Francois Bovon - Böcker

Acclaimed New Testament scholar Francois Bovon engagingly and concisely explores the last days of Jesus. Detailing the similarities and differences in the passion narratives of the four canonical Gospels and the Gospel of Peter, he shows that these stories were not composed by objective witnesses but are reflections of the perspectives of those who wrote them. This lucid, highly readable, yet critical appraisal of Jesus' final days is a masterful example of the discipline of biblical studies.

This collection provides a rich, multilayered analysis of a long-neglected branch of early Christian apocryphal literature that examines the relationship between tradition and redaction, uses of language, and the fluid border between literary criticism and motif analysis. The introduction takes the reader on the journey of editing, translating, and interpreting apocryphal and hagiographic narratives on the apostles and the first Christians. The volume concludes with the critical edition of two previously unpublished Greek texts: a version of the Martyrdom of Ananias and a memoir on John the Evangelist.

In this completely revised and updated edition, François Bovon provides a critical assessment of the last fifty-five years of scholarship on Luke-Acts. The study divides thematically, with individual chapters covering the subjects of history and eschatology, the role of the Old Testament, Christology, the Holy Spirit, conversion, and the church. Each chapter begins with a consideration of the exegetical and theological problems unique to each theme in Luke-Acts before providing a detailed survey and critique of contemporary English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian New Testament scholarship.

Francois Bovon and Christopher Matthews utilize manuscript evidence gathered within the last half-century to provide a new translation of the apocryphal Acts of Philip. Discovered by Bovon in 1974 at the Xenophontos monastery in Greece, the manuscript is widely known as one of the most unabridged copies of the Acts yet discovered. Bovon and Matthews' new translation incorporates this witness to the Greek text, which sheds new light on the history of earliest Christianity.

In this completely revised and updated edition, Fran?ºois Bovon provides a critical assessment of the last fifty-five years of scholarship on Luke-Acts. The study divides thematically, with individual chapters covering the subjects of history and eschatology, the role of the Old Testament, Christology, the Holy Spirit, conversion, and the church. Each chapter begins with a consideration of the exegetical and theological problems unique to each theme in Luke-Acts before providing a detailed survey and critique of contemporary English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian New Testament scholarship.

This collection of essays reflects the two poles of interest on which Francois Bovon has concentrated during the last years: the New Testament (especially the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts) as well as the ancient church and the Christian Apocrypha. Eight articles in this volume deal with Luke and Acts, and their coverage of this subject ranges from a research report to detailed studies such as an analysis of Luke's practice of quotation. Nine of the essays focus on early Christian Apocrypha and the ancient church; five essays deal with theological topics at the crossroads between the New Testament and the Apocrypha. The essays are written in German and English or have been translated from French into English for this collection.

In seinen Gesammelten Schriften untersucht François Bovon zwei Schwerpunkte: das Lukasevangelium und die Apostelgeschichte des Lukas einerseits und die frühchristlichen Apokryphen andererseits. Besonderen Wert legt er auf die die ethischen und missionarischen Praktiken der frühchristlichen Gemeinden und die Rezeption frühchristlicher Dokumente in der Spätantike. Das ethische Interesse des Apostels Paulus galt nicht primär dem Gegensatz zwischen gut und böse, sondern der Steigerung vom Guten zum Besseren. Die Autorität von Johannes, dem Autor der Apokalypse, beschreibt er in einer nichhierarchischen Weise eher als die Fürsorge unter Geschwistern als die väterliche Fürsorge. Das geistliche Amt einer Frau wird in erst kürzlich entdeckten Passagen die Philippusakten belegt. Des weiteren zeigt François Bovon, wie Lehrpositionen inmitten starker Spannungen erzielt wurden.

Der Exeget und Theologe François Bovon versammelt in diesem Band neunzehn seiner Aufsätze zu Themen des Neuen Testaments und des frühen Christentums. Bovon analysiert textliche und ikonographische Zeitzeugen von den frühesten christlichen Schriften bis hin zu einer byzantinischen Ikone aus Zypern und spricht dadurch zentrale Themen der neutestamentlichen Forschung an, zum Beispiel die frühen Christologien, Auffassungen von Unsterblichkeit und Auferstehung, die antike Rezeption christlicher Schriften, Orthodoxie und Häresie, Handschriften im digitalen Zeitalter und andere. Vier der Aufsätze erscheinen in diesem Band erstmals in englischer Übersetzung - zwei von Ihnen enthalten das griechische Original und die kritischen Apparate für zwei Fragmente von antiken apokryphen Arbeiten. Bovons sorgfältige Handhabung der behandelten Themen macht aus diesem Band eine verlässliche Orientierungshilfe für Lehrende und Studierende, die ihr Verständnis des frühen Christentums vertiefen möchten.