Bread from Heaven
Bread from Heaven

Author: Peder Borgen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-04-09

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9004265872

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Preliminary Material -- The use of a haggadic tradition -- A homiletic pattern -- Midrashic method, Patterns and Terminology -- The heavenly philosophy of the Synagogue and the Encyclia -- The heavenly order of the Jews and Pagan career -- The unique vision of god in Jesus, the son of Joseph -- Periodicals, series, et cetera -- Reference works -- Index of authors -- Index of references -- Index of subjects.

A Feast of Meanings
A Feast of Meanings

Author: Bruce D. Chilton

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-04-09

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9004267050

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The monograph analyses eucharistic texts on the basis of the social practices which generated them. Six stages of ideology are identified. Jesus himself practised fellowship at meals as celebrations of Israel's purity (stage 1), and later insisted that a pure meal was a better sacrifice than an offering in the Temple (stage 2). The circle of Peter made such meals into covenantal celebrations; Jesus became a new Moses (stage 3). In order to militate against the full participation of non-Jews, the circle of James invented the full identifications with Passover (stage 4). Paul resisted any such limitations (stage 5). The Synoptic tradition accepted the Jacobean chronology, but joined Paul in developing the Hellenistic theme of Jesus as heroic martyr, and in explaining eucharist as a means of effecting solidarity with Jesus (stage 5). The Johannine ideologies transformed the idiom of eucharist by making Jesus into the paschal lamb which is consumed (stage 6). A conclusion relates the practices identified to the sources behind the Gospels; and shows how practice is key to the meanings of eucharistic texts.

PROPHETIC VOCATION
PROPHETIC VOCATION

Author: Johannes Panagopoulos

Publisher: Brill Archive

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9789004049239

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"Produced within the framework of a consultation ... at the Ecumenical Institute, Bossey, Switzerland from 12-17 September 1975."

Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters
Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters

Author: Donald K. McKim

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2007-11-12

Total Pages: 1133

ISBN-13: 083082927X

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Featuring more than two hundred in-depth articles, a comprehensive resource introduces the principal players in the history of biblical interpretation and explores their historical and intellectual contexts, their primary works, their interpretive principles, and their broader historical significance.

The Gospel According to Philip
The Gospel According to Philip

Author: Martha Turner

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-10-26

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9004439676

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Study of the Gospel according to Philip, an important gnostic Christian text, has been hampered by unresolved questions about the unity, genre, and sectarian contexts of the work. This book argues that terms of self-designation, use of controversial vocabulary, style, hermeneutic strategies, and theological commitments together present persuasive evidence of derivation from multiple sectarian milieux. The document's organizing principles are found to be in accord with the excerpting and collection practices of Late Antiquity. The coherence of the text lies in its compiler's distinctive interests and choices, not in the uniformity of its materials. The persuasive case made by this book will help to advance research on this significant document of early Christianity.