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Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge History of Christianity
Mitchell, Margaret M, Frances M Young (eds)
Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 1: Origins to Contantine
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Gilley, Sheridan, Brian Stanley (eds)
Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 8: World Christianities
c.1815-c.1914
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McLeod, Hugh, (ed)
Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 9: World Christianities
c.1914-c.2000
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Young, Frances, Lewis Ayres, Andrew Louth, Augustine Casiday (eds)
Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature
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The writings of the Church Fathers form a distinct body of
literature that shaped the early church and built upon the
doctrinal
foundations of Christianity established within the New Testament.
Christian literature in the period c. 100-c. 400 constitutes one
of
the most influential textual oeuvres of any religion. Written
mainly
in Greek, Latin and Syriac, Patristic literature emanated from all
parts of the early Christian world and helped to extend its
boundaries. The History offers a systematic account of that
literature and its setting. The work of individual writers in
shaping the various genres of Christian literature is considered,
alongside three general essays, covering distinct periods in the
development of Christian literature, which survey the social,
cultural and doctrinal context within which Christian literature
arose and was used by Christians. This is a landmark reference
book
for scholars and students alike.
Schniedewind, William M
How the Bible Became a Book: Textualization in Ancient Israel
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For the past two-hundred years Biblical scholars have usually assumed
that the Hebrew Bible was mostly written and edited in the Persian and
Hellenistic periods. Recent archaeological evidence and insights from
linguistic anthropology, however, point to the earlier era of the
late-Iron Age (eighth-though-sixth centuries BCE) as the formative
period for the writing of biblical literature. How the Bible Became a
Book combines recent archaeological discoveries in the Middle East with
insights culled from the history of writing to address how the Bible
first came to be written down and then became sacred Scripture. It
provides rich insight into why these texts came to have authority as
Scripture and explores why Ancient Israel, an oral culture, began to
write literature. It describes an emerging literate society in ancient
Israel that challenges the assertion that literacy first arose in
Greece
during the fifth century BCE.
Bergman, Nava
Cambridge Biblical Hebrew Workbook: Introductory Level
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This workbook can be used together with any elementary Biblical
Hebrew grammar. It applies many of the tools of modern language
acquisition to make learning the classical language an active and
inspiring process. Well-known Hebrew names are used as a
pedagogical
aid to memorizing grammar and vocabulary. Original Biblical texts
are focused upon and the translations provided closely follow the
Hebrew text. The workbook enables students to develop their
understanding of systematic sound changes in Biblical Hebrew.
Barmash, Pamela
Homicide in the Biblical World
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Analyzing the treatment of homicide in the Hebrew Bible, this
study
demonstrates that it is directly linked to the social structure
and
religion of ancient Israel. Pamela Barmash reconstructs biblical
law
from both legal texts and narrative texts and analyzes the law
collections and documents of actual legal cases from the ancient
Near East.
Woodard, Roger D, (ed)
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages is the
first comprehensive reference work treating all of the languages
of
antiquity. Clear and systematic in its approach, the Encyclopedia
combines full linguistic coverage of all the well documented
ancient
languages, representing numerous language families from around the
globe. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language
or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a
language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these
chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology,
syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language
within
its proper linguistic and historical context. The Encyclopedia
brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading
specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for
linguistic professionals and students, this work will prove
invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of
ancient
language.
New in a Second Edition
Harvey, A E
Companion to the New Testament
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This fully revised second edition of the Companion to the New
Testament now follows the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV).
Using
accessible non-technical language, A.E. Harvey provides a running
commentary on the text of the New Testament that applies the
findings of recent scholarship. Setting the text in the context of
the time and place in which it was written, Harvey clarifies its
meaning in the light of modern methods of research and
interpretation.
SNTS Monographs
The SNTS series is alive and well, with many of the long out of print
classic volumes coming back in convenient paperback editions. We list
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volumes are due to arrive in the US warehouse by the end of the month,
and these will be supplied upon arrival here. More volumes will be
added to this expanding list as they are announced.
Beall, Todd S
Josephus' Description of the Essenes Illustrated by the Dead Sea
Scrolls
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Prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1948, scholars
studying the passages in Josephus' works which mention the
pre-Christian sect of the Essenes attempted to explain various
sections in Josephus primarily by comparing them with what other
ancient writers, such as Philo and Hippolytus, had written
concerning this group. With the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls,
however, and the subsequent identification of the Qumran community
with the Essenes by the majority of scholars, a whole new treasure
trove of first-hand information concerning the Essenes has been
made
available. This study provides the first detailed analysis of and
commentary on Josephus' description of the Essenes in the light of
the new material from Qumran. A fresh translation is provided
alongside the Greek text of the passages in Josephus, as well as a
full commentary on the major passages in which he describes this
group.
Bond, Helen K
Pontius Pilate in History and Interpretation
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This study reconstructs the life of Pontius Pilate, the Roman
governor responsible for the execution of Jesus. The first section
provides the historical and archaeological background. The
following
chapters look at six first-century authors: Philo, Josephus and
the
four gospel writers. Each chapter asks how Pilate is being used as
a
literary character in each work, why each author describes Pilate
in
a different way, and what this tells us about the relationship
between each author and the Roman state. <>The only full-length
scholarly book on Pontius Pilate in English
Chancey, Mark A
Myth of a Gentile Galilee
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This investigation of Galilee during the time of Jesus
demonstrates
that, contrary to the perceptions of many New Testament scholars,
the overwhelming majority of Galilee's population were Jews.
Utilizing the gospels, the writings of the Jewish historian
Josephus, and published archaeological excavation reports, it
traces
the historical development of the region's population and examines
in detail specific cities and villages. It is the only book-length
treatment of this subject and is the fullest synthesis available
of
archaeological and literary evidence for first-century CE Galilee.
Esler, Philip Francis
Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts: The Social and Political Motivation
of Lucan Theology
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In this widely-acclaimed study, Dr Esler makes extensive use of
sociology and anthropology to examine the author of Luke Acts'
theology as a response to social and political pressures upon the
Christian community for whom he was writing. As well as
interesting
those concerned with recent developments in New Testament
scholarship, Esler's book offers a New Testament paradigm for
those
interested in generating a theology attuned to the social and
political realities affecting contemporary Christian
congregations.
Guerra, Anthony J
Romans and the Apologetic Tradition: The Purpose, Genre and Audience of
Pauls Letter
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Of all the letters in the Pauline corpus, the Letter to the Romans
has attracted the greatest degree of scholarly attention. Yet
surprisingly scant consideration has been given to the question of
its literary genre. Taking up the comparatively brief suggestions
of
previous scholars, Dr Guerra argues that the Letter belongs to the
protreptic genre - the class of writing in antiquity which urges
the
adoption of a particular way of life (or a deeper commitment to
it),
setting out its advantages, replying to objections, and
demonstrating its superiority. Working through each chapter of the
Letter in turn, he indicates how Paul provides a critique of
non-Christian ways of life (both Jewish and Gentile) and affirms
the
superiority of the Christian Gospel. It becomes apparent that the
Pauline apologetics of Romans stand between the hellenistic Jewish
tradition and the later Greek Christian apologists, and may have
influenced the latter.
Hamerton-Kelly, R G
Pre-Existence, Wisdom, and the Son of Man: A Study of the Idea of
Pre-Existence in the New Testament
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The idea of pre-existence has a long history in early Jewish and
Biblical traditions. Professor Hamerton-Kelly studies the various
forms the idea takes in these traditions as they emerge in the New
Testament. He pays special attention to the themes of Wisdom and
the
Son of Man, with detailed references to the relevant texts and
sources. His conclusions are that there are two basic types of the
idea of pre-existence in the New Testament - which he calls
'protological' and 'eschatological' respectively - and two
entities
which were chiefly understood in terms of these types - namely,
Christ and the Church. This unusual book illuminates the process
by
which the early Church blended its Greek and Jewish heritages by
analysing some of the conceptual patterns in the New Testament
which
anticipated that process. It will be of interest to New Testament
scholars and historians of docrine.
Howard, George
Paul: Crisis in Galatia, A Study in Early Christian Theology
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This is the second edition of a work which first appeared in 1979.
The first edition gave an interpretation of Paul's Letters to the
Galatians which proceeded along the following lines: firstly,
Paul's
opponents at Galatia were Jewish Christians who believed that
Gentiles had to accept the Law in order to be saved; secondly,
that
Paul first revealed his noncircumcision gospel to James, Cephas
and
John at the Jerusalem Conference; thirdly, Paul's view of
justification by faith was seen in terms of Christ keeping faith
with Abraham's promise that all nations would be blessed; and
fourthly, that Paul considered Torah as binding upon Jewish
Christians, but not upon Gentiles. In his second edition, the
author
brings the discussion into line with his present thinking, and
proposes a more nuanced view of the Galatian opponents. These, he
feels, did not all share the same opinions, although they were
Jewish Christians. The chief discrepancy in their views consisted
in
the fact that some believed all Gentiles would be saved at the
present time if they kept the Law, while others thought the
Gentiles
would be saved, rather, at the dawn of the age to come.
Hughes, Graham
Hebrews and Hermeneutics: The Epistle to the Hebrews as a New Testament
Example of Biblical Interpretation
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This book offers a thesis about the interests underlying the
Epistle. Dr Hughes argues that the major concern of the author has
been to achieve a theological understanding of the relationship
between the now out-moded forms and institutions of Old Testament
worship and those of the distinctively new (yet not unrelated)
Christian faith in which he now finds himself.
Hurst, L D
Epistle to the Hebrews: Its Background of Thought
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This work is a comprehensive treatment of one of the most
intriguing
questions of modern New Testament study: what kind of person could
have produced the mysterious document known today as the Epistle
to
the Hebrews? While other studies of Hebrews have tended to focus
either on the question of the identity of the writer and of the
letter's recipients, or on individual issues such as the writer's
view of priesthood, religious pilgrimage or christology, Dr Hurst
provides the first work to explore in a comprehensive way the
important question of what specifically identifiable milieus might
have produced a document which for many people seems something of
an
alien presence within the New Testament. The book is organised
around the widely differing backgrounds of thought which have to
be
considered - such as Platonism, the beliefs of the Dead Sea Sect
and
of the early gnostics (as well as those of St Stephen and St Paul)
-
and it explores in depth the major theological and philosophical
problems faced by first-century Christians.
Klutz, Todd
Exorcism Stories in Luke-Acts: A Sociostylistic Reading
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This is the first book in English to integrate detailed literary
criticism of the exorcism stories in Luke-Acts with wide-ranging
comparative study of ancient sources on demonology, spirit
affliction and exorcistic healing. Methods from systemic
functional
linguistics and critical theory are explained and then applied to
each story. Careful focus is placed on each narrative's linguistic
functions and also on relevant aspects of its literary co-text and
the wider context of culture. Implications of the analysis for the
new perspective on Luke-Acts, especially the implied author's
relationship with Judaism, are explored in relation to the Lukan
stories' original context of reception. Largely neglected
interfaces
between Luke's narrative representation of exorcism and emerging
academic discourse about religious experience, shamanism, health
care in antiquity, ritual performance and ancient Jewish systems
of
impurity are probed in ways that shed fresh light on this
supremely
alien part of the Lukan writings.
Lentz, John C
Luke's Portrait of Paul
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The purpose of this book is to seek a fuller understanding of how
the characterisation of Paul in Acts would have been perceived by
those who first read or heard the Lucan narrative. As the author
makes clear, the careful reader of Acts should be amazed at the
way
St Paul is portrayed therein. Dr Lentz demonstrates, through a
careful examination of particular texts, the great improbability
that a Jew of strict Pharisaic background would have held, let
alone
been proud of, Roman citizenship and citizenship of the city of
Tarsus. By investigating the social and legal expectations of the
first century, the author shows that Paul is seen to be deferred
to
in matters of legal minutiae by those in positions of authority.
He
is given high social status and abundant moral virtue in order to
attract to Christianity the high-ranking citizen who would
recognise
in Paul the classical cardinal virtues.
Lincoln, Andrew T
Paradise Now and Not Yet: Studies in the Role of the Heavenly Dimension
in Paul's Thought With Special Reference to His Eschatology
Paperback $43.00 $37.99
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Dr Lincoln sees three main factors contributing to the Pauline
picture of heaven: Paul's Jewish conceptual background and
knowledge
of Old Testament and other traditions about heaven; the effect on
that inherited background of Paul's encounter with the risen
Saviour
and his later visions and revelations of the heavenly Christ; and
his apostolic task in moulding the thought and practice of the
converts in the churches for which he felt responsible, countering
what lie considered to be distorted views or false options. The
author analyses passages in Paul's letters where the concept of
heaven plays a significant role, and discusses the relation of the
concept to the background of his thought, his views of history, of
the cosmos, of the destiny of humanity, and of the nature of
Christian existence. As a uniquely full treatment of a neglected
aspect of Paul's thought this monograph makes an important and
contemporarily relevant contribution to New Testament studies.
Long, Fredrick J
Ancient Rhetoric and Paul's Apology: The Compositional Unity of 2
Corinthians
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Second Corinthians is Paul's apology to the Corinthians for
failing
to visit them, using rhetorical persuasion in his letters, and
appearing unapproved for the collection. The scholarly consensus
maintains that 2 Corinthians is a conglomeration of letters due to
its literary and logistical inconsistencies. Consequently, most
interpretations of 2 Corinthians treat only parts of it. However,
a
new consensus is emerging. Fredrick Long situates the text within
Classical literary and rhetorical conventions and argues for its
unity based upon numerous parallels with ancient apology in the
tradition of Andocides, Socrates, Isocrates and Demosthenes. He
provides a comprehensive survey and rigorous genre analysis of
ancient forensic discourse in support of his claims, and shows how
the unified message of Paul's letter can be recovered. His study
will be of relevance to Classicists and New Testament scholars
alike.
MacDonald, Margaret Y
Pauline Churches: A Socio-Historical Study of Institutionalisation in
the Pauline and Deutero-Pauline Writings
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The author studies the Pauline corpus in order to trace the
process
of institutionalisation in the Pauline communities. She claims
that
development can be traced since we have not only letters from Paul
himself, but also the Pastoral epistles from the beginning of the
second century, as well as Ephesians and Colossians, writings
which
are characteristic of the ambiguous period following the
disappearance of the earliest authorities. This is the first
substantial examination of the Pauline corpus from this angle; it
also incorporates effectively insights from the social sciences.
McGrath, James F
John's Apologetic Christology: Legitimation and Development in
Johannine
Christology
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The Gospel according to John presents Jesus in a unique way as
compared with other New Testament writings. Scholars have long
puzzled and pondered over why this should be. In this book, James
McGrath offers a convincing explanation of how and why the author
of
the Fourth Gospel arrived at a christological portrait of Jesus
that
is so different from that of other New Testament authors, and yet
at
the same time clearly has its roots in earlier tradition. McGrath
suggests that as the author of this Gospel sought to defend his
beliefs about Jesus against the objections brought by opponents,
he
developed and drew out further implications from the beliefs he
inherited. The book studies this process using insights from the
field of sociology which helps to bring methodological clarity to
the important issue of the development of Johannine Christology.
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Miller, James D
Pastoral Letters as Composite Documents
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The authorship of the Pastoral letters has been a matter of
intense
scholarly debate for almost two hundred years. The letters clearly
purport to be written by Paul, but perceived differences in the
literary style, vocabulary and theology of the Pastorals when
compared with that of the genuine Pauline letters suggests that
this
was not so. The arguments have centred primarily on the question
of
whether Paul or a disciple of Paul - a gifted pseudonymist -
composed these letters. It is the 'either-or' nature of the debate
that is brought into serious question in this book. Dr Miller
argues
that the Pastorals reflect a compositional history that was
commonplace throughout the ancient Near East. He takes the reader
on
a wide-ranging tour of biblical and extra-biblical sources,
examining their literary histories, and arguing that the Pastorals
are composite documents, not unlike many Jewish and early
Christian
works.
Mohrlang, Roger
Matthew and Paul: A Comparison of Ethical Perspectives
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The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the basic
structures of Matthew's and Paul's ethics, rather than to deal in
detail with their teaching on specific moral issues. Dr Mohrlang
discusses their perspectives under the five headings of 'law',
'reward and punishment', 'relationship to Christ and the role of
grace', 'love', and 'inner forces', and gives special attention to
the question of ethical motivation. There is no absolute contrast,
however, since elements both of law and of grace are found in both
writers, and for both it is their understanding of Christ that is
decisive. The comparison is highly illuminating, and serves to
throw
into clear relief the more striking characteristics of each
writer's
ethical system. It should prove of considerable value to students
both of New Testament ethics and of Matthean and Pauline theology
and to those interested in the larger question of unity and
diversity in the New Testament as a whole.
Pattemore, Stephen
People of God in the Apocalypse: Discourse, Structure and Exegesis
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Stephen Pattemore examines passages within Revelation 4:1-22:21
that
depict the people of God as actors in the apocalyptic drama and
infers what impact these passages would have had on the
self-understanding and behaviour of the original audience of the
work. He uses Relevance Theory, a development in the linguistic
field of pragmatics, to help understand the text against the
background of allusion to other texts. Three important images are
traced. The picture of the souls under the altar (6:9-11) is found
to govern much of the direction of the text with its call to
faithful witness and willingness for martyrdom. Even the militant
image of a messianic army (7:1-8, 14:1-5) urges the audience in
precisely the same direction. Both images combine in the final
image
of the bride, the culmination of challenge and hope traced briefly
in the New Jerusalem visions.
Piper, Ronald A
Wisdom in the Q Tradition: The Aphoristic Teaching of Jesus
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One of the least well-researched aspects of the teaching of Jesus
found in the gospels is the use of proverbs, or aphorisms. Whilst
the parables of Jesus have drawn great interest and study, this
other kind of saying has been relatively neglected, although it is
equally if not more prominent in the gospel-tradition. The present
study is an attempt to show how these proverbial or aphoristic
sayings played an important role in the early formulation of the
sayings of Jesus by the church. Small collections of aphoristic
sayings can be detected in the sayings tradition known as 'Q'.
These
collections reveal markedly similar structures and concepts, which
lead one to suspect that they have been compiled by a unique group
which had a particular interest in 'wisdom'. These findings are
then
tested by analysing other aphoristic sayings outside the
collections
and by relating the results to other studies which have approached
the question of 'wisdom' in the Jesus-tradition from other angles.
Przybylski, Benno
Righteousness in Matthew and his World of Thought
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While New Testament scholars generally agree that the concept of
righteousness occupies an important place in the Gospel of
Matthew,
there is no scholarly consensus as to the meaning and function of
this concept. The author of this study contends that this lack of
agreement is largely due to the fact that the wrong background
literature (i.e. the Old Testament and the letters of Paul) has
been
posited as governing Matthaean usage. It is only when Matthaean
usage is viewed in terms of the world of thought reflected in the
Dead Sea Scrolls and the Tannaitic literature that it becomes
intelligible. This monograph makes a twofold scholarly
contribution.
Professor Przybylski's exhaustive analysis of the righteousness
terminology in the background literature provides a foundation for
research in various areas of early Christianity and Judaism. In
addition, his study contributes to a better understanding of the
Matthaean view of salvation. This latest title in a distinguished
series will arouse interest not only among New Testament
specialists
but also among those concerned with Judaic studies of the period.
Sanders, Jack T
New Testament Christological Hymns: Their Historical Religious
Background
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A study of the hymnic and liturgical material in the New Testament
which describes Christ's nature and person. Professor Sanders
analyzes the hymns in detail and finds in them a common
mythological
pattern. He traces its origin to a particular and unorthodox
branch
of Judaism which is itself a branch of the 'wisdom' tradition
where
the thanksgiving hymn had its home. His conclusions therefore have
considerable importance and implications for questions about the
origins of Gnosticism and its influence on Christianity. This is
the
full-scale historical religious study of the New Testament
Christological hymns, and English readers will find particularly
useful Professor Sanders' critical survey of recent continental
scholarship on this and related subjects.
Savage, Timothy
Power Through Weakness: Paul' Understanding of the Christian Ministry
in
2 Corinthians
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Dr Savage seeks to understand the apostle Paul's apparently
contradictory description of his ministry in 2 Corinthians as one
in
which power is manifested through weakness: 'When I am weak, then
I
am strong!' This paradox becomes intelligible when it is
understood
that Paul's critics were influenced by a perspective which was the
exact opposite of his: they imbibed the self-exalting outlook of
their contemporary world, while he embraced the self-emptying
gospel
of Christ. Drawing from archaeological data on first-century
Corinth, this study is unique in establishing both the secular
underpinnings of Paul's paradoxical language and the devastating
critique which that language offers on the general outlook of the
first century. Paul emerges as a radical foil to the spirit of the
age.
Stanton, Graham N
Jesus of Nazareth in New Testament Preaching
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This book argues that an account of the life and character of
Jesus
formed an integral part of the early church's preaching. Against
many modern scholars, Dr Stanton seeks to show that interest in
the
life of Jesus was not a late development within primitive
Christianity. A study of Luke's Gospel indicates that in his own
day
reference to the life and character of Jesus was an important part
of missionary preaching. In this respect at least, Luke was no
innovator. The references in the speeches in Acts to the life of
Jesus can be traced to Luke's use of earlier traditions. Dr
Stanton
then takes up the much-debated question of Paul's interest in
Jesus
of Nazareth. The author challenges several widely-accepted views
from critical conclusions about the nature and purpose of the
traditions on which the evangelists drew.
Taylor, Vincent, Qwen E Evans (ed)
Passion Narrative of St Luke: A Critical and Historical Investigation
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