What Does the Scripture Say?' Studies in the Function of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity: Volume 1: The Synoptic Gospels (The Library of New Testament Studies)

Craig A. Evans

ISBN 10: 0567383504 / ISBN 13: 9780567383501

Published by T & T Clark International, 2012

About this Item

This collection of essays focuses on the function of Scripture in the New Testament Gospels and the letters of the apostle Paul. Editor(s): Evans, Craig A.; Zacharias, H. Daniel. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574. . 2012. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Does the Scripture Say?' Studies in the Function of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity: Volume 1: The Synoptic Gospels (The Library of New Testament Studies)
• Publisher: T & T Clark International
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567383504
• ISBN 13: 9780567383501
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

These essays explore new methods and overlooked traditions that appear to shed light on how the founders of the Christian movement understood the older sacred tradition and sought new and creative ways to let it speak to their own times.

Gurtner discusses the Matthean version of the temptation narrative. Chandler investigates the exhortation to 'love your neighbour as yourself' from Lev. 19.18b. Talbot re-examines Jesus' offer of rest in Mt. 11.28-30. Myers explores the ways Matthew's appeal to Isa. 42.1-4 in Mt. 12.17-21 affects the characterization of Jesus in his Gospel. Hamilton explores 1 Enoch 6-11 as a retelling of Genesis 3-6. Herzer seeks to explain varuiys aspects of Mt. 27.51b-53. McWhirter explores the citation of Exod 23.20, Mal. 3.1, and Isa. 40.3 in Mk 1.2-3. Hopkins investigates the manner in which Jesus engages questions and persons regarding purity and impurity. Miller notes that victory songs are a generally acknowledges category of Hebrew poetry. Gregerman argues that studies of early Christian proselytism to Gentiles are largely focussed on missionary methods of converts.

About the Authors

Craig A. Evans (Ph.D., Claremont) is John Bisagno Distinguished professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University, USA.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.

H. Daniel is a Lecturer at Acadia Divinity College, Nova Scotia, Canada.