EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND INTERTEXTUALITY
Volume 1: Thematic Studies
EDITED BY
CRAIG A. EVANS
H. DANIEL ZACHARIAS
Copyright © Craig A. Evans, H. Daniel Zacharias, 2009
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STUDIES IN SCRIPTURE IN EARLY JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
Edited by
Craig A. Evans
Volume 14
Published under
LIBRARY OF NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES
391
formerly the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series
Editor
Mark Goodacre
Editorial Board
John M.G. Barclay, Craig Blomberg, R. Alan Culpepper, James D.G. Dunn, Craig A. Evans, Stephen Fowl, Robert Fowler, Simon J. Gathercole, John S. Kloppenborg, Michael Labahn, Robert Wall, Steve Walton, Robert L. Webb, Catrin H. Williams
Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality, published as two volumes, represents the fourteenth and fifteenth volumes to appear in Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity. Two of the previous volumes are monographs. The other eleven volumes are collections of studies that have more or less systematically worked through the Gospels, the letters of Paul, other Judaeo-Christian bodies of literature from late antiquity, or have investigated various questions pertaining to biblical understanding in the period under review. Several other studies have focused on the function of sacred Scripture in Rabbinic literature and other non-Christian Jewish writings.
The present collection of studies focuses on the nature of sacred Scripture and various aspects of its intertextuality. Volume 1 is comprised of thematic studies. Early understandings of canon and Scripture, the use of Scripture in later writings, and the interpretation and application of various themes and narratives, allegories, and metaphors are treated in these several studies. Volume 2 is comprised of exegetical studies, where specific pericopes are treated. Most of these studies concern the function of Scripture in New Testament writings. New proposals are made and different approaches in method are considered.
As in the previous volumes, the present volume is enriched with contributions by established scholars, as well as contributions by younger scholars, whose work is making itself felt in the discipline. The editors express their deepest thanks. The editors also wish to thank Sharon Leighton for her assistance in editing and formatting several of the papers as well as Adam Wright and Greg Monette for assisting with the preparation of the indexes....
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About Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality, Volume 1: Thematic StudiesScholarly interest in intertextuality remains as keen as ever. Armed with new questions, interpreters seek to understand better the function of older scripture in later scripture. The essays assembled in the present collection address these questions. These essays treat pre-Christian texts, as well as Christian texts, that make use of older sacred tradition. They analyze the respective uses of scripture in diverse Jewish and Christian traditions. Some of these studies are concerned with discreet bodies of writings, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, while others are concerned with versions of scriptures, such as the Hebrew or Old Greek, and text critical issues. Other studies are concerned with how scripture is interpreted as part of apocalyptic and eschatology. Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality includes essays that explore the use of Old Testament scripture in the Gospels and Acts. Other studies examine the apostle Paul’s interpretation of scripture in his letters, while other studies look at non-Pauline writings and their utilization of scripture. Some of the studies in this collection show how older scripture clarifies important points of teaching or resolves social conflict. Law, conversion, anthropology, paradise, and Messianism are among the themes treated in these studies, themes rooted in important ways in older sacred tradition. The collection concludes with studies on two important Christian interpreters, Syriac-speaking Aphrahat in the east and Latin-speaking Augustine in the west. |
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