Earliest Christianity within the boundaries of Judaism : essays in honor of Bruce Chilton / edited by Alan J. Avery-Peck, Craig A. Evans, Jacob Neusner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Avery-Peck, Alan J. (Alan Jeffery), 1953- editor.

Evans, Craig A. (Craig Alan), 1952- editor.

Neusner, Jacob, editor.

Series:

Brill reference library of Judaism ; Volume 49.

Brill Reference Library of Judaism, 1571-5000 ; Volume 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Origin.

Christianity.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425.

Judaism.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (501 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brill 2016

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Twenty-two essays, written by top scholars in the fields of early Christianity and Judaism, focus on methodological issues, earliest Christianity in its Judaic setting, Gospel studies, and history and meaning in later Christianity. These essays honor Bruce Chilton, recognizing his seminal contribution to the study of earliest Christianity in its Judaic setting. Chilton’s scholarship has established innovative approaches to reconstructing the life of Jesus, a Jew whose religious ideology developed and therefore must be understood within the Judaism of the first centuries. Following upon Chilton’s approaches and insights, the essays collected here illustrate the centrality of the literatures of early Judaism to the critical exegesis of the New Testament and other writings of early Christianity.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction / Alan J. Avery-Peck , Craig A. Evans and Jacob Neusner

1 A Phenomenological Approach to Values and Valuing: A Research Strategy / M. Kathryn Armistead

2 Justification: An Essay on Approach and Method in Biblical Studies / Baruch A. Levine

3 Critical Issues in the Formation of the Hebrew Bible / Lee Martin McDonald

4 Gamaliel and Paul / Richard Bauckham

5 What Shall We Remember, the Deeds or the Faith of Our Ancestors? A Comparison of 1 Maccabees 2 and Hebrews 11 / Christian M.M. Brady

6 Reading Paul in Relation to Judaism: Comparison or Contrast? / William S. Campbell

7 The Targums and the Apostle Paul / Delio DelRio

8 Few and Far Between: The Life of a Creed / Scot McKnight

9 Patterns of Prophecy / Jacob Neusner

10 What James Was, His More Famous Brother Was Also / John Painter

11 The Compassionate Father of Two Difficult Sons (Luke 15:11–32) and Judaic Interpretation of the Ark and 2 Samuel 6 / Roger David Aus

12 Parables of Jesus: Told and Enacted / Frederick Houk Borsch

13 Passover and the Date of the Crucifixion / Philip R. Davies

14 An Aramaic Parable in a Greek Gospel: The Quest for the Original Meaning of the Vineyard Parable / Craig A. Evans

15 The Gospel of Mark in Syriac Christianity / Daniel M. Gurtner

16 The Legacy of B.F. Westcott and Oral Gospel Tradition / Stanley E. Porter

17 Misunderstood New Testament Texts: Mark 2:23 and Galatians 2:1 / John Townsend

18 Origen: Exegesis, Contemplative Prayer, and the Limits of Language / Robert M. Berchman

19 Exploring the Origins of the descensus ad inferos / J.H. Charlesworth

20 The Chalcedonian Formula and Twentieth Century Ecumenism / Paul B. Clayton Jr.

21 The Gospel of Participation / Klyne Snodgrass

22 One Supper, Many Suppers: The Eucharist in the Earliest Christian Communities / Armand Puig i Tàrrech

Major Publications of Bruce Chilton

Index of Biblical and Post-Biblical References

Index of Names and Subjects.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-31033-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004310339 DOI