The New Testament and Rabbinic Literature

by Bieringer, Reimund; Martinez, Florentino Garcia; Pollefeyt, Didier; Tomson, Peter J.

• ISBN13: 9789004175884
• ISBN10: 9004175881
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-01
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

This book brings together the contributions of the foremost specialists on the relationship of the New Testament and Rabbinic Literature. They present the history of scholarship and deal with the main methodological issues, and analyze both legal and literary problems.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
The New Testament and Rabbinic Study-An Historical Sketch	p. 1
Methodology in Rabbinic Studies
The Modern Study of Rabbinics and Historical Questions: The Tale of the Text	p. 43
From the Best Text to the Pragmatic Edition: On Editing Rabbinic Texts	p. 63
Dating Rabbinic Traditions	p. 79
Form-Criticism of Rabbinic Literature	p. 97
The Social Profile of the Pharisees	p. 111
Halakhah
Halakhah in the New Testament: A Research Overview	p. 135
Sabbath Laws in the New Testament Gospels	p. 207
Jesus and Purity	p. 255
Jesus, Scripture and Paradosis: Response to Friedrich Avemarie	p. 281
Divorce Halakhah in Paul and the Jesus Tradition	p. 281
Midrash
The New Testament and Rabbinic Hebrew	p. 335
"First Adam" and "Second Adam" in 1 Cor 15:45-49 in the Light of Midrashic Exegesis and Hebrew Usage	p. 351
Midrash and the New Testament: A Methodology for the Study of Gospel Midrash	p. 367
Other Materials
Targum and the New Testament: A Revisit	p. 387
Jewish Mysticism, the New Testament and Rabbinic-Period Mysticism	p. 429
Cumulative Bibliography	p. 471
Index of Persons	p. 509
Index of Ancient Sources	p. 521
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