Jesus and Paul Global Perspectives in Honour of James D. G. Dunn. A festschrift for his 70th Birthday

by Oropeza, B. J.; Mohrmann, Douglas C.; Robertson, C. K.

• ISBN13: 9780567629531
• ISBN10: 0567629538
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-08
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

The Library of New Testament Studies (LNTS) is a premier book series that offers cutting-edge work for a readership of scholars, teachers in the field of New Testament studies, postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates. All the many and diverse aspects of New Testament study are represented and promoted, including innovative work from historical perspectives, studies using social-scientific and literary theory, and developing theological, cultural and contextual approaches.

Author Biography

B.J. Oropeza is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Azusa Pacific University USA. The Rev. Canon C. K. Robertson is Canon to the Presiding Bishop and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the General Theological Seminary, USA. Douglas C. Mohrmann is Associate Professor of Religion at Cornerstone University, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Foreword	p. xv
Editors' Preface	p. xxi
Select Bibliography of Publications	p. xxv
Jesus and The Gospels
Written Islands in an Oral Stream: Gospel and Oral Traditions	p. 3
Debtors, Laborers and Virgins: The Voice of Jesus and the Voice of Matthew in Three Parables	p. 13
Jesus' Message of the Kingdom of God: Present and Future Tensions Revisited	p. 24
Sinner According to Words of the Law, Righteous by Works of Love: Boundary Challenges in Relation to the Woman Who Anoints Jesus (Luke 7:36-50)	p. 35
Jesus and Magic in Luke-Acts	p. 46
Barabbas Remembered	p. 59
Judas and the Jews: Anti-Semitic Interpretation of Judas Iscariot, Past and Present	p. 72
Jews or Christians? The Opponents of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel	p. 83
New Testament Christology in Recent British Scholarship: A Sketch of Distinctives and Debates	p. 102
The Worship of Jesus among Early Christians: The Evidence of Hebrews	p. 114
Paul and His Letters
Inheriting the Agitator's Mantle: Paul and the Nature of Apostleship in Luke-Acts	p. 127
Running in Vain, but Not as an Athlete (Galatians 2:2): The Impact of Habakkuk 2:2-4 on Paul's Apostolic Commission	p. 139
Of 'Doing' and 'Living': The Intertextual Semantics of Leviticus 18:5 in Galatians and Romans	p. 151
Israel's Triumphant King: Romans 1:5 and the Scriptures of Israel	p. 173
Paul and Ethnicity: The Paradigm of Glocalization	p. 184
The Cheirograph in Colossians 2:14 and the Ephesian Connection	p. 199
The Epistle to Philemon: Paul's Strategy for Forging the Ties of Kinship	p. 207
About the Contributors	p. 217
Scripture Index	p. 221
Subject Index	p. 230
Author Index	p. 235
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