to Testament
The Function of the Old Testament in the New
Craig A. Evans, editor
Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.
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Peabody, Massachusetts 01961-3473
ISBN 1-56563-765-8
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First Printing—March 2004
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
From prophecy to testament: the function of the Old Testament in the New / edited by Craig A. Evans.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 1-56563-765-8 (hardcover: alk. paper)
1. Bible. N.T.—Relation to the Old Testament. I. Evans, Craig A.
BS2387.F76 2004
230′.041—dc22
2003027733
From Prophecy to Testament: An Introduction
Craig A. Evans
1. From Aramaic Paraphrase to Greek Testament
Bruce Chilton
2. The Aramaic Psalter and the New Testament: Praising the Lord in History and Prophecy
Craig A. Evans
3. Immanuel: Virgin Birth Proof Text or Programmatic Warning of Things to Come (Isa 7:14 in Matt 1:23)?
Rikk E. Watts
4. The Gospels and the Text of the Hebrew Bible: Micah 5:1 (Matt 2:6) in Tatian’s Diatessaron
Robert F. Shedinger
5. Torah, Life, and Salvation: Leviticus 18:5 in Early Judaism and the New Testament
Simon J. Gathercole
6. The Significance of Signs in Luke 7:22–23 in the Light of Isaiah 61 and the Messianic Apocalypse
Michael Labahn
7. “No One Has Ever Seen God”: Revisionary Criticism in the Fourth Gospel
A. J. Droge
8. The Festival of Weeks and the Story of Pentecost in Acts 2
James C. VanderKam
9. Stephen’s Speech (Acts 7) in Its Exegetical Context
James L. Kugel
10. Hagar between Genesis and Galatians: The Stony Road to Freedom
Brigitte Kahl
11. The Culpability of Eve: From Genesis to Timothy
Gary A. Anderson
12. From Prophecy to Testament: An Epilogue
James A. Sanders
Interest in the origins of sacred literature and in how early communities of faith interpreted this literature remains high. Investigation into the hermeneutics of late antiquity and how it was shaped by theology and in turn shaped theology itself is vital for a better understanding of the origins of Judaism and Christianity. The papers that make up the present volume probe significant dimensions of this topic in important ways. The role of language, differing versions, writings inside and outside the “canon,” festivals, customs, worship, and strategies of persuasion are explored.
The book is designed to serve as an introduction and reader in the subject of the function of the Old Testament in the New. The introduction, written primarily with the student in mind, not the veteran scholar, orients readers to the larger issues, surveys the principal primary and secondary literature, and ...
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About From Prophecy to Testament: The Function of the Old Testament in the NewThe theology of the New Testament is indebted to—and a reflection of—major Old Testament themes, images, and language, because the New Testament authors wrote in the context of the Old Testament and the rich Jewish tradition of the study and interpretation of Scripture. A group of ancient Jewish writers provided the Christian church with its Old Testament Greek text (the Septuagint) and provided Aramaic translations (the Targums) for some of the writers of the New Testament. This group also produced many works that, whether intentionally or not, offered interpretations, expansions, and explanations of difficult or obscure Old Testament passages that influenced the New Testament authors. From Prophecy to Testament opens with a basic overview of past work on the development of New Testament theology, then offers a superb collection of essays exploring the numerous ways in which New Testament writers were informed by the biblical and extrabiblical literature of the Second-Temple period. |
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