Harold W Attridge – författare

Six acclaimed scholars—including a biologist, a sociologist, a historian, a philosopher, and a physicist—examine the evolution debate.Eighty-one years after America witnessed the Scopes trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools, the debate between science and religion continues. In this book scholars from a variety of disciplines—sociology, history, science, and theology—provide new insights into the contemporary dialogue as well as some perspective suggestions for delineating the responsibilities of both the scientific and religious spheres.Why does the tension between science and religion continue? How have those tensions changed during the past one hundred years? How have those tensions impacted the public debate about so-called “intelligent design” as a scientific alternative to evolution? With wit and wisdom the authors address the conflict from its philosophical roots to its manifestations within American culture. In doing so, they take an important step toward creating a society that reconciles scientific inquiry with the human spirit. This book, which marks the one hundredth anniversary of The Terry Lecture Series, offers a unique perspective for anyone interested in the debate between science and religion in America.

The essays in this highly readable volume are dedicated to John Strugnell, the eminent theologian. Contents: New Qumran Readings for Genesis One, by James R. Davila; Early Emendations of the Scribes: The Tiqqun Sopherim in Zechariah 2:12, by Russell Fuller; Recensional Differences between the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint of Proverbs, by Emanual Tov; Observations on 'Wisdom Narratives' in Early Biblical Literature, by Lawrence M. Wills; The Beth Essentiae and the Permissive Meaning of the Hiphil (Aphel), by J.H. Charlesworth; The Meaning of 'the End' in the Book of Daniel, by John J. Collins; Jason's Gymnasion, by Robert Doran; Some Observations on Blessings of God in Texts from Qumran, by Eileen Schuller; 4Q185 and Jewish Wisdom Literature, by Thomas H. Tobin, S.J.; Two Notes on the Aramaic Levi Document, by Jonas C. Greenfield and Michael E. Stone; Daniel and the Historical Jesus, by Adela Yarbro Collins; Curse and Competition in the Ancient Circus, b G. Gager; The Original Language of the Acts of Thomas, by Harold W. Attridge; Two Enochic Manuscripts: Unstudied Evidence for Egyptian Christianity, by George W.E. Nickelsburg; Julian's Attempt to Rebuild the Temple: An Inventory of Ancient and Medieval Sources, by David Levenson. Co-published with the College Theology Society.

The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice – either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling resources for thinking biblically about what justice is and what it demands. Individual essays treat key debates, themes, and texts, locating each within its historical and cultural settings while also linking them to the most pressing justice concerns of the twenty-first century. The volume aims to challenge academic and ecclesiastical complacency and highlight key avenues for future scholarship and action.

The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice – either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling resources for thinking biblically about what justice is and what it demands. Individual essays treat key debates, themes, and texts, locating each within its historical and cultural settings while also linking them to the most pressing justice concerns of the twenty-first century. The volume aims to challenge academic and ecclesiastical complacency and highlight key avenues for future scholarship and action.

Wer galt als 'Galiläer' und warum? Welche Kriterien werden in der Antike für diese Zuschreibung benutzt und was können archäologischen Quellen zur Klärung beitragen? Welche Bedeutung besaß Religion in diesem Gemenge? Die Autoren der 22 Artikel des Bandes greifen die neuesten Erkenntnisse aus Bibelwissenschaft, Archäologie, Rabbinic Studies, Numismatik, Epigrafik, Musik- und Literaturwissenschaft auf und leisten so einen wichtigen Beitrag nicht nur zur Erhellung des sozial- und kulturgeschichtlichen Hintergrunds der galiläischen Jesusbewegung und des entstehenden rabbinischen Judentums, sondern sie beleuchten zugleich das komplexe Wechselspiel zwischen indigenen Kulturen mit ihren Institutionen und Selbstdefinitionen sowie hellenistisch-römischem Einfluss im östlichen Mittelmeerbereich. Es zeigt sich, dass Galiläa seine Geheimnisse besonders dann zu entlocken sind, wenn man es als dynamische Region versteht, in der Ethnizität und Identität ihre Konturen in konstanter Bewegung und Gegenbewegung ausgebildet haben.

Harold W. Attridge untersucht die literarischen und kulturellen Traditionen, die im Johannesevangelium und im Hebräerbrief wirksam sind, sowie die Rhetorik der beiden Schriften, die darauf zielt, den Glauben an Christus zu vertiefen, indem sie seinem Tod und seiner Erhöhung eine neue Bedeutung zuschreiben. Attridges Studien zu Johannes konzentrieren sich auf die literarische Kunstfertigkeit der letzten Fassung des Evangeliums, auf die spielerische Annäherung an literarische Genera, seine einnehmende Rhetorik und seine Freude Visualität. Er plaziert die literarische Analyse beider Werke innerhalb des religions- und kulturgeschichtlichen Kontexts des ersten Jahrhunderts unter Berücksichtigung der jüdischen und griechisch-römischen Welt. Einige Aufsätze, die das Phänomen im Zusammenhang mit dem Gnostizismus thematisieren, erweitern den religionsgeschichtlichen Horizont in das Leben der Frühkirche hinein und tragen zum Verständnis der Rezeption dieser zwei frühchristlichen Meisterwerke bei.