This collection of essays by leading experts in New Testament scholarship addresses core themes in the study of early Christianity. The topics addressed include text-critical issues relating to the New Testament, the historical situation in which the earliest Christian documents were composed, early Christian rituals, historical questions concerning Jesus and Paul, and the origin and development of important theological ideas in the early Church. This volume is dedicated to Henk Jan de Jonge (Emeritus Professor in the New Testament, Leiden University) in honour of his important contributions to the field of New Testament Studies.
Author(s): Rieuward Buitenwerf, Harm W. Hollander, Johannes Tromp
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 470
Table of Contents
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Preface......Page 10
Wie kommt es zum Bekenntnis zu Jesus? (Klaus Berger)......Page 12
"Reconcile Yourselves to God". An Unusual Interpretation of 2 Corinthians 5:20 in its Context (Reimund Bieringer)......Page 22
The New Preachers in Galatia. Their Identity, Message, Aims, and Impact (Martinus C. de Boer)......Page 50
Acts 9:1-25. Narrative History Based on the Letters of Paul (Rieuwerd Buitenwerf)......Page 72
Ignatius, Letter to the Magnesians 8:2 Once Again (Boudewijn Dehandschutter)......Page 100
Matthew 2:16 and Josephus' Portrayals of Herod (Jan Willem Van Henten)......Page 112
Mark 16:8 as a Satisfying Ending to the Gospel (Matthijs J. De Jong)......Page 134
Studies on the Historical Jesus in the Netherland and Flanders 1950-2000 (Marinus De Jonge)......Page 162
The Parable of the Prodigal Son and Deeds of Gift (John S. Kloppenborg)......Page 180
Die eucharistischen Gebete von Didache 9 und 10 und das Ratsel von Didache 10:6 (Dietrich-Alex Koch)......Page 206
Image, Form and Transformation. A Semantic Taxonomy of Paul's "Morphic" Language......Page 224
Attitudes to the Sabbath in Three Apostolic Fathers: Didache, Ignatius, and Barnabas (Pierluigi Lanfranchi)......Page 254
Paul and the Practice of Paideia (Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte)......Page 272
Paulus und die Jesustradition (Andreas Lindemann)......Page 292
Matthaus in der Kritik. Beobachtungen am Thomas- und am Mariaevangelium (Dieter Luhrmann)......Page 328
"Born Of God" of :Begotten by God"? A Translation Problem in the Johannine Writing (Maarten J.J. Menken)......Page 340
Making Editions of the New Testament Today (David C. Parker)......Page 360
Night and Day. A Propos Acts 20:7 (Johannes Tromp)......Page 374
Gospels and Communities. Was Mark Written for a Suffering Community? (Christopher Tuckett)......Page 388
The Violators of the Kingdom of God. Struggling with Q Polemics in Q 16:16-18 (Joseph Verheyden)......Page 408
Probleme und Möglichkeiten einer Theologie des Neuen Testaments (Michael Wolter)......Page 428
Observations on the Function, Character and Localization of the New Testament Toponym (Mark 6:53; Matthew 14:34) (Jurgen K. Zangenberg)......Page 450
