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A Newly Identified Old Latin Gospel Manuscript: Wurzburg Universitatsbibliothek M.p.th.f.67

Houghton, H. A. G. — 2009-04-02

Several Latin manuscripts of the Gospels are described as ‘mixed texts’, which combine Old Latin and Vulgate readings. Würzburg Universitätsbibliothek M.p.th.f.67, a ninth-century gospel book possibly of Breton origin, has been called a ‘mixed text’ although it has not hitherto featured in the list of Old Latin manuscripts published by the Institut Vetus Latina. A full collation of the text of John reveals that in two portions (John 1:1 – 5:40 and John 12:34 – 13:10) it may be categorized as Old Latin. Many non-Vulgate readings in these passages are shared with other Old Latin codices (notably Codex Rehdigeranus), while other variants peculiar to this manuscript correspond to citations by Augustine and Jerome. It is also one of the very few Latin witnesses to an additional phrase in John 8:9. Although the Synoptic Gospels have not been collated they too have a partial Old Latin affiliation, which appears to be particularly extensive in Matthew. As a result of this study, the manuscript has now been given the number Vetus Latina 11A.

'Thou Shalt Commit Adultery' (Exod. 20:14, AV 1631): A First Survey of Alteration Involving Negatives in the Transmission of the Greek New Testament and of Early Church Responses to it

North, J. L. — 2009-04-02

Like many words in the New Testament, one-fifth of the 3,542 examples of the negative have suffered alteration, trivial or otherwise, through addition or omission or substitution. But the alteration of negatives is more provocative in that, given their function in logic, it can involve contradiction. The Church Fathers had to face questions where dogma was at stake: did Paul believe that ‘we all shall not sleep’ or ‘we all shall sleep’, ‘we all shall be changed’ or ‘we all shall not be changed’ (1 Cor. 15:51)? Did death reign even over those who had not sinned like Adam (Rom. 5:14)? The unstable negative was also noted in Jewish, classical, and legal circles. Analysis of over 700 examples may prove useful to textual critics, students of scribal habits, and philologists as well as to dogmaticians and historians.

'At the Age of 12': The Boy Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2:41-52), The Emperor Augustus, and the Social Setting of the Third Gospel

Billings, B. S. — 2009-04-02

The story of the boy Jesus at the age of 12 in the temple (Luke 2:41–52) is often read and understood in relation to its inherently Jewish narrative setting. The probable recipients of Luke–Acts were, however, almost certainly Gentiles living in the cities of Asia Minor in the late first century ce, removed by at least a generation from the Jewish origins of Christianity. The social setting of the recipients is, then, shaped not by the rituals and symbols of late Second Temple Judaism, but those of imperial Rome and, in particular, the legacy and cult of the first of the imperial princeps, that of Augustus. Writing in this milieu, Luke seeks to present Jesus as a significant figure in history in accordance with the conventions of contemporary Greco-Roman biography, and to transmit through his infancy narrative those traditions about Jesus which assist in presenting him as the ultimate superior and successor to the deified Augustus. The episode in the temple is included by Luke in his infancy narrative because it is consistent with, and contributes to, this broader purpose.

Domus Ecclesiae: Rethinking a Category of Ante-Pacem Christian Space

Sessa, K. — 2009-04-02

Historians of religion, art, and archaeology often invoke the term domus ecclesiae (o$$\stackrel{\frown}{\stackrel{\text{'}}{\iota }}$$o $$\stackrel{\frown}{\eta }$$ ) as a technical category to denote a house or building that had been materially adapted for Christian ritual during the ante-pacem period. Most employ the term in the belief that it is genuinely pre-Constantinian, and that Christians in this period described their cult spaces as renovated houses. This essay demonstrates the inaccuracy of both assumptions, and shows that the first attested literary use of the term dates no earlier than 313 ce, when Eusebius of Caesarea (d. 339) used it in his writings to designate a church building without any indication of its architectural form or history. Following a discussion of the term's modern history and an analysis of the ancient literary evidence, the essay concludes with a brief look at the material evidence for domus ecclesiae, which, with one exception (the complex at Dura-Europos), also dates to the post-Constantinian period.

The Exile and Recalls of Arius

Barnes, T. — 2009-04-02

This article argues that after the Council of Nicaea in 325 Arius was exiled to Illyricum, then summoned to the imperial court in the winter of 327–8 by Constantine, who was however unable to effect his return to Alexandria. Some years later, Arius grew impatient at his continuing exclusion from Alexandria and wrote an injudicious letter to the emperor, who denounced him in a letter read out in Alexandria in the presence of the prefect Paterius. The article defends Eduard Schwartz's dating of this letter to 333 against the attempt of the editors of Athanasius Werke 3.1.3 (2007) to redate it to the 320s by setting out the full evidence for the chronology of the prefecture of Egypt between 324 and 334. It is further shown that Arius was recalled again in 335 and died in 336, not significantly earlier, as argued by the recent editors, and it is also suggested that Constantine issued his edict against Arius in 325 immediately after the Council of Nicaea, not in 333.

English Molinism in the Late 1590S: Richard Hooker on Free Will, Predestination, and Divine Foreknowledge

Voak, N. — 2009-04-02

Set in the context of the Cambridge debates on grace and predestination in the 1590s, and of the wider controversy in the Reformed and Roman Catholic churches from 1580 to 1620, this article examines how Richard Hooker endeavoured to show the compatibility of his radical views on the freedom of the will and the resistibility of grace with his Augustinian doctrine of predestination. Particular attention is paid to Hooker's late manuscript defence, written shortly before his death in 1600, in which he responded to the charge that his views were heterodox and reminiscent of the dangerous opinions recently spread abroad in England by men like Samuel Harsnet and Peter Baro. The precise extent to which Hooker's views on predestination fell within or outside the Reformed tradition is carefully evaluated, especially as regards the order of the divine decrees and the crucial distinction he makes between God's antecedent and consequent will. Key to understanding this question is Hooker's doctrine of divine foreknowledge, a subject which has received no significant scholarly treatment to date; it is argued that (at about the same time as Jacob Arminius) he incorporated the highly controversial Molinist concept of divine ‘middle’ knowledge (scientia media) into his work.

J. N. Sanders's Unpublished Manuscripts on the Fourth Gospel and the Early Church

Mastin, B. A. — 2009-04-02

This note describes three handwritten manuscripts by the late J. N. Sanders which deal with the interpretation of the Fourth Gospel in the early Church. The manuscripts have been deposited in the Ward Library at Peterhouse, Cambridge.

The Death of George of Laodicea

DelCogliano, M. — 2009-04-02

This study demonstrates the fallaciousness of the long-standing historiographical view that George of Laodicea escaped deposition at the Council of Constantinople in January 360 because he deserted the homoiousians for the newly ascendant homoians. It argues that George of Laodicea died in late 359, after the Council of Seleucia but before the Council of Constantinople. This conclusion follows from the demonstration that the ‘George’ of an unnamed see who is mentioned in several sources as collaborating with Acacius of Caesarea in the aftermath of the Council of Constantinople is not to be identified as George of Laodicea (as the older historiographical tradition had assumed), but his Alexandrian namesake.

The Meaning of syriacalaphsyriaclamadhsyriacshin in Theodore of Mopsuestia's Sixteenth Catechetical Lecture and the Silent Recitation of the Eucharistic Prayer

Gelston, A. — 2009-04-02

Georg Kretschmar cited Theodore of Mopsuestia, Catechesis 16 in support of his thesis that part of the eucharistic prayer could be recited silently by the end of the fourth century. This note points out that the use of the Syriac verb , to ‘desist’ or to ‘be silent’, in this text does not support Kretschmar's interpretation.

The Origins of the Anaphoral Benedictus

Day, J. — 2009-04-02

This paper presents evidence for the Benedictus following the Sanctus having been introduced first in Jerusalem in the Liturgy of St James. The structure and variety of the Benedictus are examined, along with theories of Jewish and Antiochene origin in relation to the Apostolic Constitutions. A fifth-century Jerusalem homily provides the first evidence for the Matthean form, subsequently contained in all versions of the Liturgy of St James and which becomes normative for nearly all eucharistic traditions. The conclusion distinguishes between the origins of the idea of the anaphoral Benedictus and the origins of its form. The idea of a ‘blessed be’ acclamation after the Sanctus may well lie in Jewish traditions, but the origins of its form lie in the Palm Sunday acclamation of fourth-century Jerusalem.

Leshono Suryoyo: First Studies in Syriac. By JOHN F. HEALEY.

Law, T. M. — 2009-04-02

The End of Biblical Studies. By HECTOR AVALOS.

Davies, P. — 2009-04-02

The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism. Revised and Expanded Edition. By ADELE BERLIN.

Watson, W. G. E. — 2009-04-02

Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? By LESTER L. GRABBE.

Williamson, H. G. M. — 2009-04-02

Character Ethics and the Old Testament: Moral Dimensions of Scripture. Edited by M. DANIEL CARROLL R. and JACQUELINE E. LAPSLEY.

Lyons, W. L. — 2009-04-02

Righteous Jehu and his Evil Heirs. The Deuteronomist's Negative Perspective on Dynastic Succession. By DAVID T. LAMB.

Auld, G. — 2009-04-02

Perspectives on the Song of Songs (Perspektiven der Hoheliedauslegung). Edited by ANSELM C. HAGEDORN.

Rooke, D. — 2009-04-02

Spirit and Reason: The Embodied Character of Ezekiel's Symbolic Thinking. By DALE F. LAUNDERVILLE.

Patmore, H. M. — 2009-04-02

An Introduction to New Testament Manuscripts and their Texts. By D. C. PARKER.

Elliott, J. K. — 2009-04-02

Recovering Jesus: The Witness of the New Testament. By THOMAS R. YODER NEUFELD.

Marsh, C. — 2009-04-02

Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus. By KLYNE R. SNODGRASS.

Wright, S. I. — 2009-04-02

Jesus of Hollywood. By ADELE REINHARTZ.

Ellis, R. — 2009-04-02

The Mary Magdalene Cover-up: The Sources behind the Myth. By ESTHER DE BOER.

Elliott, J. K. — 2009-04-02

Roman Imperial Ideology and the Gospel of John. By LANCE BYRON RICHEY.

Smalley, S. S. — 2009-04-02

Paul, the Pastoral Epistles and the Early Church. By JAMES W. AAGESON.

Paget, J. C. — 2009-04-02

A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John. By EDMONDO F. LUPIERI.

Boxall, I. — 2009-04-02

The Interpretation of Scripture: In Defense of the Historical-Critical Method. By JOSEPHA. FITZMYER.

Wansbrough, H. — 2009-04-02

Canon and Biblical Interpretation, Volume 7. Edited by CRAIG G. BARTHOLOMEW, SCOTT HAHN, ROBIN PARRY, CHRISTOPHER SEITZ, and AL WOLTERS.

Bokedal, T. — 2009-04-02

"I Sowed Fruits into Hearts" (Odes Sol. 17:13): Festschrift for Professor Michael Lattke. Edited by PAULINE ALLEN, MAJELLA FRANZMANN, and RICK STRELAN.

Brooke, G. J. — 2009-04-02

Thiselton on Hermeneutics: The Collected Works and New Essays of Anthony Thiselton. By ANTHONY C. THISELTON.

Morgan, R. — 2009-04-02

Discerning the Spirits: Theological and Ethical Hermeneutics in Paul. By ANDRE MUNZINGER.

Thiselton, A. C. — 2009-04-02

Christology and Scripture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Edited by ANDREW T. LINCOLN and ANGUS PADDISON

Houlden, L. — 2009-04-02

The Birth of the Church: From Jesus to Constantine, AD 30-312 and A Public Faith: From Constantine to the Medieval World, AD 312-600. By IVOR J. DAVIDSON.

Ludlow, M. — 2009-04-02

Tertullian's Aduersus Iudaeos: A Rhetorical Analysis. By GEOFFREY D. DUNN.

Hall, S. G. — 2009-04-02

The Apostolic Church Order: The Greek Text with Introduction, Translation and Annotation. By ALISTAIR STEWART-SYKES.

Bradshaw, P. — 2009-04-02

Word and Meaning in Ancient Alexandria: Theories of Language from Philo to Plotinus. By DAVID ROBERTSON.

Edwards, M. J. — 2009-04-02

Predigten des Origenes zum Buch Exodus: Lateinisch-deutsch. Translated by THERESIA HEITHER.

Edwards, M. J. — 2009-04-02

Origene legge Geremia: Analisi, commento e riflessioni di un biblista di oggi. By ESTER ABBATTISTA.

Edwards, M. J. — 2009-04-02

Origen and the History of Justification: The Legacy of Origen's Commentary on Romans. By THOMAS P. SCHECK.

Fink, D. C. — 2009-04-02

Ethnicity and Argument in Eusebius' Praeparatio Evangelica. By AARON P. JOHNSON.

Whealey, A. — 2009-04-02

Les Figures du pauvre dans les sources italiennes de l'antiquite tardive. By CHRISTEL FREU.

Finn, R. — 2009-04-02

Lo Spirito soffia nel deserto: Carismi, discernimento e autorita nel monachesimo egiziano antico. By FABRIZIO VECOLI.

Casiday, A. — 2009-04-02

The Trinitarian Theology of Basil of Caesarea: A Synthesis of Greek Thought and Biblical Truth. By STEPHEN M. HILDEBRAND.

Armstrong, J. J. — 2009-04-02

Gregorii Nysseni Epistula Canonica. Edited by EKKEHARD MuHLENBERG.

Hall, S. G. — 2009-04-02

Access to God in Augustine's Confessions: Books X-XIII. By CARL G. VAUGHT.

Lane, M. — 2009-04-02

Inner Grace: Augustine in the Traditions of Plato and Paul. By PHILLIP CARY.

Lossl, J. — 2009-04-02

The Soteriology of Leo the Great. By BERNARD GREEN.

Keating, D. A. — 2009-04-02

Will, Action and Freedom: Christological Controversies in the Seventh Century. By CYRIL HOVORUN.

Wickham, L. R. — 2009-04-02

Reading John Climacus: Rhetorical Argumentation, Literary Convention and the Tradition of Monastic Formation. By HENRIK RYDELL JOHNSEN.

Louth, A. — 2009-04-02

Infant Baptism in Historical Perspective: Collected Studies. By DAVID F. WRIGHT.

Spinks, B. D. — 2009-04-02

The Easter Computus and the Origins of the Christian Era. By ALDEN A. MOSSHAMMER.

Gould, G. — 2009-04-02

Transitions liturgiques en Gaule carolingienne: Une traduction commentee des deux 'lettres' faussement attribuees a l'eveque Germain de Paris. By PHILIPPE BERNARD.

Stevenson, K. — 2009-04-02

Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture: The Apocrypha. Edited by FREDERICK M. BIGGS.

Murdoch, B. — 2009-04-02

Church and Cosmos in Early Ottonian Germany: The View from Cologne. By HENRY MAYR-HARTING.

Ward, B. — 2009-04-02

Anselm on Freedom. By KATHERIN A. ROGERS.

Evans, G. R. — 2009-04-02

Trinitarian Theology in the Medieval West. Edited by PEKKA KARKKAINEN.

Evans, G. R. — 2009-04-02

Philip Melanchthon and the English Reformation. By JOHN SCHOFIELD.

Loewe, A. — 2009-04-02

Religion and Culture in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800. By KASPAR VON GREYERZ. Translated by THOMAS DUNLAP.

Methuen, C. — 2009-04-02

Laudian and Royalist Polemic in Seventeenth-Century England: The Career and Writings of Peter Heylyn. By ANTHONY MILTON.

Ford, A. — 2009-04-02

David Hume: A Dissertation on the Passions. The Natural History of Religion. A Critical Edition. Edited by TOM L. BEAUCHAMP.

Pailin, D. A. — 2009-04-02

Cambridge Theology in the Nineteenth Century: Enquiry, Controversy and Truth. By DAVID M. THOMPSON.

Chapman, M. D. — 2009-04-02

How Christian Is our Present-Day Theology? By FRANZ OVERBECK

Chapman, M. D. — 2009-04-02

The Oxford Handbook of Systematic Theology. Edited by JOHN WEBSTER, KATHRYN TANNER, and IAIN TORRANCE.

Ticciati, S. — 2009-04-02

God and Grace of Body: Sacrament in Ordinary. By DAVID BROWN.

Chartres, R. — 2009-04-02

God is Not a Story: Realism Revisited. By FRANCESCA ARAN MURPHY.

Marsh, C. — 2009-04-02

Medienerfahrung und Religion: Eine empirisch-qualitative Studie zur Medienreligion. By JORG HERRMANN.

Marsh, C. — 2009-04-02

The Family in Christian Social and Political Thought. By BRENT WATERS.

Gill, R. — 2009-04-02

The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace. By JOHN MEDAILLE.

Cowan, D. — 2009-04-02

Persons: The Difference between 'Someone' and 'Something'. By ROBERT SPAEMANN.

Patterson, S. — 2009-04-02

Problems of Evil and the Power of God. By JAMES A. KELLER.

Sturch, R. — 2009-04-02

Rewired: Exploring Religious Conversion. By PAUL N. MARKHAM.

Collicutt, J. — 2009-04-02

Holiness and Ecclesiology in the New Testament. Edited by KENT E. BROWER and ANDY JOHNSON.

Morgan, R. — 2009-04-02

In der Nachfolge des gekreuzigten Nazareners. By ERNST KASEMANN. Edited by R. LANDAU with W. KRAUS.

Morgan, R. — 2009-04-02

History and Exegesis: New Testament Essays in Honor of Dr. E. Earle Ellis for his 80th Birthday. Edited by SANG-WON (AARON) SON.

Morgan, R. — 2009-04-02

Theodore Abu Qurrah. Translated by JOHN C. LAMOREAUX.

Brock, S. — 2009-04-02

Books Received

2009-04-02

Henry Chadwick

2008-09-29

Boshet in Jeremiah 3:24: Disenfranchisement and the Role of the Goddess in Seventh-century Judah

Buchner, D. — 2008-09-29

This article attempts to bring together some contemporary discussions in reflecting on a prophetic passage. These are the material-cultural study of peasantry in relation to the running of secondary states, archaeology and iconography of the late monarchic period, and the sociology of official and popular religion. Social studies of Judah under Assyrian domination show how the mechanism of labour coercion was refined under Hezekiah and Manasseh. This brought the peasantry into a position of loss of political and material freedom, but willingly so. Such willing submission may be ascribed to the religious legitimation of power structures in the pervading world view and the position of the king within it. This is no wonder, since sociologists of religion have recognized that there is a reciprocity between popular and official religion, rather than a polarity. Essential to this world view is the goddess, who is closely allied to the king in both inscriptional and iconographic portrayals from Iron IIC. Likewise, in the peasant's domain the role of the goddess is also represented by material remains. In a chant-like penitence liturgy employed as an ironic jibe in Jer. 3:24 a divine figure, Ha-Boshet, is blamed for ‘consuming’ a list of material things dear to peasants: their fathers’ toil, flocks and herds, sons and daughters. If Boshet is a divine title, as some have argued, then its occurrence in this Hebrew chant could be viewed as a denunciation in the same breath of the goddess and the royal administration.

Philo on Human Perfection

Satlow, M. L. — 2008-09-29

This paper is an inquiry into Philo's ideas about human perfection: for Philo, what qualities and/or activities constitute a ‘perfect’ life, and how are we to live our lives to achieve it? Philo's model of ideal perfection, I argue, is exemplified by the life of Moses. Moses, however, is so perfect that he is inimitable; ordinary human beings must, rather, follow the paths to perfection exemplified by the three biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Each heuristically represents a distinct path to perfection: Abraham, the first philosopher, exemplifies a life of contemplation, teaching, and inquiry; Isaac exemplifies natural perfection; and Jacob a life made perfect through righteous action. For Philo, the Essenes and the Therapeutae further represent historical communities that exemplify the pursuit of human perfection, the Essenes in the path of Jacob and the Therapeutae in that of Abraham. Most of us, however, are neither Essenes nor Therapeutae, and Philo discusses the possibilities, and challenges, that ordinary mortals face as we pursue human perfection.

Five New Testament Manuscripts: Recently Discovered Fragments in a Private Collection in Cambridge

Head, P. M. — 2008-09-29

This article publishes for the first time the extant remains of five New Testament uncial manuscripts in a private collection in Cambridge. These comprise portions of Romans 8 (0311); Luke 5 and 7 (0312); Mark 4 (0313); John 5 (0314); Mark 2 and 3 (0315). In each case the format and date of the original manuscripts is discussed, and complete transcriptions and photographs of all the extant material are also included.

An Environmental Mantra? Ecological Interest in Romans 8:19-23 and a Modest Proposal for its Narrative Interpretation

Hunt, C., Horrell, D. G., Southgate, C. — 2008-09-29

Romans 8:19–23 has become a favourite text for ecotheologians seeking biblical grounds for promoting a positive approach towards non-human creation. However, there has been little work that both engages with the passage in detail and critically considers its possible contribution to an ecological theology and ethics. This essay begins by tracing the development of ecological interest in this text, and then proposes a narrative analysis as a strategy by which the meaning and contribution of the text may fruitfully be explored. The various elements of the story of are then discussed. Finally, the essay offers some preliminary indications as to the ways in which this story might inform a contemporary theological response to the ‘groaning’ of creation. This entails an acknowledgment of the difficulties the text poses for an eco-ethical appropriation—its theocentric, eschatological, and cosmological presuppositions—as well as a consideration of its positive potential. It is inescapably anthropocentric but by no means ‘anthropomonist’. As such, it can offer pointers towards the kind of ethical responsibility that humans might bear in the eschatological phase of creation's redemption.

Matthean Texts and Tertullian's Accusations in Adversus Marcionem

Roth, D. T. — 2008-09-29

This article examines the curious phenomenon that Tertullian, despite explicitly contending that Marcion mutilated the Gospel of Luke, appears to accuse Marcion of having excised passages from it which are found in, and usually only in, Matthew. Scholarly explanations for this phenomenon include his having committed some type of error, his employing the term ‘Gospel’ for the fourfold Gospel, and his text of Luke containing readings from Matthew or Mark that are not in Luke as we know it. A version of the view that Tertullian's text of Luke contained harmonizations to Matthew or Mark was advocated by David S. Williams in a 1991 article, and subsequently embraced by Andrew Gregory. Though the possibility of harmonizations in Tertullian's text must be taken seriously, Williams's ‘exploratory and programmatic’ arguments for Tertullian's potentially extensive use of a harmonized source are, for both methodological and conceptual reasons, less than persuasive. After discussing the weaknesses in Williams's view, this article argues that in all but one case, where Tertullian's memory failed him, the best explanation for his accusations is that he viewed the four gospels as comprising ‘the Gospel’, and therefore that his accusations in Adversus Marcionem were motivated by Marcion having rejected the Gospel of Matthew.

The Four-Gospel 'Canon' in the Epistula Apostolorum

Hannah, D. D. — 2008-09-29

The four-gospel canon is first explicitly defended by Irenaeus in the decade of the 180s, but also assumed by Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, Tatian's Diatessaron, and the Muratorian Fragment. Its origin, then, must lie prior to Irenaeus. The witness of the Epistula Apostolorum allows us to place the collection of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and no others, as early as the 140s. Use of the criterion of redaction demonstrates that the Epistula's author knew and highly valued the Gospel of John. He also knew and made use of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The criterion of redaction is less useful when applied to the Gospel of Mark. Nonetheless, it can be shown that the author of the Epistula alluded to the earliest gospel on at least one occasion. In addition, there is no compelling evidence that the Epistula's author knew or made use of a gospel other than the canonical four. Since, in all probability, this Christian apocryphon was composed prior to 150, we have in the Epistula evidence for a collection of the four Gospels decades before Irenaeus’ defence of the fourfold Gospel and even slightly before Marcion's attempt to restrict the Gospel to his edited version of Luke.

Mouse Trap: A Text-Critical Problem with Rodents in the Ark Narrative

Bodner, K. — 2008-09-29

The book of 1 Samuel presents the interpreter with a number of textual difficulties, and where the Masoretic Text is problematic, scholars routinely turn to other versions (such as the Greek Septuagint or the Qumran material) for assistance. There are occasions, however, when the MT is intelligible enough, yet the LXX features a divergence, and the usual text-critical methods are hard pressed to explain the reason for divergence as a result of scribal error or lapse in transmission. One such example can be found in the so-called ‘Ark Narrative’ of 1 Samuel, where the Ark of the Covenant is captured by Philistines and taken to the temple of Dagon. When comparing the Hebrew and Greek texts of 1 Samuel 5–6, there is a discrepancy in the presentation of mice in the story. In the LXX mice are featured at an early point in the story, whereas in the MT mice are not even mentioned until the ark is poised to return to Israel. In this article I survey the scholarship on the issue and evaluate the differences in the two textual traditions, paying attention to the unique literary voices of each trajectory.

When Pharaohs Ruled: On the Translation of Judges 5:2

Miller, R. D. — 2008-09-29

The first two words of the Song of Deborah have posed great difficulties for translators since antiquity. After a review of the various proposals, this essay proposes a translation that solves the quandary of apparent Israelite ignorance of Egyptian domination of Palestine in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages.

The Context as Means of Redactional Reinterpretation in the Book of Amos

Hadjiev, T. S. — 2008-09-29

This article looks at the way in which the meaning of prophetic oracles was altered when they were detached from their original historical contexts and became part of prophetic books. It takes two sayings from the book of Amos (3:12 and 9:9–10) and examines them first in isolation in order to attempt to reconstruct the probable meaning they had in their original setting. Then it investigates the ways in which their present literary context affects the interpretation of the oracles. It is argued that by incorporating oracles in larger collections and thus providing them with new interpretative frameworks the redactors were able to change somewhat their meanings without rewording them. In 3:12 the original metaphorical reference to pieces of broken furniture is now to be interpreted literally, whilst in 9:9–10 an oracle of judgement is transformed into a statement of selective punishment preparing the way for the promise of salvation.

Some Observations Concerning the Chiastic Structure of the Gospel of Matthew

VanderWeele, T. J. — 2008-09-29

In the Gospel of Matthew, chapters 8–9 and 21–2 each contain three structural triads. The former narrative passage contains three sets of three miracles; in the latter passage, another narrative section, we again find three structural triads: three symbolic actions, three parables, and three questions posed to Jesus. According to the structure of the gospel proposed by C. H. Lohr, these two narrative sections lie in chiastic correspondence. This parallel, of three structural triads between two sections which are arguably in chiastic correspondence, lends considerable weight to the argument for the presence of a chiastic structure in the Gospel of Matthew.

Four New Papyri Containing the Fourth Gospel and their Relevance for the Apparatus Criticus

Elliott, J. K. — 2008-09-29

This article analyses the distinctive readings of four recently published papyri containing fragments of John's Gospel in Greek and assesses the extent to which these witnesses can be included in the apparatus of a critical edition of the Fourth Gospel.

Mirror Reading and Guardians of Women in the Early Roman Empire

Ng, E. Y. L. — 2008-09-29

Roman laws, as well as papyrus and epigraphic evidence, show that male guardianship over women was a reality in the lives of Roman women both in Rome and in the eastern part of the Roman empire. This requirement, however, seemed burdensome to both women and men, and free-born women who had given birth to three children could claim exemption and men could be excused from guardianship according to the ius liberorum. Again, this exemption not only existed in law but is also evidenced by papyrus and epigraphic data for the first four centuries. Against this background, Ignatius’ exhortation to Polycarp not to neglect widows but to be their guardian takes on a new light. Instead of being a means of patriarchal and episcopal control over women (as alleged by contemporary feminist scholars employing a hermeneutic of suspicion), it is rather an invitation to bear with the inconveniences and burdensome demands as an example of the bishop's endurance of all things and bearing with all people. As such, it is a mark of following Christ who endured all for the sake of his people.

St Columba, Silnan, and the 'Male Bovine' (VC 2.17)

Woods, D. — 2008-09-29

At VC 2.17, Adomnán has severely misunderstood a written source which originally described how Columba ordered one party to a dispute, an alleged maleficus ‘evil-doer’ called Silnán, to milk a sick cow in order to settle the dispute by demonstrating that its contaminated milk was the real, hidden cause of the harm which had occasioned the dispute. Adomnán misread a description of a bos maculosus ‘pock-marked bovine’ to refer to a bos masculus ‘male bovine’, and proceeded to misunderstand the story as the description of some form of contest between Columba and a maleficus ‘sorcerer’.

The Nature of Biblical Criticism. By JOHN BARTON.

Houlden, L. — 2008-09-29

Old Testament Theology, Volume 2. Israel's Faith. By JOHN GOLDINGAY.

Clements, R. E. — 2008-09-29

The Bible and the Crisis of Meaning: Debates on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture. By D. CHRISTOPHER SPINKS.

Moberly, W. — 2008-09-29

The Bible and Epistemology: Biblical Soundings on the Knowledge of God. Edited by MARY HEALY and ROBIN PARRY.

Dell, K. J. — 2008-09-29

Studien zu den Methoden der Deuteronomiumsexegese. By GEORG BRAULIK.

Hagedorn, A. C. — 2008-09-29

The Composition of the Narrative Books of the Old Testament. By REINHARD G. KRATZ. Translated by JOHN BOWDEN.

Nicholson, E. — 2008-09-29

Judges and Method: New Approaches in Biblical Studies, Second Edition. Edited by GALE A. YEE.

Guest, D. — 2008-09-29

Good Kings and Bad Kings. Edited by LESTER L. GRABBE.

Nicholson, E. — 2008-09-29

'There's such Divinity doth Hedge a King': Selected Essays of Nicolas Wyatt on Royal Ideology in Ugaritic and Old Testament Literature. By NICOLAS WYATT.

Barbour, J. — 2008-09-29

Prophecy and Hermeneutics: Toward a New Introduction to the Prophets. By CHRISTOPHER R. SEITZ.

Coggins, R. — 2008-09-29

'As Those Who Are Taught': The Interpretation of Isaiah from the LXX to the SBL. Edited by CLAIRE MATTHEWS MCGINNIS And PATRICIA K. TULL.

Sawyer, J. F. A. — 2008-09-29

Isaiah: Interpreted by Early Christian and Mediaeval Commentators. Translated and edited by ROBERT LOUIS WILKEN.

Sawyer, J. F. A. — 2008-09-29

The Septuagint and Messianism. Edited by MICHAEL A. KNIBB.

Salvesen, A. G. — 2008-09-29

Yet I Loved Jacob: Reclaiming the Biblical Concept of Election. By JOEL S. KAMINSKY.

Nicholson, E. — 2008-09-29

Nazirites in Late Second Temple Judaism: A Survey of Ancient Jewish Writings, the New Testament, Archaeological Evidence, and Other Writings from Late Antiquity. By STUART CHEPEY.

Gathercole, S. — 2008-09-29

Discerning Wisdom: The Sapiential Literature of the Dead Sea Scrolls. By MATTHEW J. GOFF.

Brooke, G. J. — 2008-09-29

The Nature of New Testament Theology. Edited by CHRISTOPHER ROWLAND and CHRISTOPHER TUCKETT. Foreword by ROWAN WILLIAMS.

Houlden, L. — 2008-09-29

Theologie des Neuen Testaments. Band I. Geschichte der urchristlichen Theologie. Teilband 3. Die Briefe des Urchristentums: Paulus und seine Schuler, Theologen aus dem Bereich judenchristlicher Heidenmission. Teilband 4. Die Evangelien, die Apostelgeschichte, die Johannesbriefe, die Offenbarung und die Entstehung des Kanons. By ULRICH WILCKENS.

Morgan, R. — 2008-09-29

The Gospel of Matthew. By R. T. FRANCE.

Wenham, D. — 2008-09-29

Spuren von Deuteromarkus. 4 volumes. By ALBERT FUCHS.

Tuckett, C. — 2008-09-29

Understanding the Fourth Gospel. Second Edition. By JOHN ASHTON

Moody Smith, D. — 2008-09-29

A Graeco-Roman Rhetorical Reading of the Farewell Discourse. By JOHN CARLSON STUBE.

Parsenios, G. — 2008-09-29

The 'We' Passages in the Acts of the Apostles: The Narrator as Narrative Character. By WILLIAM SANGER CAMPBELL.

Marshall, I. H. — 2008-09-29

Paul and his Theology. Edited by STANLEY E. PORTER.

Hooker, M. D. — 2008-09-29

New Creation in Paul's Letters and Thought. By MOYER V. HUBBARD.

Adams, E. — 2008-09-29

A Feminist Companion to the Catholic Epistles and Hebrews. Edited by AMY-JILL LEVINE with MARIA MARIO ROBERTS

Lieu, J. — 2008-09-29

Character Ethics and the New Testament: Moral Dimensions of Scripture. Edited by ROBERT L. BRAWLEY.

Horrell, D. G. — 2008-09-29

Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins (26-50 CE). By JAMES G. CROSSLEY.

Rowland, C. — 2008-09-29

Christians as a Religious Minority in a Multicultural City: Modes of Interaction and Identity Formation in Early Imperial Rome. By JURGEN ZANGENBERG and MICHAEL LABAHN.

Oakes, P. — 2008-09-29

From Apocalypse to Merkabah Mysticism: Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha. By ANDREI A. ORLOV.

Rowland, C. — 2008-09-29

Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature. By BIRGER A. PEARSON.

Edwards, M. J. — 2008-09-29

The Gospel of Judas. By SIMON GATHERCOLE. * The Gospel of Mary. Edited by CHRISTOPHER TUCKETT.

Wilson, R. McL. — 2008-09-29

Christian Women and the Time of the Apostolic Fathers (AD c.80-160): Corinth, Rome and Asia Minor. By CHRISTINE TREVETT.

Hammond, C. — 2008-09-29

Justin Martyr and his Worlds. Edited by SARA PARVIS and PAUL FOSTER.

Edwards, M. J. — 2008-09-29

'What Did Ezekiel See?' Christian Exegesis of Ezekiel's Vision of the Chariot from Irenaeus to Gregory the Great. By ANGELA RUSSELL CHRISTMAN.

Wold, B. G. — 2008-09-29

Tertullien: Le Manteau. Edited by MARIE TURCAN.

Winterbottom, M. — 2008-09-29

The Mystery of the Holy Trinity in the Fathers of the Church: The Proceedings of the Fourth International Patristic Conference, Maynooth, 1999. Edited by D. VINCENT TWOMEY, SVD and LEWIS AYRES.

Meredith, A. — 2008-09-29

The 'Belly-Myther' of Endor: Interpretations of 1 Kingdoms 28 in the Early Church. Translated by ROWAN A. GREER and MARGARET M. MITCHELL.

Lossl, J. — 2008-09-29

Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World. By CATHERINE M. CHIN.

Lossl, J. — 2008-09-29

Kaiserzeitliche christliche Theologie und ihre Institutionen: Prolegomena zu einer Geschichte der antiken christlichen Theologie. By CHRISTOPH MARKSCHIES.

Armstrong, J. J. — 2008-09-29

Christ as Mediator: A Study of the Theologies of Eusebius of Caesarea, Marcellus of Ancyra, and Athanasius of Alexandria. By JON M. ROBERTSON.

Teal, A. — 2008-09-29

Athanasius: A Theological Introduction. By THOMAS G. WEINANDY.

Teal, A. — 2008-09-29

Macrina the Younger, Philosopher of God. By ANNA M. SILVAS

Hall, S. G. — 2008-09-29

Ambrosiaster: Contre les Paiens et Sur le Destin. Edited by MARIE-PIERRE BUSSIERES.

Winterbottom, M. — 2008-09-29

Augustine's Way into the Will: The Theological and Philosophical Significance of De Libero Arbitrio. By SIMON HARRISON.

Dowler, E. — 2008-09-29

Praise Seeking Understanding: Reading the Psalms with Augustine. By JASON BYASSEE.

Dowler, E. — 2008-09-29

The Christology of Theodoret of Cyrus: Antiochene Christology from the Council of Ephesus (431) to the Council of Chalcedon (451). By PAUL B. CLAYTON, JR.

Wickham, L. R. — 2008-09-29

Dionysius the Areopagite and the Neoplatonist Tradition: Despoiling the Hellenes. By SARAH KLITENIC WEAR and JOHN DILLON.

Arthur, R. — 2008-09-29

The Crisis of the Oikoumene: The Three Chapters and the Failed Quest for Unity in the Sixth-Century Mediterranean. Edited by CELIA CHAZELLE and CATHERINE CUBITT.

Wickham, L. R. — 2008-09-29

Eschatology and Pain in St. Gregory the Great: The Christological Synthesis of Gregory's Morals on the Book of Job. By KEVIN L. HESTER.

Evans, G. R. — 2008-09-29

Partakers of Divine Nature: The History and Development of Deification in the Christian Traditions. Edited by MICHAEL J. CHRISTENSEN and JEFFERY A. WITTUNG.

Collins, P. M. — 2008-09-29

Typologie spatio-temporelle de l'Ecclesia byzantine: La mystagogie de Maxime le Confesseur dans la culture philosophique de l'Antiquite Tardive. By PASCAL MUELLER-JOURDAN.

Louth, A. — 2008-09-29

Apocrypha Hiberniae, Part I: Evangelia Infantiae. Edited by MARTIN MCNAMARA et al. 2 volumes.

Stancliffe, C. — 2008-09-29

'Ego et Pater Unum Sumus': El Misterio de la Trinidad en Guillermo de Saint-Thierry. By MARIANO RUIZ CAMPOS.

Evans, G. R. — 2008-09-29

The Rationale Divinorum Officiorum of William Durand of Mende: A New Translation of the Prologue and Book One. Translated by TIMOTHY M. THIBODEAU.

Stevenson, K. — 2008-09-29

Monasticon Cartusiense. Volume 4: Espana. Parts 1 and 2. Edited by JAMES HOGG and GERHARD SCHLEGEL.

Gribbin, A. J., Praem, O. — 2008-09-29

Cartae Visitationum Cartusiae Lovaniensis (1504-1537 & 1559-1561): British Library, Ms Harley, 3591. Edited by JAN DE GRAUWE and FRANCIS TIMMERMANS.

Gribbin, A. J., Praem, O. — 2008-09-29

Chartae Capituli Generalis, 1557, 1560-1575: Grenoble, Bibliotheque Municipale MS. 439. Grande Chartreuse MS. 1 Cart. 19. Volumes 1-3. Edited by JOHN CLARK. * Chartae Capituli Generalis, 1557, 1571-1575: Grenoble, Bibliotheque Municipale MS. 439. Volume 4. Prefaced by JAMES HOGG.

Gribbin, A. J., Praem, O. — 2008-09-29

Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics. By STEPHEN J. GRABILL.

Voak, N. — 2008-09-29

English Hypothetical Universalism: John Preston and the Softening of Reformed Theology. By JONATHAN D. MOORE.

Voak, N. — 2008-09-29

Charles Wesley and the Struggle for Methodist Identity. By GARETH LLOYD.

Macquiban, T. — 2008-09-29

Joseph Priestly: Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian. Edited by ISABEL RIVERS and DAVID L. WYKES.

Pailin, D. A. — 2008-09-29

Fifteen Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford between A.D. 1826 and 1843. By JOHN HENRY NEWMAN. Edited by JAMES DAVID EARNEST and GERARD TRACEY.

Rowell, G. — 2008-09-29

Oxford's Protestant Spy: The Controversial Career of Charles Golightly. By ANDREW ATHERSTONE

Pereiro, J. — 2008-09-29

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion. Edited by CHAD MEISTER and PAUL COPAN.

Sturch, R. — 2008-09-29

Was Jesus God? By RICHARD SWINBURNE.

Gould, G. — 2008-09-29

Bernard de Clairvaux: Sermons Divers. Tome II: (Sermons 23-69). Latin text by J. LECLERCQ, H. ROCHAIS, and CH. H. TALBOT. Translated by PIERRE-YVES EMERY. Introduction and notes by FRANCOISE CALLEROT, OCSO.

Evans, G. R. — 2008-09-29

Dom Palemon Bastin Reliquiae Chartarum Capituli Generalis 1731-1796: MS. Grande Chartreuse 1 Cart. 16. Volume 1: 1731-1750. Edited by JAMES Hogg.

Gribbin, A. J., Praem, O. — 2008-09-29

The Clerical Profession in the Long Eighteenth Century, 1680-1840. By W. M. JACOB

Gould, G. — 2008-09-29

Tayloring Reformed Epistemology: Charles Taylor, Alvin Plantinga and the de jure Challenge to Christian Belief. By DEANE-PETER BAKER.

Gould, G. — 2008-09-29

The Big Questions in Science and Religion. By KEITH WARD.

Gould, G. — 2008-09-29

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2008-09-29

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2008-09-29

Origen's Parallel Bible: Textual Criticism, Apologetics, or Exegesis?

Law, T. M. — 2008-04-02

The assumption held by most Septuagint scholars that Origen compiled the Hexapla for a text-critical or apologetic use is challenged. A third possibility—that Origen's motivations were more exegetical—is considered. This third view has not received the attention it deserves, even though it has been raised several times in the past few decades. Here I examine Origen's life and thought with particular attention to his approach to and use of Scripture. After discussing the content and structure of the Hexapla, I evaluate the two theories that are most often used to explain the genesis of the Hexapla, and attempt to show their insufficiency alone to account for Origen's work. The third proposal is then tested to see if an exegetical motivation fits more harmoniously with Origen's attitude towards Scripture.

Did the Interpreters Get it Right? Genesis 2-3 Reconsidered

Moberly, R. W. L. — 2008-04-02

A response to James Barr on the issue of how to depict God's words in Genesis 2:17 if the warning of death as a consequence of disobedience appears unrealized in the subsequent narrative. Barr's point that ‘lie’ is an inappropriate depiction is accepted, but the issue is recast in terms of whether God's words would be sheqer, unreliable. An interpretation of the overall narrative, congruous with the decision about the nature of God's words, is offered.

The Aramaic Documents in Ezra Revisited

Williamson, H. G. M. — 2008-04-02

In recent years there has been a significant shift in scholarly opinion concerning the Aramaic documents included in the book of Ezra; whereas 25 years ago their historical authenticity was widely accepted, more recent studies have claimed that they were fabricated by the biblical author. In the present article, the reasons for this change of opinion are examined, and it is concluded that in most cases the decision about authenticity is taken on the basis of extraneous considerations relating to the composition of the book or the course of history which it purports to relate. The arguments advanced in relation to the documents themselves are the same as those which were common a century ago, and to that extent may be answered in the same way as before. In particular, insufficient attention has been paid to the fact that from a literary point of view it is the documents which determine the shape and wording of the narrative, not vice versa. It is therefore most natural to conclude that they existed already prior to the composition of the book. Only in two areas are there new data to be considered—language and the epistolary form of the documents. An examination of the salient evidence concludes that it is far from univocal and that it cannot, therefore, overthrow the conclusions reached on other grounds.

The Roots of a 'Libertine' Slogan in 1 Corinthians 6:18

Smith, J. E. — 2008-04-02

Taking as its starting point Jerome Murphy-O’Connor's thesis that 1 Cor. 6:18b (‘every sin that a person commits is outside the body’) represents a Corinthian slogan, this essay suggests that a social, cultural, and religious matrix existed at Corinth from which the Corinthians could easily have constructed a slogan similar to that which Murphy-O’Connor envisages. Available evidence suggests that this slogan was developed, in part, by the convergence of at least two major tributaries: (a) a non-Christian or Hellenistic-Roman stream (including popular philosophy and incipient Gnosticism), and (b) a Christian or Jesuanic current, flowing most probably from Paul.

Richard Hooker and the Principle of Sola Scriptura

Voak, N. — 2008-04-02

The traditional view that Richard Hooker argued for the religious authority of Scripture, reason, and tradition, in that order, has come under sustained criticism in recent years, especially from those scholars who assert that Hooker was in fact an orthodox Reformed theologian. Although Hooker placed a distinctively high value on the role of reason in authenticating Holy Scripture, it is claimed that this is fully compatible with the Protestant principle of sola Scriptura, and reflects wider developments in the Reformed tradition on the role of reason in proving that Scripture is divine revelation. This article seeks to refute these claims by examining Reformed thought on the religious authority of Scripture and reason in matters of Christian doctrine, looking at representatives from the Reformers, early orthodoxy, and high orthodoxy. This is then compared with Hooker's work, where, it is argued, the Reformed doctrine that Scripture is the principium cognoscendi theologiae, with reason merely an ancillary ‘handmaid’, is replaced by the radical position that Scripture and demonstrative reasoning are both principial authorities in matters of Christian doctrine. In propounding his triple-source theory of religious authority, therefore, Hooker is concluded to have broken fundamentally with the principle of sola Scriptura.

Penal Non-substitution

Crisp, O. D. — 2008-04-02

There are two broad historic approaches to the so-called governmental view of the atonement (which is better described, from its defining characteristic, as penal non-substitution): the Grotian or Arminian version, and the New England or Calvinistic version. The important differences of emphasis between these two approaches are re-examined. One version of the doctrine, drawing on the work of the New England theologian Jonathan Edwards Jnr (1745–1801), is defended against several criticisms often made of the theory. It is argued that, although not without problems, penal non-substitution is a robust account of atonement that should be taken much more seriously than it has been in the recent literature.

Three against Tertullian: the Second Tradition about Marcion's Life

Moll, S. — 2008-04-02

Jürgen Regul argued in Die antimarcionitischen Evangelienprologe that there are two different traditions concerning the life of Marcion, one based on Tertullian and one based on Pseudo-Tertullian, Epiphanius, and Philastrius. I question the coherence of the second tradition on the heresiarch's life, as well as the classical theory by Richard Adelbert Lipsius, Zur Quellenkritik des Epiphanios, that all these sources go back to the lost Syntagma of Hippolytus. Accordingly, I also question the credibility of the corresponding sources, coming to the conclusion that the second tradition provides almost no reliable information for the reconstruction of Marcion's biography.

Origen's Version of Genesis 1:2

Jacobson, H. — 2008-04-02

Chalcidius attributes to Origen an interpretation of the phrase in Genesis 1:2 which personifies the earth: terra autem stupida quadam erat admiratione. This can be explained by noting that Genesis Rabba on Genesis 1:2 supports a similar interpretation of , probably on the basis of the Aramaic roots and , both of which denote amazement or perplexity.

Basil of Caesarea on Proverbs 8:22 and the Sources of Pro-Nicene Theology

DelCogliano, M. — 2008-04-02

Recent scholarship has increasingly questioned the traditional assumption that Athanasius of Alexandria was a major influence on Basil of Caesarea. This study seeks to make a concrete contribution to this debate by demonstrating that Basil's exegesis of Prov. 8:22, a verse whose interpretation was hotly contested in the fourth-century Trinitarian debates, was influenced by Eusebius of Caesarea rather than by Athanasius. Basil's use of Eusebius of Caesarea here should prompt us to reassess more widely Eusebius’ influence on Basil, thereby helping us gain a better understanding of the diverse sources of Pro-Nicene theology.

Sacred Scripture: The Disclosure of the Word. By FRANCIS MARTIN.

Sonek, K. — 2008-04-02

Word-Order Variation in Biblical Hebrew Poetry: Differentiating Pragmatics and Poetics. By NICHOLAS P. LUNN.

Watson, W. G. E. — 2008-04-02

Encounters with Biblical Theology. By JOHN J. COLLINS.

Reimer, D. J. — 2008-04-02

Metaphysics and the God of Israel: Systematic Theology of the Old and New Testaments. By NEIL B. MACDONALD.

Moberly, W. — 2008-04-02

The Multivalence of Biblical Texts and Theological Meanings. Edited by CHRISTINE HELMER.

Hunter, A. G. — 2008-04-02

Reflection and Refraction: Studies in Biblical Historiography in Honour of A. Graeme Auld. Edited by ROBERT REZETKO, TIMOTHY H. LIM, and W. BRIAN AUCKER.

Nicholson, E. — 2008-04-02

Biblical Mourning: Ritual and Social Dimensions. By SAUL M. OLYAN.

Johnston, P. — 2008-04-02

Temples, Tithes and Taxes: The Temple and Economic Life of Ancient Israel. By MARTY STEVENS.

Goldhill, S. — 2008-04-02

The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts. By MARK S. SMITH.

Davies, G. — 2008-04-02

Creation and Chaos in the Primeval Era and the Eschaton: A Religio-Historical Study of Genesis 1 and Revelation 12. By HERMANN GUNKEL.

Nicholson, E. — 2008-04-02

Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus: Hellenistic Histories and the Date of the Pentateuch. By RUSSELL E. GMIRKIN.

Van Seters, J. — 2008-04-02

A Law Book for the Diaspora: Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code. By JOHN VAN SETERS.

Davies, G. I. — 2008-04-02

Priestly Rites and Prophetic Rage: Post-Exilic Prophetic Critique of the Priesthood. By LENA-SOFIA TIEMEYER.

Mason, R. — 2008-04-02

The Development of the High Priesthood during the Pre-Hasmonean Period: History, Ideology, Theology. By MARIA BRUTTI.

Rooke, D. W. — 2008-04-02

King Manasseh and Child Sacrifice: Biblical Distortions of Historical Realities. By FRANCESCA STAVRAKOPOULOU.

Wyatt, N. — 2008-04-02

The Reshaping of Ancient Israelite History in Chronicles. By ISAAC KALIMI.

Auld, G. — 2008-04-02

A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Isaiah 1-27. Three volumes. Volume 1: Commentary on Isaiah 1-5. By H. G. M. WILLIAMSON.

Blenkinsopp, J. — 2008-04-02

Rhetoric and Social Justice in Isaiah. By MARK GRAY.

Davies, E. W. — 2008-04-02

Opening the Sealed Book: Interpretations of the Book of Isaiah in Late Antiquity. By JOSEPH BLENKINSOPP.

Sawyer, J. F. A. — 2008-04-02

Josiah's Reform and Jeremiah's Scroll: Historical Calamity and Prophetic Response. By MARK LEUCHTER.

Nicholson, E. — 2008-04-02

Jewish Babylonia between Persia and Roman Palestine. By RICHARD KALMIN.

Coggins, R. — 2008-04-02

From 4QMMT to Resurrection: Melanges en hommage a Emile Puech. Edited by FLORENTINO GARCIA MARTINEZ, ANNETTE STEUDEL, and EIBERT TIGCHELAAR.

Hempel, C. — 2008-04-02

Qumran Cave 4. XII. 1-2 Samuel. Edited by FRANK MORE CROSS, DONALD W. PARRY, RICHARD SALEY, and EUGENE ULRICH.

Hempel, C. — 2008-04-02

The Mystical Texts: Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice and Related Manuscripts. By PHILIP ALEXANDER.

Barker, M. — 2008-04-02

Rewriting the Testament of Solomon: Tradition, Conflict and Identity in a Late Antique Pseudepigraphon. By TODD E. KLUTZ.

Davila, J. R. — 2008-04-02

Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature. By CRAIG A. EVANS.

Gathercole, S. — 2008-04-02

New Testament Manuscripts: Their Texts and Their World. Edited by THOMAS J. KRAUS and TOBIAS NICKLAS.

Schmid, U. — 2008-04-02

The New Testament in Greek IV: The Gospel according to St John, Edited by the American and British Committees of the International Greek New Testament Project. Vol. 2: The Majuscules. Ed. by U. B. SCHMID, with W. J. ELLIOTT and D. C. PARKER.

Elliott, J. K. — 2008-04-02

Covenant of Peace: The Missing Peace in New Testament Theology and Ethics. By WILLARD M. SWARTLEY.

Harvey, A. E. — 2008-04-02

Faithful Feelings: Rethinking Emotion in the New Testament. By MATTHEW A. ELLIOTT.

McLarty, J. — 2008-04-02

The Old is Better: New Testament Essays in Support of Traditional Interpretations. By ROBERT H. GUNDRY.

Thiselton, A. C. — 2008-04-02

Historiography and Hermeneutics in Jesus Studies: An Examination of the Work of John Dominic Crossan and Ben F. Meyer. By DONALD L. DENTON, JR.

Paget, J. C. — 2008-04-02

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. By RICHARD BAUCKHAM.

Bond, H. K. — 2008-04-02

From Q to 'Secret' Mark: A Composition History of the Earliest Narrative Theology. By HUGH M. HUMPHREY.

Tuckett, C. — 2008-04-02

Die Deutung des Todes Jesu im Markusevangelium: Eine exegetische Studie zu den Leidens- und Auferstehungsansagen. By ALEXANDER WEIHS.

Morgan, R. — 2008-04-02

The Interpretation of the Gospel of Luke, Volume 1: From Apostolic Times through the Nineteenth Century. By SEAN P. KEALY. * The Interpretation of the Gospel of Luke in the Twentieth Century, Volume 2. By SEAN P. KEALY.

Gregory, A. — 2008-04-02

Paulus und Johannes: Exegetische Studien zur paulinischen und johanneischen Theologie und Literatur. Edited by DIETER SANGER and ULRICH MELL.

Raisanen, H. — 2008-04-02

Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John. By ADELE REINHARTZ

Bond, H. — 2008-04-02

The Acts of the Apostles: What Really Happened in the Earliest Days of the Church. By GERD LUDEMANN, assisted by TOM HALL.

Gregory, A. — 2008-04-02

Paul, the Stoics, and the Body of Christ. By MICHELLE V. LEE.

Thorsteinsson, R. M. — 2008-04-02

Paul's Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9.1-9: An Intertextual and Theological Exegesis. By BRIAN J. ABASCIANO.

Marshall, I. H. — 2008-04-02

1 Corinthians: A Shorter Exegetical and Pastoral Commentary. By ANTHONY C. THISELTON.

Horrell, D. G. — 2008-04-02

1 and 2 Thessalonians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. By BEN WITHERINGTON III.

Horrell, D. G. — 2008-04-02

The Letters to Timothy and Titus. By PHILIP H. TOWNER.

Travis, S. — 2008-04-02

Der unterschatzte Petrus: Zwei Studien. By MARTIN HENGEL.

Verheyden, J. — 2008-04-02

The Spirit of the Book of Revelation. By ROBBY WADDELL.

Boxall, I. — 2008-04-02

Deuteronomy in the New Testament: The New Testament and the Scriptures of Israel. Edited by STEVE MOYISE and MAATEN J. J. MENKEN.

Foster, P. — 2008-04-02

Isaiah in the New Testament: The New Testament and the Scriptures of Israel. Edited by STEVE MOYISE and MAATEN J. J. MENKEN.

Foster, P. — 2008-04-02

Interpreting Translation: Studies on the LXX and Ezekiel in Honour of Johan Lust. Edited by F. GARCIA MARTINEZ and M. VERVENNE, with the collaboration of B. DOYLE.

Salvesen, A. G. — 2008-04-02

Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas: A History of the Gospel and its Growth. By APRIL D. DECONICK.

Perrin, N. — 2008-04-02

Current Trends in the Study of Midrash. Edited by CAROL BAKHOS.

Lipton, D. — 2008-04-02

Hans-Georg von Mutius: Die hebraischen Bibelzitate beim englischen Scholastiker Odo: Versuch einer Revaluation. Edited by JOHANN MAIER.

De Visscher, E. — 2008-04-02

Rudolf Bultmann: Theologie als Kritik. Ausgewahlte Rezensionen und Forschungsberichte. Edited by MATTHIAS DREHER and KLAUS W. MULLER. * Rudolf Bultmann als Kritiker in seinen Rezensionen und Forschungsberichten. By MATTHIAS DREHER.

Morgan, R. — 2008-04-02

Repertoire general des auteurs ecclesiastiques latins de l'Antiquite et du haut Moyen Age. Fifth edition. By ROGER GRYSON.

Elliott, J. K. — 2008-04-02

Die Wurde des Menschen: Ein Beitrag zur Anthropologie in der alten Kirche. By ULRICH VOLP.

Zachhuber, J. — 2008-04-02

The Early Christian Book. Edited by WILLIAM E. KLINGSHIRN and LINDA SAFRAN.

White, C. — 2008-04-02

Rhetoric and Reality in Early Christianities. Edited by WILLI BRAUN.

Hammond, C. — 2008-04-02

Ignatius of Antioch: A Martyr Bishop and the Origin of Episcopacy. By ALLEN BRENT.

Hall, S. G. — 2008-04-02

Papia di Hierapolis: Esposizione degli oracoli del signore. I frammenti. Introduzione, testo, traduzione e note. Edited by ENRICO NORELLI.

Bauckham, R. — 2008-04-02

Justin martyr: Apologie pour les chretiens. Introduction, traduction, et commentaire. By CHARLES MUNIER. * Justin: Apologie pour les chretiens. Edited by CHARLES MUNIER.

Lorraine Buck, P. — 2008-04-02

Los misterios de la vida de Cristo en Justino Martir. By JOSE GRANADOS.

Edwards, M. J. — 2008-04-02

The Branches of the Gospel of John: The Reception of the Fourth Gospel in the Early Church. By KYLE KEEFER.

Edwards, M. J. — 2008-04-02

Das Corpus Johanneum bei Irenaus von Lyon: Studien und Kommentar zum dritten Buch von Adversus Haereses. By BERNHARD MUTSCHLER.

Edwards, M. J. — 2008-04-02

Early Patristic Readings of Romans. Edited by KATHY L. GACA and L. L. WELBORN.

Edwards, M. J. — 2008-04-02

Il Commento a Giovanni di Origene: Il testo e i suoi contesti. Atti dell'VIII Convegno di Studi del Gruppo Italiano di Ricerca su Origene e la Tradizione Alessandrina (Roma, 28-30 settembre 2004). Edited by EMANUELA PRINZIVALLI.

Edwards, M. J. — 2008-04-02

The Soul and Spirit of Scripture within Origen's Exegesis. By ELIZABETH ANN DIVELY LAURO.

Gould, G. — 2008-04-02

Cyprian and the Bishops of Rome: Questions of Papal Primacy in the Early Church. By GEOFFREY D. DUNN.

Hall, S. G. — 2008-04-02

Eusebius and the Jewish Authors: His Citation Technique in an Apologetic Context. By SABRINA INOWLOCKI.

Whealey, A. — 2008-04-02

La Theologie Trinitaire d'Athanase d'Alexandrie. By XAVIER MORALES.

Teal, A. — 2008-04-02

L'Ancien Testament dans l'ecclesiologie des Peres: Une lecture des Constitutions apostoliques. By JOSEPH G. MUELLER.

Stewart-Sykes, A. — 2008-04-02

Histoire du catechumenat dans l'eglise ancienne. By PAUL L. GAVRILYUK.

Stewart-Sykes, A. — 2008-04-02

The Asketikon of St Basil the Great. By ANNA M. SILVAS.

Plested, M. — 2008-04-02

Gregory of Nyssa: The Letters. Translated by ANNA M. SILVAS.

Meredith, A. — 2008-04-02

Jerome: Trois vies de moines. Paul, Malchus, Hilarion. Critical text by EDGARDO M. MORALES. Translated by PIERRE LECLERC.

Winterbottom, M. — 2008-04-02

Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity: The Jovinianist Controversy. By DAVID G. HUNTER.

Hartney, A. — 2008-04-02

Christianity and the Secular. By ROBERT A. MARKUS.

Meredith, A. — 2008-04-02

Socrate de Constantinople: Histoire ecclesiastique. Livre VII. Greek text by ed. G. C. HANSEN. Translated by {dagger}PIERRE PERICHON, SJ and PIERRE MARAVAL.

Hall, S. G. — 2008-04-02

The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon. 3 volumes. Translated with introduction and notes by RICHARD PRICE and MICHAELGADDIS.

Wickham, L. R. — 2008-04-02

"Ante Altaria": Les Rites antiques de la messe dominicale en Gaule, en Espagne et en Italie du Nord. By MATTHIEU SMYTH.

Jeanes, G. — 2008-04-02

Union and Distinction in the Thought of St. Maximus the Confessor. By MELCHISEDEC TORONEN.

Milkov, K. — 2008-04-02

Petri Abaelardi Opera Theologica, Vol. 6: Sententie Magistri Petri Abaelardi. Edited by DAVID LUSCOMBE. Liber Sententiarum Magistri Petri. Edited by CONSTANT J. MEWS.

Ward, B. — 2008-04-02

The Personal Correspondence of Hildegard of Bingen: Selected Letters. Edited by JOSEPH L. BAIRD.

Reynolds, H. — 2008-04-02

The Privilege of Poverty: Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Prague, and the Struggle for a Franciscan Rule for Women. By JOAN MUELLER.

Berend, N. — 2008-04-02

The Legends of the Holy Harlots: Thais and Pelagia in Medieval Spanish Literature. By ANDREW M. BERESFORD.

Ward, B. — 2008-04-02

Lollards of Coventry, 1486-1522. Edited and translated by SHANNON MCSHEFFREY and NORMAN TANNER.

Rex, R. — 2008-04-02

Caspar Schwenckfeld: Eight Writings on Christian Beliefs. Edited by H. H. DRAKE WILLIAMS III. Translated by EDWARD J. FURCHA, JAMES GRANT GEBBIE, ELMER S. GERHARD, FRED A. GRATER, DAVID W. MCKINLEY, CHRISTIAN AMBLER WILLIAMS, and H. H. DRAKE WILLIAMS III. Foreword by DAVID F. WELLS.

Bagchi, D. — 2008-04-02

Reformation Sources: The Letters of Wolfgang Capito and his Fellow Reformers in Alsace and Switzerland. Edited by ERIKA RUMMEL and MILTON KOOISTRA.

Methuen, C. — 2008-04-02

Christian Magistrate and Territorial Church: Johannes Brenz and the German Reformation. By JAMES M. ESTES.

Matheson, P. — 2008-04-02

Scripture and Scholarship in Early Modern England. Edited by ARIEL HESSAYON and NICHOLAS KEENE.

Methuen, C. — 2008-04-02

Kant on God. By PETER BYRNE.

Pailin, D. A. — 2008-04-02

The Worldview of Personalism: Origins and Early Development. By JAN OLOF BENGTSSON.

Patterson, S. — 2008-04-02

Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England. By TIMOTHY LARSEN.

Chapman, M. D. — 2008-04-02

Protestant Theology and the Making of the Modern German University. By THOMAS ALBERT HOWARD.

Chapman, M. D. — 2008-04-02

Barth and Schleiermacher on the Doctrine of Election: A Systematic-Theological Comparison. By MATTHIAS GOCKEL.

Goroncy, J. A. — 2008-04-02

Barth, Israel, and Jesus: Karl Barth's Theology of Israel. By MARK R. LINDSAY.

Merrick, J. R. A. — 2008-04-02

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: London, 1933-1935. Edited by KEITH CLEMENTS. Translated by ISABEL BEST.

Gorringe, T. — 2008-04-02

Light in Darkness: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Catholic Doctrine of Christ's Descent into Hell. By ALYSSA LYRA PITSTICK.

Bullivant, S. — 2008-04-02

Tradition, Rationality, and Virtue: The Thought of Alasdair MacIntyre. By THOMAS D. D'ANDREA.

Rothchild, J. — 2008-04-02

Divinity and Humanity. By OLIVER D. CRISP.

Yuen, A. H. — 2008-04-02

Developmental Theism: From Pure Will to Unbounded Love. By PETER FORREST.

Sturch, R. — 2008-04-02

Evolution and Emergence: Systems, Organisms, Persons. Edited by NANCEY MURPHY and WILLIAM R. STOEGER, SJ.

Holder, R. — 2008-04-02

Theology and Families. By ADRIAN THATCHER.

Gill, R. — 2008-04-02

Creation and Covenant: The Significance of Sexual Difference in the Moral Theology of Marriage. By CHRISTOPHER CHENAULT ROBERTS.

Thatcher, A. — 2008-04-02

The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity. Edited by KEN PARRY.

Binns, J. — 2008-04-02

Unity and Diversity in the New Testament: An Inquiry into the Character of Earliest Christianity. Third Edition. By JAMES D. G. DUNN.

Hooker, M. D. — 2008-04-02

A Commentary on Micah. By BRUCE K. WALTKE.

Williamson, H. G. M. — 2008-04-02

The Lukan Passion and the Praiseworthy Death. By PETER J. SCAER.

Bond, H. K. — 2008-04-02

Paul and God's Temple: A Historical Interpretation of Cultic Imagery in the Corinthian Correspondence. By ALBERT L. A. HOGETERP.

Thiselton, A. C. — 2008-04-02

Reading Romans through the Centuries: From the Early Church to Karl Barth. Edited by JEFFREY P. GREENMAN and TIMOTHY LARSEN.

Morgan, R. — 2008-04-02

The World of Early Egyptian Christianity: Language, Literature, and Social Context. Essays in Honor of David W. Johnson. Edited by JAMES E. GOEHRING and JANET A. TIMBIE.

Gould, G. — 2008-04-02

The Oecumenical Councils: From Nicaea I to Nicaea II (325-787). Edited by GIUSEPPE ALBERIGO et al.

Tanner, N. — 2008-04-02

Cassiodorus: Institutions of Divine and Secular Learning and On the Soul. Translated by JAMES W. HALPORN. Introduction by MARK VESSEY.

Stancliffe, C. — 2008-04-02

Eustratii Presbyteri Constantinopolitani De Statu Animarum post Mortem. Edited by PETER VAN DEUN.

Wickham, L. R. — 2008-04-02

Bernard de Clairvaux: Sermons sur le Cantique, Volume 5: (Sermons 69-86). Latin text by J. LECLERCQ, H. ROCHAIS, and CH. H. TALBOT. Translation, introduction, and notes by RAFFAELE FASSETTA, OSCO and PAUL VERDEYEN, SJ.

Evans, G. R. — 2008-04-02

The Selected Works of Isaac of Stella: A Cistercian Voice from the Twelfth Century. By DANIEL DEME.

Evans, G. R. — 2008-04-02

Peter of John Olivi on Genesis. Edited by DAVID FLOOD, OFM.

Evans, G. R. — 2008-04-02

Works of St. Bonaventure, Volume 11: Commentary on the Gospel of John. Translated by ROBERT J. KARRIS, OFM.

Evans, G. R. — 2008-04-02

Light in a Burning-Glass: A Systematic Presentation of Austin Farrer's Theology. By Robert Bloak Slocum.

Houlden, L. — 2008-04-02

Revelation: From Metaphor to Analogy. Second edition. By RICHARD SWINBURNE.

Gould, G. — 2008-04-02

Books Received

2008-04-02

Other Early Christian Gospels: A Critical Edition of the Surviving Greek Manuscripts. By ANDREW E. BERNHARD.

Elliott, J. K. — 2008-04-02