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Power through Weakness
Paul's Understanding of the Christian Ministry in 2 Corinthians
Av Timothy B. Savage, John Court
Häftad, 2004
471 kr
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Dr Savage seeks to understand the apostle Paul's apparently contradictory description of his ministry in 2 Corinthians as one in which power is manifested through weakness: 'When I am weak, then I am strong!' This paradox becomes intelligible when it is understood that Paul's critics were …
Wisdom in the Q-Tradition
The Aphoristic Teaching of Jesus
Av Ronald Allen Piper, John Court
Häftad, 2004
781 kr
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One of the least well-researched aspects of the teaching of Jesus found in the gospels is the use of proverbs, or aphorisms. Whilst the parables of Jesus have drawn great interest and study, this other kind of saying has been relatively neglected, although it is equally if not more prominent in the …
Pontius Pilate in History and Interpretation
Häftad, 2004
422 kr
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This study reconstructs the historical Pontius Pilate and looks at the way in which he is used as a literary character in the works of six first century authors: Philo, Josephus and the four evangelists. The first chapter provides an introduction to the history and formation of the imperial Roman …
Reading the New Testament
Av John Court
Inbunden, 1997
2513 kr
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Reading the New Testament is the lead volume to the successful New Testament Readings Series. It analyzes the many ways in which the New Testament can be read and interpreted.Rather than prescribing one 'correct' way of reading, this study offers an overview of and introduction to the most …
Reading the New Testament
Av John Court
Häftad, 1997
648 kr
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Reading the New Testament is the lead volume to the successful New Testament Readings Series. It analyzes the many ways in which the New Testament can be read and interpreted.Rather than prescribing one 'correct' way of reading, this study offers an overview of and introduction to the most …
Jesus and Israel's Traditions of Judgement and Restoration
Av Steven M. Bryan, John Court
Häftad, 2005
569 kr
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Jesus and Israel's Traditions of Judgement and Restoration examines the eschatology of Jesus by evaluating his appropriation of sacred traditions related to Israel's restoration. It addresses the way in which Jesus' future expectations impinged upon his understanding of key features of Jewish …
Soma in Biblical Theology
With Emphasis on Pauline Anthropology
Av Robert H. Gundry, John Court
Häftad, 2005
422 kr
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This addition to the well-known series of theological monographs deals with the use of the Greek work traditionally translated 'body' but recently as 'person', especially in certain parts of the writings of Paul. Theologians have argued that the translation as 'person' defines man as an indivisible …
The Melchizedek Tradition
A Critical Examination of the Sources to the Fifth Century A.D. and in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Av Fred L. Horton Jr., John Court
Häftad, 2005
813 kr
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This monograph seeks to answer the question why Melchizedek, who is a minor figure in the Old Testament, is selected by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews to represent the priesthood of Christ. In the course of his study, Professor Horton surveys the traditions about Melchizedek from the Old …
On the Independence of Matthew and Mark
Häftad, 2005
557 kr
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It has for long been generally assumed that the relationship between our canonical texts of the Gospels of Mark and Matthew is to be explained in terms of direct literary dependence, either of Matthew on Mark, or of Mark on Matthew. Professor Rist questions this assumption vigourously, and argues …
The Son of Man in the Teaching of Jesus
Av A. J. B. Higgins, John Court
Häftad, 2005
569 kr
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This monograph develops the view that the Synoptic Gospels suggest that Jesus expected vindication of his earthly mission after his death by receiving a status of exaltation in the presence of God. This would involve the exercise of the functions of judging and ruling associated with the Jewish …
Angels and Principalities
The Background, Meaning and Development of the Pauline Phrase hai archai kai hai exousiai
Häftad, 2005
895 kr
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St Paul and his contemporaries - so runs a commonly accepted scholarly opinion - inhabited a world believed to be dominated by hostile superhuman powers, of whom Jews and Gentiles alike liked in fear. Dr Carr challenges this widespread assumption by means of a detailed examination of various kinds …
Revival Griesbach Hypothes
Av Christopher Tuckett, John Court
Häftad, 2005
700 kr
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There has recently been strong support for the hypothesis that, contrary to the formerly accepted view that Mark's gospel was the first to be written, Mark was in fact the last synoptic gospel to appear. This book is a detailed examination of the arguments used to support this view, which …
Hebrews and Perfection
An Examination of the Concept of Perfection in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Häftad, 2005
422 kr
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The concept of perfection is central to the Epistle to the Hebrews but what is the precise meaning to be attached to the perfecting of Christ and the perfecting of Christians? Is teleioun to be understood in a cultic or ethical sense, or with reference to glorification; or is it employed in a …
The Apocalypse and Semitic Syntax
Av Steven Thompson, John Court
Häftad, 2005
569 kr
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This book offers a consistent explanation of the peculiarity of the language of the Apocalypse (or Book of Revelation), namely that the rules of Greek grammar are broken because of the influence of Hebrew and Aramaic. It advances previous similar hypotheses in three ways. First, it focuses chiefly …
The Past of Jesus in the Gospels
Av Eugene E. Lemcio, John Court
Häftad, 2005
601 kr
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The aim of this study is to show that the Evangelists, to an extent hitherto unrecognized, wrote narratives which set out to distinguish Jesus's time from their own. Such an effort, Professor Lemcio explains, went beyond their merely putting verbs in past tenses and dividing their accounts into …
The Problem of the Text of Acts
Häftad, 2005
569 kr
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In the book of Acts, the so-called Western text departs from the alternative text in numerous points of detail. These divergences in the textual tradition of Acts have been the subject of renewed interest in recent years, with a notable concentration on Lucan traits in the Western text. The author …
The Preface to Luke's Gospel
Av Loveday Alexander, John Court
Häftad, 2005
569 kr
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Luke's two-volume work begins with a formal preface unlike anything else in the New Testament, and it has long been academic orthodoxy that Luke's choice of style, vocabulary, and content in this short passage reveal a desire to present his work to contemporary readers as 'History' in the great …
Discipleship and Family Ties in Mark and Matthew
Av Stephen C. Barton, John Court
Häftad, 2005
569 kr
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During the first two centuries CE there was a common awareness that familial tensions were generated by conversions to the Christian faith. Yet studies of Christian origins have so far paid little attention to the impact of the Christian movement upon attitudes to family ties and natural kinship. …
Wrestling with Rationality in Paul
Romans 1-8 in a New Perspective
Av John D. Moores, Margaret E. Thrall m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
601 kr
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Spanning a variety of disciplines, this 1995 enquiry focuses on one particular Pauline characteristic: the apostle's habit of making matters of faith the object of logical appraisal. A tracing of the elliptical patterns of argument in Romans 1-8 illustrates this habit and, at the same time, …
The Faith of Jesus Christ in Early Christian Traditions
Häftad, 2005
716 kr
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We are used to the idea of people believing in Christ, but did the early church consider that Jesus also had faith in God? This book evaluates the evidence, starting with a survey of the meaning of faith in Judaism and Graeco-Roman literature and proceeding to a detailed exegesis of the relevant …
Feasting and Social Rhetoric in Luke 14
Häftad, 2005
764 kr
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The writer of the Gospel of Luke is a Hellenistic writer who uses conventional modes of narration, characterisation and argumentation to present Jesus in the manner of the familiar figure of the dinner sage. In this original and thought-provoking 1995 study, Willi Braun draws both on social and …
The Paradox of Salvation
Luke's Theology of the Cross
Häftad, 2005
764 kr
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This study refutes the allegation that the author of Luke-Acts showed no systematic thought about the significance of Jesus's death, that is, he has no theologia crucis. Peter Doble focuses sharply on the Gospel's death scene and explores those features which appear in Luke alone, then extends the …
The Character and Purpose of Luke's Christology
Av H. Douglas Buckwalter, John Court
Häftad, 2005
569 kr
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Luke's christology is carefully designed. Luke portrays the exalted Jesus as God's co-equal by the kinds of things he does and says from heaven. Through the Holy Spirit, the divine name and personal manifestations, Jesus behaves toward people in Luke-Acts as does Yahweh in the Old Testament. His …
The Zion Traditions and the Aims of Jesus
Häftad, 2005
716 kr
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This 1997 book provides an exciting re-interpretation of the sayings and actions of Jesus. Setting him firmly in the context of first-century Judaism, it asks how important the city of Jerusalem and the theological traditions centred on it were to Jesus. At this time, Zion had become 'the symbol of …
Christology and the Synoptic Problem
An Argument for Markan Priority
Häftad, 2005
764 kr
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This book makes a major contribution to the ongoing debate about the synoptic problem, especially concerning the question of which gospel was written first. The scholarly consensus, developed over two hundred years of discussion, has favoured Markan priority and the dependence of both Matthew and …
Eschatology in the Making
Mark, Matthew and the Didache
Av Victoria Balabanski, John Court
Häftad, 2005
716 kr
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If the expectations of the early church concerning the return of Christ and the end of the world were disappointed, the magnitude of the disappointment and the form in which it was expressed do not seem to fit with the expectations of modern scholars. This 1997 study questions both the idea that …
Endurance in Suffering
Hebrews 12:1-13 in its Rhetorical, Religious, and Philosophical Context
Av N. Clayton Croy, John Court
Häftad, 2005
716 kr
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Hebrews 12: 1-13 portrays the suffering of the community to which it is addressed by means of two images: an athletic contest, and God's fatherly discipline. In this 1998 book, N. Clayton Croy provides a thorough exploration of the theme of suffering in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman traditions, and …
Purpose and Cause in Pauline Exegesis
Romans 1.16-4.25 and a New Approach to the Letters
Häftad, 2005
667 kr
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Three factors prompt this re-examination of the underlying questions that shape mainstream exegesis of Paul's letters. Hermeneutical studies have destabilized assumptions about the nature of meaning in texts; the letters are usually characterized as pastoral but explicated as expressions of Paul's …
A Bibliography of Greek New Testament Manuscripts
Häftad, 2005
781 kr
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Facsimiles, photographic reproductions, collations, and studies of the textual character of many of the 5,000 or so manuscripts of the Greek New Testament have been published, but it is only with this book, first published in 2000, that a much-needed bibliography of them has been made available. …
New Creation in Paul's Letters and Thought
Av Moyer V. Hubbard, John Court
Häftad, 2005
911 kr
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As a biblical motif, 'new creation' resonates throughout the pages of the Jewish and Christian scriptures, and occupies a central place in the apostle Paul's vision of the Christian life. Yet the biblical and extra-biblical occurrences of this theme vary widely in meaning, referring to either a new …
