Research Catalog

Title

Christian origins and Hellenistic Judaism : social and literary contexts for the New Testament / edited by Stanley E. Porter, Andrew W. Pitts.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, <©2013>-

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Details

Additional Authors

• Porter, Stanley E., 1956-
• Pitts, Andrew W.

Description

volumes <2>; 24 cm

Series Statement

• Texts and editions for New Testament study, 1574-7085 ; v. 10
• Early Christianity in its hellenistic context ; v. 2

Uniform Title

• Texts and editions for New Testament study ; v. 10.
• Texts and editions for New Testament study. Early Christianity in its hellenistic context ; v. 2

Subjects

• Christianity and other religions > Judaism
• Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
• Judaism > Relations > Christianity
• Christianity > Origin
• Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
• Bible > New Testament > Socio-rhetorical criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Hellenistic Judaism and New Testament interpretation: an introductory essay / Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts -- Hellenistic Jewish social contexts for Christian origins. Hellenism and Biblical canons: is there a connection? / Lee Martin McDonald -- Glorifying the present through the past: Herod the Great and his Jewish royal predecessors / Adam Kolman Marshak -- Beyond covenant nomism: revisiting Palestinian Judaism in light of pseudo-Philo's Biblical antiquities / Preston M. Sprinkle -- Resurrection and immortality in Hellenistic Judaism: navigating the conceptual boundaries / C.D. Elledge -- The spirit in second temple Jewish monotheism and the origins of early Christology / Andrew W. Pitts and Seth Pollinger -- The ethnic context of Paul's letters / Christopher D. Stanley -- "Is Saul of Tarsus also among the prophets?" Paul's calling as prophetic divine commissioning / Tony Costa -- Monotheism and philosophy: notes on the concept of God in Philo and Paul (Romans 1:18-21) / Peter Frick -- Paul beyond the Judaism/Hellenism divide? The case of Pauline anthropology in Romans 7 and 2 Corinthians 4-5 / Emma Wasserman -- Hellenistic Jewish literary and religious contexts for Christian origins. Was John the Baptist a member of the Qumran community? Once more / Stanley E. Porter -- The temple attitudes of John and Qumran in the light of Hellenistic Judaism / Wally V. Cirafesi -- Rhetoric and the art of persuasion in the Wisdom of Solomon/ Leo G. Perdue.
• Dialectics: philosophical and Talmudic / Jacob Neusner -- Ancient "science fiction:" journeys into space and visions of the world in Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman literature of antiquity / Catherine Hezser -- Luke, Josephus, and self-definition: the genre of Luke-Acts and its relationship to apologetic historiography and collected biography / Sean A. Adams -- Rivers, springs, and wells of living water: metaphorical transformation in the Johannine corpus / Beth M. Stovell -- Martyr theology in Hellenistic Judaism and Paul's conception of Jesus' death in Romans 3:21-26 / Jarvis J. Williams -- Torah instruction, discussion, and prophecy in first-century synagogues / Carl Mosser -- On the trail of Trypho: two fragmentary Jewish-Christian dialogues from the ancient church / William Varner.
• Hellenistic Judaism and New Testament interpretation : an introductory essay / Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts -- Hellenistic Jewish social contexts for Christian origins. Hellenism and biblical canons : is there a connection? / Lee Martin McDonald -- Glorifying the present through the past : Herod the Great and his Jewish royal predecessors / Adam Kolman Marshak -- Beyond covenant nomism : revisiting Palestinian Judaism in light of Pseudo-Philo's Biblical antiquities / Preston M. Sprinkle -- Resurrection and immortality in Hellenistic Judaism : navigating the conceptual boundaries / C.D. Elledge -- The Spirit in Second Temple Jewish monotheism and the origins of early Christology / Andrew W. Pitts and Seth Pollinger -- The ethnic context of Paul's letters / Christopher D. Stanley -- "Is Saul of Tarsus also among the prophets?" Paul's calling as prophetic divine commissioning / Tony Costa -- Monotheism and philosophy : notes on the concept of God in Philo and Paul (Romans 1:18-21) / Peter Frick -- Paul beyond the Judaism/Hellenism divide? The case of Pauline anthropology in Romans 7 and 2 Corinthians 4-5 / Emma Wasserman.
• Hellenistic Jewish literary and religious contexts for Christian origins. Was John the Baptist a member of the Qumran community? Once more / Stanley E. Porter -- The temple attitudes of John and Qumran in the light of Hellenistic Judaism / Wally V. Cirafesi -- Rhetoric and the art of persuasion in the Wisdom of Solomon / Leo G. Perdue -- Dialectics : philosophical and Talmudic / Jacob Neusner -- Ancient "science fiction" : journeys into space and visions of the world in Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman literature of antiquity / Catherine Hezser -- Luke, Josephus, and self-definition : the genre of Luke-Acts and its relationship to apologetic historiography and collected biography / Sean A. Adams -- Rivers, springs, and wells of living water : metaphorical transformation in the Johannine corpus / Beth M. Stovell -- Martyr theology in Hellenistic Judaism and Paul's conception of Jesus' death in Romans 3:21-26 / Jarvis J. Williams -- Torah instruction, discussion, and prophecy in first-century synagogues / Carl Mosser -- On the trail of Trypho : two fragmentary Jewish-Christian dialogues from the ancient church / William Varner.

Call Number

JFE 16-8089

ISBN

• 9789004234765
• 9004234764
• 9004236392
• 9789004236394
• 9789004236394 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2012031144

OCLC

808417324

Title

Christian origins and Hellenistic Judaism : social and literary contexts for the New Testament / edited by Stanley E. Porter, Andrew W. Pitts.

Imprint

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, <©2013>-

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Texts and editions for New Testament study, 1574-7085 ; v. 10

Early Christianity in its hellenistic context ; v. 2

Texts and editions for New Testament study ; v. 10.

Texts and editions for New Testament study. Early Christianity in its hellenistic context ; v. 2

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Porter, Stanley E., 1956-

Pitts, Andrew W.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-8089