Origins and method : towards a new understanding of Judaism and Christianity : essays in honour of John C. Hurd / edited by Bradley H. McLean.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hurd, John Coolidge, honouree.

McLean, Bradley H. (Bradley Hudson), 1957- editor.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies.

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 86.

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 86

Library of New Testament studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays is presented in honour of John C. Hurd on the occasion of his retirement as Professor of New Testament at Trinity College, Toronto, and in recognition of a distinguished career in the fields of Pauline studies and computing in the humanities. Given Professor Hurd's interest in Christian origins and methodology, it is appropriate that the contributors to this volume deal with the origin and development of various aspects of Judaism and Christianity. In particular they highlight how a greater attentiveness to method has resulted in a reshaping of our understanding of Ch

Contents:

CONTENTS; Foreword; Editor's Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part I. NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF PAUL; Paul, Christ and the Problem of Death; Gnosticism in Corinth?; Church Office in Paul, Especially in Philippians; Our Politeuma is in Heaven: The Meaning of Philippians 3.17-21; Military Language and Metaphors in Philippians; 2 Thessalonians and the Church of Thessalonica; Apostolic Mission and Apostolic Message Congruence in Paul's Epistolary Rhetoric, Structure and Imagery; Conversion and Universalism: Opposites that Attract; Thomas Kuhn, Convictional Worlds, and Paul

Major Variations in Pauline and Other Epistles in Light of Genre and the Pauline Letter FormPart II. NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; Edwin Hatch, Churches and Collegia; The Agrippinilla Inscription: Religious Associations and Early Church Formation; The Uniqueness of Jesus as a Methodological Problem; The Son of Man Problem as an Illustration of the Techne of NT Studies; Ancient and Modern Questions about Authenticity; Discontinuity, Metamorphosis and Coherence: Methodologies for Computer-Assisted Textual Analysis, with Reference to the Metamorphoses of Ovid

Part III. NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITYPhilo and Eusebius on Monasteries and Monasticism: The Therapeutae and Kellia; Sectarian Separation and Exclusion - The Temple Scroll: A Case for Wholistic Religious Claims; The Bible and Translation: The Targums; John Coolidge Hurd, Jr: Cursus Vitae; Bibliography of John C. Hurd; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

"Bibliography of John C. Hurd": pages [396]-398.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-20007-4

9786613200075

0-567-49557-4

OCLC:

741691782