Mark, Manuscripts, and Monotheism Essays in Honor of Larry W. Hurtado

by Roth, Dieter T.; Keith, Chris; Keith, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780567669193
• ISBN10: 056766919X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-05-19
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Author Biography

Chris Keith is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity and Director of the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St. Mary's University College, Twickenham, UK.

Dieter T. Roth is Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Post-Doctoral Fellow) at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Contributors

PART ONE: MARK'S GOSPEL
Chapter One: “Is It as Bad as All That?”: The Misconception of Mark as a Gospel Film Noir
Holly J. Carey, Point University, USA
Chapter Two: Early Christian Book Culture and the Emergence of the First Written Gospel
Chris Keith, St Mary's University, UK
Chapter Three: Jesus as God's Chief Agent in Mark's Christology
Paul Owen, Montreat College, USA

PART TWO: MANUSCRIPTS AND TEXTUAL CRITICISM
Chapter Four: Mark, Manuscripts, and Paragraphs: Sense-Unit Divisions in Mark 14–16
Sean A. Adams, University of Edinburgh, UK
Chapter Five: From “Text-Critical Methodology” to “Manuscripts as Artefacts”: A Tribute to Larry W. Hurtado
Thomas J. Kraus, Independent Scholar
Chapter Six: Origen's List of New Testament Books in Hom. Jos. 7.1: A Fresh Look
Michael J. Kruger, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA
Chapter Seven: î45 as Early Christian Artifact: Considering Staurogram and Punctuation in the Manuscript
Dieter T. Roth, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
Chapter Eight: î45 and Codex W in Mark Revisited
Tommy Wasserman, Örebro School of Theology, Sweden

PART THREE: MONOTHEISM AND EARLY JESUS-DEVOTION
Chapter Nine: Who, What, and Why?: The Worship of the Firstborn in Hebrews 1:6
David M. Allen, The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK
Chapter Ten: Devotion to Jesus Christ in Earliest Christianity-An Appraisal and Discussion of the Work of Larry Hurtado
Richard J. Bauckham, University of St Andrews, UK and University of Cambridge, UK
Chapter Eleven: Hebrews and Wisdom
Mary Ann Beavis, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Chapter Twelve, Christology, Martyrdom, and Vindication in the Gospel of Mark and the Apocalypse: Two New Testament Views
Paul Middleton, University of Chester, UK

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