Echoes of Scripture in the letter of Paul to the Colossians / by Christopher A. Beetham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beetham, Christopher A.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 96.

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; v. 96

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Colossians--Relation to the Old Testament.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Relation to Colossians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament has captured the attention of biblical scholars over the years, no study has been devoted to the presence of Scripture in Colossians, largely because there are no explicit quotations in Colossians. With the introduction of literary intertextuality into the discipline, however, scholars have begun to devote more attention to the NT authors’ less explicit references to Scripture, often labelled as ‘allusions’ and/or ‘echoes.’ Scholars, however, continue to debate what constitutes an allusion or echo, or how one validates a given proposal as such. This study proposes new definitions of these terms and offers a methodology on how to detect and validate them, using Colossians as a test case.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Beetham

Chapter One. Introduction and history of research / Beetham

Chapter Two. On determining allusions and echoes: Definitions and methodology / Beetham

Chapter Three. The scriptures of Israel in Colossians 1:3–8: The echo of Genesis 1:28in 1:6 / Beetham

Chapter Four. The Scriptures of Israel in Colossians 1:9–14: The echo of Isaiah 11:2,9 In 1:9–10 / Beetham

Chapter Five. The scriptures of Israel in Colossians 1:9–14: The echo of the exodus motif in 1:12–14 / Beetham

Chapter Six. The scriptures of Israel in Colossians 1:9–14: The echo of the 2 Samuel7 Promise-to-David exegetical tradition In 1:13 / Beetham

Chapter Seven. The scriptures of Israel in Colossians 1:15–20: The allusion to the proverbs 8:22–31 interpretive development In 1:15–20 / Beetham

Chapter Eight. The scriptures of Israel in Colossians 1:15–20: The echo of psalm 68:16(67:17 LXX) in 1:19 / Beetham

Chapter Nine. The scriptures of Israel in Colossians 2:8–15: The echo of Deuteronomy30:6 in 2:11 / Beetham

Chapter Ten. The scriptures of Israel in Colossians 2:8–15: The echo of Genesis 17in 2:13 / Beetham

Chapter Eleven. The scriptures of Israel in Colossians 2:16–23: The echo of Isaiah 29:13in 2:22 / Beetham

Chapter Twelve. The Scriptures of Israel IN Colossians 3:1–4: The echo of psalm 110:1in 3:1 / Beetham

Chapter Thirteen. The scriptures of Israel in Colossians 3:5–17: The allusion to Genesis1:26–27 in 3:10 / Beetham

Chapter Fourteen. The ramifications of the investigation / Beetham

Appendix One. Chart summary of the allusions and echoes of scripture detected in Paul’s letter to the colossians / Beetham

Appendix Two. Proverbs 2:2–6 in Colossians 2:2–3? / Beetham

Appendix Three. The probable text-forms behind the detected allusions and echoes in Paul’s letter to the colossians / Beetham

Selected bibliography / Beetham

Index of ancient sources / Beetham

Index of authors / Beetham

Index Of Greek And Hebrew Words And phrases / Beetham

Index of subjects / Beetham.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-292) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-40005-3

9786612400056

90-474-2412-3

OCLC:

567542870

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004170810.i-344 DOI