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Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-1860) has been described as "the greatest and at the same time the most controversial theologian in German Protestant theology since Schleiermacher." The controversy was epitomized by a nineteenth-century British critic who wrote that his theory "makes of Christianity a thing of purely natural origin, calls in question the authenticity of all but a few of the New Testament books, and makes the whole collection contain not a harmonious system of divine truth, but a confused mass of merely human and contradictory opinions as to the nature of the Christian religion." The contributors to this volume, however, regard Baur as an epoch-making New Testament scholar whose methods and conclusions, though superseded, have been mostly affirmed during the century and a half since his death. This collection focuses on the history of early Christianity, although as a historian of the church and theology Baur covered the entire field up to own time. He combined the most exacting historical research with a theological interpretation of history influenced by Kant, Schelling, and Hegel. The first three chapters discuss Baur's relation to Strauss, Möhler, and Hegel. Then a central core of chapters considers his historical and exegetical perspectives (Judaism and Hellenism, Gnosticism, New Testament introduction and theology, the Pauline epistles, the Synoptic Gospels, John, the critique of miracle, and the combination of absoluteness and relativity). The final chapters view his influence by analyzing the reception of Baur in Britain, Baur and Harnack, and Baur and practical theology. This work offers a multi-faceted picture of his thinking, which will stimulate contemporary discussion.

Inspired by analogies betwen the construction of heresy and the representation of madness described by Michael Foucault in in Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique (Madness and Civilization), The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries demonstrates how the concept of heresy emerges in the work of Justin Matyr. It shows that this invention created a concept capable of dominating every current suspected of endangering ecclesial harmony, and transformed the tradition of Greek historiography of philosophical schools by combining it with the apocalyptic theme of diabolical conspiracy. Le Boulluec examines how this model is refined by Irenaeus, then modified by Clement of Alexandria and Origen. First published in 1985 as d'hérésie dans la littérature grecque (IIe-IIIesiècles), this newly translated work includes a substantial new introduction surveying literature in the previous decades. In line wth Walter Bauer's pioneering book, which overturned the confessional model making heresy a later falsification of orthodoxy, it shows that the notion of heresy was invented in the second century and then refined in order to remove all legitimacy from diversity and pluralism in the fields of doctrine and practice. Le Boulluec studies rhetorical practices and polemical assimilations to highlight key debates on the relationship between philosophy, Christianity, and Judaism, and to examine the conflict of interpretations that drive the exegesis of the Bible in constructing an orthodoxy.

Philo of Alexandria was a Jewish statesman, philosopher, and religious thinker. A significant amount of his literary corpus was preserved by Christian hands and thereby came to resource numerous theologians in the Christian tradition. After passing into obscurity in Jewish circles in antiquity, Philo was rediscovered in the Italian Renaissance and came to feature in Jewish tradition once again. Philo's works straddle an interest in exegesis and philosophy, and the multi-faceted contents of his thought ensured a long history of reception among readers with their own agendas. This authoritative and systematic collection of essays by an international team of experts surveys Philo's reception from the time of his immediate contemporaries to the present day. The book unfolds over six sections: the first centuries, late antiquity, the middle ages, the renaissance and early modern period, from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, and contemporary perspectives.

This reader of texts from the influential 19th-century theologian Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-1860) brings together a selection of texts in English translation from across Baur’s wide range of exegetical, historical, philosophical and theological expertise. In these excerpts, including many translated for the first time, readers gain a comprehensive overview of Baur’s output and his remarkable role in the shaping of modern scholarly discourse in his fields.Beginning with a full scholarly introduction, and extensively annotated texts, readers are introduced to Baur’s bold and controversial historical hypotheses and encounter the variety of intellectual and stylistic registers he used, from the purely scholarly to the sharply polemical. The editors also explore the ways in which Baur was instrumental in some of the most fundamental intellectual paradigm shifts of the 19th-century, including the radical historicization of Christian theology and its interaction with Schelling, Hegel, and the German Idealist tradition.

This reader of texts from the influential 19th-century theologian Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-1860) brings together a selection of texts in English translation from across Baur’s wide range of exegetical, historical, philosophical and theological expertise. In these excerpts, including many translated for the first time, readers gain a comprehensive overview of Baur’s output and his remarkable role in the shaping of modern scholarly discourse in his fields.Beginning with a full scholarly introduction, and extensively annotated texts, readers are introduced to Baur’s bold and controversial historical hypotheses and encounter the variety of intellectual and stylistic registers he used, from the purely scholarly to the sharply polemical. The editors also explore the ways in which Baur was instrumental in some of the most fundamental intellectual paradigm shifts of the 19th-century, including the radical historicization of Christian theology and its interaction with Schelling, Hegel, and the German Idealist tradition.

Durch die Beschäftigung mit den Realia früher Methoden zum Lesen der Schrift kann David Lincicum die Wirkungsgeschichte des Deuteronomiums für eine große Anzahl frühjüdischer Autoren der Antike skizzieren. Indem er Paulus als ein Besipiel dieser langen Traditionsgeschichte betrachtet, wird der Apostel als ein jüdischer Leser des Deuteronomiums erkennbar. Angesichts dieser Transformation bei seiner Begegnung mit dem auferstandenen Christus wechselt Paulus' Interpretation des Ende des Pentateuchs zwischen traditionell und radikal, bleibt jedoch im Gespräch mit seinen jüdischen Zeitgenossen.

Im Laufe seiner herausragenden Karriere hat der kürzlich verstorbene Graham Stanton, Lady Margaret's Professor für Theologie an der Universität Cambridge, zahlreiche Forschungsbeiträge über das Neue Testament und frühchristliche Themen geschrieben. Dieser Band enthält sechsundzwanzig Aufsätze, einschließlich eines bisher unveröffentlichten, und umfasst einige seiner bekanntesten Beiträge zur Forschung. Gegen Ende seines Lebens schrieb Stanton ein Buch über Justin den Märtyrer im Kontext des frühen christlich-jüdischen Dialogs. Obwohl er das eigentliche Projekt nicht vor seinem Tod abschließen konnte, veröffentlichte er einige Vorab-Studien. Diese sind in diesem Band enthalten, ebenso wie ein unveröffentlichter Aufsatz, der 'Justins Ansichten über Märtyrertum und Selbstmord' untersucht.

Laut eines langlebigen und populären Stereotyps wird das frühe Judentum, als "legalistische" religiöse Tradition betrachtet und dem frühen Christentum gegenübergestellt, welches das jüdische Gesetz umgehen und damit überflüssig machen, außer Kraft setzen oder abschaffen möchte. Die Aufsätze in diesem Band versuchen, die legalistischen und antinomischen Dimensionen beider Traditionen sichtbar zu machen, indem die verschiedenen Beiträge die prägenden Jahrhunderte dieser beiden großen Religionen und deren Gesetzestraditionen untersuchen.

Wie wird Liebe in der Begriffslandschaft der Antike konzipiert und abgebildet? In diesem Band analysieren Crabbe und Lincicum den Begriff der "Liebe" im antiken Judentum und Christentum, von den kleinen Propheten bis hin zu Methodius von Olympus, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf den Texten des Neuen Testaments liegt.