of violence,
including war, destruction, persecution and martyrdom, and the
appearance of the devil and his demons. This book does not allow
its readers to remain neutral. The present volume offers the
proceedings of a conference that was held in Leuven, Belgium, in
September 2009 and was organised by the general editors of the
Novum Testamentum Patristicum. The conference focused on how early
Christian and Patristic authors have coped with all these many
passages that deal with various sorts of violence. The volume
contains essays on most of the important commentators, Origen,
Tyconius, Lactance, Victorin of Pettau, and those of a somewhat
later age, Andreas of Caesarea, Oecumenius, and Bede, but also
looks at the reception history on a larger scale. It also deals
with issues of method in reading the Book of Revelation, with
important themes (the 1000-year reign), the Jewish background of
some of these motifs, and the reception of Patristic thought in the
most important medieval commentator of the book, Joachim of Fiore.
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