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Eyes and Spectacles: Wellhausen's Method of Higher Criticism

Kratz, R. G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

Julius Wellhausen’s work on the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and early Arabic sources had and still has a fundamental impact on how modern scholarship portrays Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In this article I consider his methodology of Higher Criticism. Wellhausen’s motto was: ‘Not only the spectacles are important, but also the eyes.’ Following this motto I first describe what Wellhausen saw with his eyes and how he used them. Secondly, I consider Wellhausen’s spectacles and ask how the nineteenth century determined his viewpoint. Lastly I address the legacy of Wellhausen’s Higher Criticism in current scholarship.

The Modern Invention of 'Old Testament Pseudepigrapha'

Reed, A. Y. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

This article explores the pre-history of our present notion of ‘the Old Testament pseudepigrapha’ through a focus on Johann Albert Fabricius’s Codex pseudepigraphus Veteris Testamenti (1713). It considers Fabricius’s work from four perspectives: as a compendium of knowledge recovered during and after the Renaissance, as a reflection of debates about Scripture in the wake of the Reformation, as a literary artefact of anxieties about authorship in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and as the foundation for nineteenth- and twentiety-century research on the materials collected therein. By revisiting the origins of the concept and category of ‘pseudepigrapha’, the article attempts to bring a broader historical perspective to bear on current debates about the heurism of the label.

Jesus 'Was Close to the Authorities': The Historical Background of a Talmudic Pericope

Mark, G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

The famous pericope in the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin folio 43a, which contains the passage ‘On the eve of Passover they have hanged Jesus’ and the mysterious phrase ‘Jesus was close to the authorities’, has long puzzled biblical scholars, who wonder whether we have here an astonishing piece of evidence for the trial of Jesus, but has never been fully expounded. The main reason is that scholars so far have approached the text from a New Testament vantage point. The essay examines the text within a Talmudic frame of reference. Questions of redactional patterns and modes of composition receive close attention, as does Talmudic terminology.

It is argued that ‘Jesus’ in these passages is merely a figure, signifying the sages’ concerns about Christian missionaries of Jewish descent, and the whole discourse is a footnote on the biblical imperatives of Deuteronomy 13 regarding Jewish advocates of a foreign religion, the Messit. It was prompted by the dramatic changes in the religious assumptions that underscored Talmudic discourse related to the Messit. The pericope was designed to add a Christian dimension to the existing body of Talmudic discourse on the death penalty. These passages are not anti-Christian polemic; the challenge that motivated its authors was not to discredit Christianity, but rather to offer instruction on what to do about it. It has the Halakhic purpose of equating Christianity with idolatry and the aim of keeping Halakhic traditions relevant in an age of Bible-based foreign monotheistic religions (not Jewish heretics).

Science and Theology in Gregory of Nyssa's De anima et Resurrectione: Astronomy and Automata

Ludlow, M. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

This article examines two sections of Gregory of Nyssa's De anima et resurrectione which introduce scientific phenomena: from astronomy (eclipses and the phases of the moon) and physics (a water-device). Each passage is set in its intellectual context and possible sources are suggested. I argue that the water-device was part of an automaton, not a water-organ as previously argued. The primary importance of these passages, however, lies in their role in Gregory's dialogue as a whole: far from being merely illustrative or designed for rhetorical display, they drive the argument onwards. The first example establishes a general epistemological principle (knowledge requires the cooperation of reason and sense-experience) which is applied to the second example's argument for the existence of the soul. Gregory uses these examples to emphasize the importance of matter as part of God's good creation: this reinforces his later emphasis on the human body (especially its resurrection). Furthermore, the structure of each example mirrors a general movement in Gregory's dialogue from a rejection of materialism to an affirmation of the soul, and then to an emphasis on the co-dependence of the immaterial and material in creation. Each is thus a microcosm of the treatise's main argument.

E. B. Pusey and Holy Scripture

Larsen, T. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

E. B. Pusey was so strongly identified with the Tractarian movement that it was often referred to as ‘Puseyism’ and he became the unrivalled leader of Anglo-Catholicism. Although low-church Protestants in the Victorian age often asserted that Anglo-Catholics did not have a strong commitment to the authority and centrality of Scripture, this assumption is not borne out by a study of Pusey's life and thought. This article seeks to recover Pusey as a Bible man. In particular, it explores the nature and impact of his biblical commentaries. Pusey himself saw commenting on Holy Scripture as at the core of his life's work and Christian ministry. Nevertheless, his biblical commentaries have been ignored by scholars, who have instead maintained a consistent preoccupation with his youthful volume on German theology. Pusey's Daniel the Prophet was actually an extremely thorough and formidable piece of scholarship. Indeed, even English critics unsympathetic to his defence of a traditional date for the book of Daniel uniformly found its substantive arguments unanswerable. Pusey's commentary on the Minor Prophets was part of a larger plan he had for providing a new, popular commentary on the Bible, a project which he saw as his primary response to the challenges of the modern age.

Inquiring into an Inclusio--On Judgement and Love in Matthew

Angel, A. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

There is a consensus amongst commentators that Matt. 1:23 and 28:20 form an inclusio around the gospel which highlights the theme ‘God with us’. Ulrich Luz uses this inclusio to argue that Matthew intends the reader to understand that love predominates over judgement—another key theme of the gospel. However, this reading misses the clear evocation of the eschatological judgement in Matt. 28:20. Reading Matt. 28:20 alongside Matt. 13:40, 49 demonstrates that Jesus is present with the disciples as Emmanuel until Jesus judges them as Son of Man. The inclusio evokes the presence of Christ with the disciples until the judgement, and so combines the themes of presence and judgement. If either theme predominates, it is that of eschatological judgement.

Gregory of Antioch: Homilia in S. Theophania (CPG 7385)--Gleanings of Text and Theme

Birdsall, J. N. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

A preliminary study of Gregory of Antioch's Homilia in S. Theophania in its Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions points to the complexity and value of the ancient homily tradition. With respect to biblical citations, themes, and exegetical elements—such as the ‘fire on the Jordan’ at Jesus’ baptism, the study reveals that the various forms of the homily share a common heritage yet participate in distinctive traditions. Preserving archaic details, especially in its original and Syriac forms, the homily exemplifies the value of later patristic works for our knowledge of earlier traditions and interpretations.

Justin Martyr's Logocentric Hermeneutical Transformation of Isaiah's Vision of the Nations

Bates, M. W. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

Within the book of Isaiah itself, the author's vision of the future of the nations takes on three basic forms: (1) subjection to Israel, (2) pilgrimage to Zion, and (3) incorporation into Israel. Justin employs a logocentric reading of Isaiah within which the distinct voice of the prophet is entirely swallowed up by the divine logos. By this logocentric reading strategy Justin transforms each of the three Isaianic themes in the following way. (1) The subjugation of the nations to Israel becomes the eschatological subservience of Israel to Jesus the Messiah. (2) The pilgrimage of the nations to Zion is interpreted metaphorically as the spiritual journey of the Gentiles to the God of Israel through Jesus Christ. (3) The incorporation of the nations into Israel is transformed into the inclusion of obdurate ethnic Israel into the Christian church. Justin's polemical use of Isaiah as a rhetorical tool for crafting the self-definition of the Christian community over against the synagogue stands as an important testimony to the status of Christianity in its relationship to Judaism in the second century.

The References to the Time and Place of the Crucifixion in the Peri Pascha of Melito of Sardis

von Wahlde, U. C. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

After the time of the gospels, Melito of Sardis is the first Christian writer of whom we have a record to make reference to the place where Jesus was crucified. His references to the place of crucifixion have been thought to reflect knowledge of where the site of Golgotha was located within the plan of second-century Aelia Capitolina. However, a survey of all his references to the time and place of crucifixion indicates that they are governed by Melito's rhetorical purposes and are not historically reliable.

The Resurrection of the Son of God: A Reduction of the Naturalistic Alternatives

Loke, A. T. E. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

In The Resurrection of the Son of God, N. T. Wright argues for the resurrection being the most probable explanation for the facts of the empty tomb and post-mortem appearances. Nevertheless, many sceptics remain unpersuaded because of Wright's inadequate handling of the naturalistic hypotheses. This essay analyses the structure of the dialectic between the apologist and sceptic concerning these facts syllogistically. It is demonstrated that all possible hypotheses concerning the post-mortem appearances can be reduced to seven, and all possible hypotheses concerning the empty tomb can be reduced to eleven. This reduction helps to ensure that all possible hypotheses had been considered before a conclusion concerning whether the resurrection is the most probable hypothesis is made. Based on this reduction, it is argued that all possible naturalistic hypotheses are improbable once the credibility of certain details in the New Testament accounts is established.

Vetus Latina: Die Reste der altlateinischen Bibel 7/3 Hester. Fascicule 3. Edited by JEAN-CLAUDE HAELEWYCK. * Vetus Latina: Die Reste der altlateinischen Bibel 7/3 Hester. Fascicule 4. Edited by JEAN-CLAUDE HAELEWYCK. * Vetus Latina: Die Reste der altlateinischen Bibel 7/3 Hester. Fascicule 5. Edited by JEAN-CLAUDE HAELEWYCK.

Elliott, J. K. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

Rendering the Word in Theological Hermeneutics: Mapping Divine and Human Agency. By MARK ALAN BOWALD.

Thiselton, A. C. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

Opening up the Scriptures: Joseph Ratzinger and the Foundations of Biblical Interpretation. Edited by J. GRANADOS, C. GRANADOS, and L. SANCHEZ-NAVARRO.

Houlden, L. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

The Eyes of the Heart: Literary and Theological Trajectories of Imagining Biblically. By ALISON SEARLE.

Jasper, D. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

The Biblical Canon: Its Origin, Transmission, and Authority. By LEE MARTIN MCDONALD.

Tuckett, C. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

Seized by Truth: Reading the Bible as Scripture. By JOEL B. GREEN.

Moberly, W. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible. By KAREL VAN DER TOORN.

Davies, P. R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

"En commencant par Moise et les prophetes ...": Etudes veterotestamentaires. By GUY COUTURIER.

Williamson, H. G. M. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

Legal Revision and Religious Renewal in Ancient Israel. By BERNARD M. LEVINSON.

Mason, R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

Linguistic Evidence for the Pre-Exilic Date of the Yahwistic Source. By RICHARD M. WRIGHT.

Rezetko, R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

1 Chronicles (Second Edition). By JOHN JARICK. * 2 Chronicles. By JOHN JARICK.

Mason, R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

Israel's Restoration: A Textual-Comparative Exploration of Ezekiel 36-39. By ASHLEY S. CRANE.

Lust, J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

Tradition and Transformation in the Book of Chronicles. By PANCRATIUS C. BEENTJES.

Mason, R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

The 'Uncertainty of a Hearing': A Study of the Sudden Change of Mood in the Psalms of Lament. By FEDERICO G. VILLANUEVA.

Gillingham, S. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:09 PDT

Ideales Konigtum: Studien zu David und Salomo. Edited by RUDIGER LUX.

Davies, P. R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Intertextual Studies in Ben Sira and Tobit: Essays in Honor of Alexander A. Di Lella, O.F.M. Edited by JEREMY CORLEY and VINCENT SKEMP.

Brooke, G. J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Studies in the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, and the Septuagint Presented to Eugene Ulrich. Edited by PETER W. FLINT, EMANUEL TOV, and JAMES C. VANDERKAM.

Hempel, C. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Le Rouleau de cuivre de la grotte 3 de Qumran (3Q15). Expertise--Restauration--Epigraphie. By DANIEL BRIZEMEURE, NOEL LACOUDRE, and EMILE PUECH.

Hempel, C. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Jewish Perspectives on Hellenistic Rulers. Edited by TESSA RAJAK, SARAH PEARCE, JAMES AITKEN, and JENNIFER DINES.

Kokkinos, N. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Scripture and Traditions: Essays on Early Judaism and Christianity in Honor of Carl R. Holladay. Edited by PATRICK GRAY and GAIL R. O'DAY.

Lieu, J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State. By HANAN ESHEL.

Davies, P. R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus. By CHED MYERS.

Rowland, C. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

The Solution to the 'Son of Man' Problem. By MAURICE CASEY.

Hooker, M. D. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

If Sons, Then Heirs: A Study of Kinship and Ethnicity in the Letters of Paul. By CAROLINE JOHNSON HODGE.

Dunn, J. D. G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

The Writings of St Paul: Annotated Texts, Reception and Criticism, 2nd edition. Edited by WAYNE A. MEEKS and JOHN T. FITZGERALD.

Morgan, R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Colossians and Philemon. By MARIANNE MEYE THOMPSON. * Philippians. By STEPHEN E. FOWL.

Morgan, R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Behold the Man: Jesus and Greco-Roman Masculinity. By COLLEEN M. CONWAY.

Marsh, C. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Fabrics of Discourse: Essays in Honour of Vernon K. Robbins. Edited by DAVID B. GOWLER, L. GREGORY BLOOMQUIST and DUANE F. WATSON.

Lawrence, L. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law. By DEVORA STEINMETZ.

Jackson, B. S. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Jewish Slavery in Antiquity. By CATHERINE HEZSER.

Rokeah, D. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Greek Philosophers as Theologians: The Divine Arche. By ADAM DROZDEK.

Downing, F. G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

The End of Dialogue in Antiquity. Edited by SIMON GOLDHILL.

Lossl, J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature. Edited by FRANCES YOUNG, LEWIS AYRES, and ANDREW LOUTH.

Williams, M. S. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

In the Shadow of the Incarnation: Essays on Jesus Christ in the Early Church in Honor of Brian E. Daley, S.J. Edited by PETER W. MARTENS.

Hall, S. G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

Gnostica, Judaica, Catholica: Collected Essays of Gilles Quispel. Edited by JOHANNES VAN OORT.

Wilson, R. McL. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:10 PDT

From the Lost Teaching of Polycarp: Identifying Irenaeus' Apostolic Presbyter and the Author of Ad Diognetum. By CHARLES E. HILL.

Bauckham, R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:11 PDT

Anti-Judaism and Christian Orthodoxy: Ephrem's Hymns in Fourth-Century Syria. By CHRISTINE SHEPARDSON.

Brock, S. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:11 PDT

Authorised Lives in Early Christian Biography: Between Eusebius and Augustine. By MICHAEL STUART WILLIAMS.

White, C. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:11 PDT

Saving Shame: Martyrs, Saints, and other Abject Subjects. By VIRGINIA BURRUS.

Wickham, L. R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:11 PDT

Exegese et creation litteraire chez Ambroise de Milan: L'exemple du De Ioseph Patriarcha. By GERARD NAUROY.

Lossl, J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:11 PDT

Evagrius Ponticus: The Making of a Gnostic. By JULIA S. KONSTANTINOVSKY.

Louth, A. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:11 PDT

Saint Augustine and the Fall of the Soul: Beyond O'Connell and his Critics. By RONNIE J. ROMBS.

Lane, M. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:11 PDT

Feminist Interpretations of Augustine. Edited by JUDITH CHELIUS STARK.

Hartney, A. M. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Le Probleme du bapteme dans le schisme donatiste. By CARLOS GARCIA MAC GAW.

Bonner, G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Possidius of Calama: A Study of the North African Episcopate at the Time of Augustine. By ERIKA T. HERMANOWICZ.

Bonner, G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Studien zum Johanneskommentar des Theodor von Mopsuestia. By FELIX THOME.

Lossl, J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

The Syriac Versions of the Writings of Cyril of Alexandria: A Study in Translation Technique. By DANIEL KING.

Wickham, L. R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Threads and Images: The Use of Scripture in Apophthegmata Patrum. By PER RoNNEGaRD.

Rich, A. D. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Saint Daniel of Sketis: A Group of Hagiographic Texts Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary. By BRITT DAHLMAN.

Gould, G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Pseudo-Dionysius as Polemicist: The Development and Purpose of the Angelic Hierarchy in Sixth-Century Syria. By ROSEMARY A. ARTHUR.

Louth, A. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

All the Names of the Lord: Lists, Mysticism, and Magic. By VALENTINA IZMIRLIEVA.

Arthur, R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Gildas's De Excidio Britonum and the Early British Church. By KAREN GEORGE.

Woods, D. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

The Art of Words: Bede and Theodulf. By PAUL MEYVAERT.

Gould, G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Commentaire sur la Paraphrase chretienne du Manuel d'Epictete. Edited by MICHAEL SPANNEUT.

Edwards, M. J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Tales from Another Byzantium: Celestial Journey and Local Community in the Medieval Greek Apocrypha. By JANE BAUN.

Murdoch, B. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Predication et liturgie au Moyen Age. Edited by NICOLE BERIOU and FRANCO MORENZONI.

Stevenson, K. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, c. 600-900. By SARAH FOOT.

Roberts, J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Concilium Universale Nicaenum secundum: Concilii Actiones I-III. Edited by ERICH LAMBERZ.

Tanner, N. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Anselm. By SANDRA VISSER and THOMAS WILLIAMS.

Evans, G. R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

I Porretani: Una scuola di pensiero tra alto e basso Medioevo. By LUIGI CATALANI.

Evans, G. R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

De la Trinite a la Trinite: La christologie liturgique d'Ibn Sabbalhring, auteur copte du XIIIe siecle. By MILAD SIDKY ZAKHARY.

Davis, S. J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:12 PDT

Francisci de Marchia Reportatio IIA (Quaestiones in secundum librum Sententiarum qq 1-12). Edited by TIZIANA SUAREZ-NANI, WILLIAM DUBA, EMMANUEL BABEY, and GIRARD J. ETZKORN.

Evans, G. R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

A Repertorium of Middle English Prose Sermons. Part 1: Introduction and Cambridge University Library to London, British Library (Additional). Part 2: London, British Library (Arundel) to London, Westminster Abbey Library. Part 3: Manchester, John Rylands University Library to Oxford, Bodleian Library. Part 4: Oxford, Hertford College to York, Borthwick Institute for Archives, plus Indices. By VERONICA O'MARA and SUZANNE PAUL.

Catto, J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

Literature and Heresy in the Age of Chaucer. By ANDREW COLE.

Harvey, M. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

The Triumph of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts, from the Renaissance to the Counter-Reformation. By RICHARD VILADESAU.

De Leeuw, E. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

The Church of England and Christian Antiquity: The Construction of a Confessional Identity in the 17th Century. By JEAN-LOUIS QUANTIN.

Brydon, M. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

After Enlightenment: The Post-Secular Vision of J. G. Hamann. By JOHN R. BETZ.

Pailin, D. A. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

Kierkegaard: Thinking Christianly in an Existential Mode. By SYLVIA WALSH.

Manthei, E. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman. Volume 32: Supplement. Edited by FRANCIS J. MCGRATH, FMS.

Rowell, G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

Religious Thought in the Victorian Age: Challenges and Reconceptions. By JAMES C. LIVINGSTON.

Atherstone, A. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

Job and the Disruption of Identity: Reading beyond Barth. By SUSANNAH TICCIATI.

Gorringe, T. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

Salvation for All: God's Other Peoples. By GERALD O'COLLINS.

Bradshaw, T. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

Putting on Virtue: The Legacy of the Splendid Vices. By JENNIFER A. HERDT.

Rothchild, J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

The Proof of the External World: Cartesian Theism and the Possibility of Knowledge. By STEVEN M. DUNCAN.

Pailin, D. A. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

The Elusive God: Reorienting Religious Epistemology. By PAUL K. MOSER.

Sturch, R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

God, the Best, and Evil. By BRUCE LANGTRY.

Sturch, R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

Oxford Readings in Philosophical Theology. Volume I: Trinity, Incarnation, and Atonement. Volume II: Providence, Scripture, and Resurrection. Edited by MICHAEL REA.

Gould, G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology. Edited by THOMAS P. FLINT and MICHAEL C. REA.

Gould, G. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

The Eucharist and Ecumenism: Let Us Keep the Feast. By GEORGE HUNSINGER.

Stevenson, K. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

The Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology. Edited by MARY B. CUNNINGHAM and ELIZABETH THEOKRITOFF.

Binns, J. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:13 PDT

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Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:14 PDT

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Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:14 PDT

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

Houghton, H. A. G. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

The End of Biblical Studies. By HECTOR AVALOS.

Davies, P. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Watson, W. G. E. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Williamson, H. G. M. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Lyons, W. L. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Auld, G. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Rooke, D. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Patmore, H. M. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Elliott, J. K. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Marsh, C. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Wright, S. I. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

Jesus of Hollywood. By ADELE REINHARTZ.

Ellis, R. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Elliott, J. K. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Smalley, S. S. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Paget, J. C. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Boxall, I. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Wansbrough, H. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:53 PDT

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

Bokedal, T. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

"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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Morgan, R. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Thiselton, A. C. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Houlden, L. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Hall, S. G. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Bradshaw, P. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Edwards, M. J. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Edwards, M. J. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Edwards, M. J. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Fink, D. C. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Whealey, A. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Finn, R. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Casiday, A. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

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

Armstrong, J. J. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:54 PDT

Gregorii Nysseni Epistula Canonica. Edited by EKKEHARD MuHLENBERG.

Hall, S. G. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Lane, M. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Lossl, J. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

The Soteriology of Leo the Great. By BERNARD GREEN.

Keating, D. A. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Wickham, L. R. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Louth, A. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Spinks, B. D. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Gould, G. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Stevenson, K. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Murdoch, B. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Ward, B. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

Anselm on Freedom. By KATHERIN A. ROGERS.

Evans, G. R. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Evans, G. R. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

Philip Melanchthon and the English Reformation. By JOHN SCHOFIELD.

Loewe, A. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Methuen, C. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Ford, A. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Pailin, D. A. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Chapman, M. D. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Chapman, M. D. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Ticciati, S. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Chartres, R. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Marsh, C. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:55 PDT

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

Marsh, C. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:56 PDT

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

Gill, R. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:56 PDT

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

Cowan, D. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:56 PDT

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

Patterson, S. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:56 PDT

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

Sturch, R. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:56 PDT

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

Collicutt, J. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:56 PDT

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

Morgan, R. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:56 PDT

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

Morgan, R. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:56 PDT

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. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:56 PDT

Theodore Abu Qurrah. Translated by JOHN C. LAMOREAUX.

Brock, S. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:56 PDT

Books Received

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:49:56 PDT

Henry Chadwick

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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

Buchner, D. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:30 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Clements, R. E. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Moberly, W. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Dell, K. J. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

Studien zu den Methoden der Deuteronomiumsexegese. By GEORG BRAULIK.

Hagedorn, A. C. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Nicholson, E. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Guest, D. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Nicholson, E. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

'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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Coggins, R. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

'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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Sawyer, J. F. A. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Salvesen, A. G. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Nicholson, E. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Brooke, G. J. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Houlden, L. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Wenham, D. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

Spuren von Deuteromarkus. 4 volumes. By ALBERT FUCHS.

Tuckett, C. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

Understanding the Fourth Gospel. Second Edition. By JOHN ASHTON

Moody Smith, D. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Parsenios, G. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Marshall, I. H. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Hooker, M. D. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Adams, E. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Lieu, J. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Horrell, D. G. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Rowland, C. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Rowland, C. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Edwards, M. J. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Wilson, R. McL. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Hammond, C. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Edwards, M. J. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

'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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

Tertullien: Le Manteau. Edited by MARIE TURCAN.

Winterbottom, M. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Lossl, J. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Armstrong, J. J. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Teal, A. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Hall, S. G. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Winterbottom, M. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:31 PDT

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

Dowler, E. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Dowler, E. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Arthur, R. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Stancliffe, C. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Evans, G. R. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Gribbin, A. J., Praem, O. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Voak, N. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Voak, N. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Macquiban, T. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Pailin, D. A. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Pereiro, J. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Sturch, R. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

Was Jesus God? By RICHARD SWINBURNE.

Gould, G. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Gould, G. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Gould, G. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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

Gould, G. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

Books Received

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:32 PDT

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