Exegesis and the Synoptics
Exegesis and the Synoptics

Author: Robert Geis

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2012-12-16

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0761859721

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Geis argues the differences in Synoptic accounts are explained by evidence that shows a Hebrew subtext, which the Greek translation misses. Geis also maintains Matthew’s role as tax collector and record keeper makes the claim that he kept a cotemporaneous written account of Jesus quite credible, as well as accurate.

Adam, Satan, and the King of Tyre
Adam, Satan, and the King of Tyre

Author: Hector M. Patmore

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-02-17

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9004208801

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The oracle against the King of Tyre, found in Ezekiel 28.12-19, is a difficult text that inspired diverse interpretations in Late Antiquity. For example, according to one rabbinic tradition the text spoke of the first man, Adam, while the Church Fathers found in the same text a description of the fall of Satan. This book studies the rabbinic sources, patristic literature, the Targum, and the ancient translations, and seeks to understand the reasons for the diverse interpretation, the interaction between the exegetical traditions and the communities of interpreters, in particular between Jews and Christians, and the effect the specific form and wording of the text had on the formation and development of each interpretation.

Text as Pretext
Text as Pretext

Author: Robert P. Carroll

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1850752958

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This collection of essays in honour of Professor Robert Davidson celebrates a number of notable achievements of this outstanding Scottish churchman and scholar. It is published for the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday, but it also marks his retirement from full-time university teaching and nods in the direction of his having been the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1990-91). The guiding principle governing this collection of essays is the notion of the Bible as the generator of other texts and cultural productions. The contributors are drawn from Davidson's wide range of colleagues and former students and focus on many different aspects of this generative force within the Bible itself and in materials related to it. Contributors include A.G. Auld, J.M.G. Barclay, E. Best, J.C.L. Gibson, W. Johnstone, H.A. McKay, J.K. Riches, and the editor, among others.

The Stranger Within Your Gates
The Stranger Within Your Gates

Author: Gary G. Porton

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1994-11

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780226675862

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The intellectual dilemma that converts posed to classical Jews played itself out in discussions of marriage, religious practice, inheritance of property, and much else: on the one hand, converts must be no different from native-born Israelites if the god of the Hebrew Bible is a universal deity; on the other hand, converts must be distinguishable from native-born members of the community if a divine covenant was made with Abraham's descendants.

The Death of Jesus in Matthew
The Death of Jesus in Matthew

Author: Catherine Sider Hamilton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-06-16

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1107110513

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This book explores 'innocent blood' and its traditions as keys to the death of Jesus in Matthew, against background of exile and return.

Engaging the Doctrine of Israel
Engaging the Doctrine of Israel

Author: Matthew Levering

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-09-16

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 172529110X

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This book is the dogmatic sequel to Levering’s Engaging the Doctrine of Marriage, in which he argued that God’s purpose in creating the cosmos is the eschatological marriage of God and his people.. God sets this marriage into motion through his covenantal election of a particular people, the people of Israel. Central to this people’s relationship with the Creator God are their Scriptures, exodus, Torah, Temple, land, and Davidic kingship. As a Christian Israelology, this book devotes a chapter to each of these topics, investigating their theological significance both in light of ongoing Judaism and in light of Christian Scripture (Old and New Testaments) and Christian theology. The book makes a significant contribution to charting a path forward for Jewish-Christian dialogue from the perspective of post-Vatican II Catholicism.