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New Studies in Religion & Theology,
from Mohr
Siebeck
January 2010
Elias Bickerman as a Historian of the Jews
This biography of Elias Bickerman (1897-1981), one of the foremost historians of Graeco-Roman antiquity active in the
twentieth century, focuses on his role as a historian of the Jews. Bickerman had an extraordinary life.
On the Daimonion of Socrates
Plutarch's dialogue "On the daimonion of Socrates" is a unique combination of
exciting historical romance and serious philosophical and religious discussion
December 2009
Acts of Paul & Thecla
Sometime in the second century, an early Christian text began to
circulate called
the Acts of Paul and Thecla.
Allegory Transformed
Scholars have long discussed whether the writer of Hebrews might have been
influenced
by Philo of Alexandria.
Children in Late Ancient Christianity
Social, cultural, theological, and economic presentations of children offer important clues to understanding
the development of Christianity and society in Late Antiquity.
Coping with Prejudice
Modern social psychology has devoted a significant share of its resources
to
the study of human prejudice.
De-Demonising the Old Testament
Judit M. Blair challenges the common view that azazel, lilith, deber, qeteb and reshef
are
names of 'demons' in the Hebrew Bible, claiming that major works on the subject
proceed from the assumption that these terms were demons in the ancient Near
East and /or later,
or that they were deities who became 'demonised' by the
authors of the Hebrew Bible.
Der Kolosserbrief im Kontext
des paulinischen Erbes
Published in German.
The Epistle to the Colossians as a Pauline pseudepigraphon provides the earliest
example of intertextual modification of authentic Pauline texts through fictitious
self-references.
Die Herrlichkeit des Verherrlichten
Published in German.
In the four chapters contained in this work, Andreas Lindemann presents 16 studies
of the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles.
Iconographic Exegesis & Third
Isaiah
Although scholars employ pictorial material in biblical exegesis, the question
of how images from
the Ancient Near East can contribute to a better understanding
of the Bible has been left unanswered.
Jesus, Patrons & Benefactors
Scholars use patrons and benefactors in the interpretation of Jesus and the Gospels,
but this practice needs re-evaluation.
Jewish Identities in Antiquity
Jewish Identities in Antiquity: Studies in Memory of Menahem Stern pays
homage
to one of the greatest scholars of ancient Jewish history in the twentieth
century.
Key Events in the Life of
the Historical Jesus
Using a carefully defined approach to historical Jesus studies and historical
method,
this collection of essays examines twelve key events in the life of Jesus
that were part of a
decade-long collaborative research project.
Le Jour de Dieu - Der Tag
Gottes
Published in German & French
This book contains the papers presented at the fifth symposium held in Uppsala
by the three theological faculties of Strasbourg, Tübingen and Uppsala.
Massekhet Sukkah
Tractate Sukkah from the Babylonian Talmud presents a broad spectrum of rabbinical
sources
from Erez Israel and Babylon that explicitly examine issues relating
to women.
Not Reckoned Among Nations
As in the modern era, in Roman antiquity too the so-called "Jewish question"
was
essentially that of the integration of diaspora Jews into their host societies.
Presence & Absence
of God
Safeguarding the distinction between God and world has always been a basic
interest of negative theology.
Pseudepigraphie
und Verfasserfiktion in frühchristlichen Briefen
Published in English & German.
Since the classic studies of early Christian pseudepigraphy in the 1960s and
70s,
pseudonymity has been a vital question of New Testament scholarship.
Rhetoric of Digressions
Revelation 7:1-17 occurs between the opening of the sixth and seventh seal and
Rev 10:1-11:13
between the sixth and seventh trumpet blasts.
Samaritans In Flavius Josephus
The first-century C.E. Jewish historian Flavius Josephus is the main source of
information for the
early history of the Samaritans, a community closely related
to Judaism whose development as an
independent religion is commonly dated in
the Hellenistic-Roman period.
Theme of Hardening in the Book of Isaiah
"Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their hearts and turn and be healed." This call of the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 6 has perplexed readers of all times.
Was ist Gnosis?
Published in German.
Gnosticism is regarded as an integral part of identity formation and the
development
of early Christianity.
OTHER NEW RELIGION & THEOLOGY TITLES
Animals in the Apochryphal Acts
of the Apostles
Janet E. Spittler argues that these animal episodes have a greater, more
complex
significance than has previously been recognized, reading
these texts within
the broad context of Greco-Roman
literature and presenting new interpretations of each animal-related episode.
Antiquity in Antiquity. Jewish & Christian
Pasts in the Greco-Roman World
Leading scholars in early Christianity, Judaic studies, classics, history and
archaeology
explore the ways that memories were retrieved, reconstituted and put to use
by
Jews, Christians and their pagan neighbours in late antiquity, from the
third century B.C.E. to the seventh century C.E.
Apocalyptic Son of Man in the Gospel
of John
Benjamin E. Reynolds analyzes the background of 'Son of Man' from
the 'one
like a son of man' in Daniel 7 and the interpretations of
this figure in Jewish
apocalyptic and early Christian literature.
Belial und Katechon,
2009
In his thesis on the eschatological sections of 1 Thess 4:13-5:11 and 2 Thess
2:1-12,
Fritz W. Röcker deals with the issue of identifying the traditio-historical
origins of the expression
"the man of lawlessness" (2 Thess 2:3)
and "the lawless one" (2 Thess 2:8).
Beyond Eden:The Biblical Story of
Paradise (Genesis 2-3) & its Reception History
The biblical story of paradise (Genesis 2-3) is probably one of the best known
texts in world literature.
It has had a rich reception history over many centuries. Genesis 2-3 formulates
fundamental premises
and problems of human self-understanding in the Western world.
Called from the
Jews & from
the Gentiles, 2009
By examining Paul's argument
in Romans 9-11 using rhetorical analysis, and considering the
scriptural
background of these chapters, Pablo T. Gadenz investigates Paul's understanding
of the
network of relationships between Israel and the nations, both internal
and external to the church.
Christ-Believers
in Ephesus, 2009
This book deals with issues relating to the formation of early Christian
identity in
the city of Ephesus, one of the major centres of the early
Christian movement towards
the end of the first century and the beginning
of the second century CE.
Das Paulinische Eikon-Konzept
By analyzing the meaning of the word εìκών and
its semantic cognates, Stefanie Lorenzen
reveals the mental concept of the likeness of man to God in the Wisdom of Solomon,
the
texts of Philo of Alexandria and the Pauline homologoumena.
Der Sprechende Gott,
2009
This volume includes thirteen articles on the interpretation of Hebrews written
between 1993
and 2009. They focus on the concept of God, Christology, the intertextual
and figurative
modes of generating and developing biblical theology, the relationship
between Israel and the
church, the history of Christian hope and anxiety and
the ethical foundation of Christian sociality.
Death of the Soul in Romans 7
Emma Wasserman argues that the monologue can be better contextualized within
certain
intellectual discourses alive in Paul’s day.
Divine Instruction in Early Christianity
Stephen E. Witmer investigates one aspect of early Christian self-understanding:
the
conviction of some early followers of Jesus that they had been, and were being,
taught by God, in fulfillment of OT prophetic promises
Divine Wrath & Divine Mercy
in the World of Antiquity
Wrath and mercy of the gods were some of the significant religious features
in antiquity...
Dynamics
of Language & Exegesis at Qumran, April 2009
The discovery of the Qumran scrolls sixty years ago revolutionized our
understanding
of the development and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible.
Fellowship & Food
in the Kingdom
Eschatological Meals & Scenes of Utopian Abundance in the New Testament.
From Gods to
God, June 2009
Dynamics of Iron Age Cosmologies
How was Western culture born? Not from Athenian democracy, but from
everything
the led to Greek dialogue about sciences born in the east.
Fruhes Christentum
und Gnosis
In dealing with the reception of the New Testament scriptures in the sources
handed down by
early Christian gnosis, Hans-Friedrich Weiß shows the integration of
early Christian
writings into an authentic gnostic conceptual framework.
God in Translation:
Deities in Cross-Cultural Discourse in the Biblical World
The author tells the story of what has been called "translatability" of
deities, namely how deities of
various cultures were identified or recognized by name across cultural boundaries.
Hebrews as Pseudepigraphon,
May 2009
Michael Wolter presents studies on central themes of the mission of Jesus,
the
theology of Paul the apostle and the theology of history in Luke-Acts.
Helleninten in der Apostelgeschichte, 2009
Hermeneutik der Gleichnisse Jesu
Whereas previous methods of understanding Jesus' parables were strictly separated
according to history, literature and the aesthetics of reception, the authors
of this book
attempt to look at the various approaches together from the perspective of
hermeneutics.
Herod's Judaea
Samuel Rocca presents an in - depth analysis of Herodian society. The most important
facet of this analysis
was the relationship between Herod as ruler and the
Jewish subjects over whom he ruled.
History & the Hebrew Bible
In this collection of essays, Hans M. Barstad deals thoroughly with the recent
history
debate, and demonstrates its relevancy for the study of ancient Israelite history
and historiography.
Interpretation of Freedom in
the Letters of Paul, June 2009
With Special Reference to the German Tradition
Wayne Coppins investigates the interpretation of freedom in Paul's letters
with
special reference to Martin Luther and twentieth-century "German" New
Testament scholarship.
Isaiah 53 in the Light of Homecoming
After Exile
In this study, Fredrik Hägglund presents an interpretation based on a
hypothesis that conflicts
emerged between the people in the land of Israel and those who returned from
exile.
Jesus' Transfiguration & the
Believers' Transformation August 2009
Simon Lee examines Jesus' transfiguration story found in the narrative account
of Mark, tracing the
development of its multiple readings through the first two
centuries of the Christian era.
Jewish Reception of
Greek Bible Versions, June 2009
Studies in Their Use in Late Antiquity & the Middle
Ages
The authors of the essays collected in this volume are all concerned with the
Jewish transmission and use of Greek translations of the biblical
books from
Late Antiquity to the early modern period.
Jewish World Around the New Testament
Many aspects of the literature and thought of early Judaism are covered, including
life after
death, the provenance of the Pseudepigrapha, the Jewish apocalypses, the book
of Tobit,
the Horarium of Adam, and the Contra Apionem of Josephus.
Kultische Sprache in den Paulusbriefen
Martin Vahrenhorst deals with the Epistles which are generally thought to have
been written by Paul,
studying their contexts in the history of religion and their cultic passages.
Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late
Antiquity, Part III
In this lexicon, Tal Ilan collects all the information on names of Jews in
lands west of Palestine, in which
Greek and Latin was spoken, and on the people who bore them between 330 BCE,
a date which
marks the Hellenistic conquest of East, and 650 CE, approximately the date
when the
Muslim conquest of East and the southern Mediterranean basin was completed.
New Testament & Christian
Apocrypha
This volume of Kleine Schriften reflects François Bovon's two major fields
of research:
Luke-Acts on the one hand, and early Christian Apocrypha on the other.
He insists on the ethical and missionary practices of the early Christian communities.
Offering of the Gentiles
Money mattered to the apostle Paul. One economic endeavor of signal importance
for
Paul was the monetary fund that he organized among the largely Gentile congregations
of his
mission for the Jewish-Christian community in Jerusalem.
Paul, Jerusalem & the
Judaisers, April 2009
Susan Docherty argues that the Letter to the Hebrews can be better understood
if
it is read seriously as an example of first century Jewish biblical interpretation.
Paul's Anthropology in Context
George H. van Kooten offers a radical contextualization of Paul's view of
man within the Graeco-Roman discourse of his day.
Paul's Inclusive Ethic
In Rom 14-15 Paul promotes an inclusive ethic by advising the strong (mainly
Gentile Christians) to allow for
certain Jewish practices performed by the weak (mainly Jewish Christians)...
Paul's Message of the Cross as
Body Language
Wenhua Shi attempts to examine Paul’s ‘message of the cross’ in
the context of the
Greco-Roman society, especially its firmly established and jealously guarded
social ethos.
Paul's Territoriality & Mission
Strategy, 2009
How does a certain place influence the self? Could one argue that Paul's territoriality
and mission
strategies are Jerusalem-centered? Does the letter to the Romans,
as an insight into
Paul's mission strategy, reveal the apostle's central territorial
paradigm and
offer explanations for the creation of Paul's theology as it affects
his mission?
Prophetie und Konigtum
The tense relationship between 'prophecy' and 'monarchy' in view of the search
for the true
word of JHWH is present throughout the Books of Kings.
Purpose of Mark's Gospel
After placing the composition of Mark in Rome at a time shortly after the destruction
of the
Jerusalem Temple, Adam Winn seeks to reconstruct the historical situation
facing both the Markan evangelist and his community
Recapitulation of Israel
It is the argument of Joel Kennedy that the recapitulation of Israel is a formative
element of
Matthew's presentation of Jesus Christ that has warranted further consideration
using a variety of critical approaches.
Religion & the End of Metaphysics
The authors of this volume present a detailed philosophico-theological discussion
of the
relation between religion and metaphysics.
Right Chorale: Studies in Biblical
Law & Interpretation
With these studies, Bernard Levinson draws upon the literary forebears of biblical
law in
cuneiform literature and its reinterpretation in the Second Temple period to
provide the
horizon of ancient Israelite legal exegesis.
Seder Avodah for the Day of Atonement
by Shelomoh Suleiman Al-Sinjari
This book contains a critical edition, an English translation, and a detailed
commentary of two
lengthy Hebrew liturgical poems for the Day of Atonement (called Seder Avodah)
that were
composed by a ninth- or tenth-century Jewish poet who apparently lived in
Palestine or its environs, Shelomoh Suleiman Al-Sinjari.
Settlement & History
in Hellenistic,
Roman, & Byzantine Galilee
An Archaeological Survey of the Eastern Galilee
Uzi Leibner aims to provide the most accurate picture possible of the nature
and history of the
rural settlement in the Lower Galilee during Hellenistic,
Roman and Byzantine periods
when this region played an important role in the
development of both Judaism and Christianity.
Sermons on Joseph of Balai of Qenneshrim
Robert Phenix investigates the collection of twelve Syriac poetic sermons recounting
the
story of Joseph in Genesis 37 and 39-50.
Shema & the First Commandment
in First Corinthians
Erik Waaler takes a somewhat modified intertextual approach to the
relationship between Jewish monotheism and Pauline Christology.
Silent or Salient Gender?
Hanne Løland studies gendered god-language in the Hebrew Bible.
Spirit & Creation in Paul
John W. Yates explores the meaning and significance of the Apostle Paul’s
description of the divine Spirit as "life-giving".
Ta'aniyot Fasten
Andreas Lehnardt presents the first German translation of the
Tractate Ta'aniyot (Fasting) with a commentary.
Temple in the Gospel of Mark
Timothy C. Gray analyzes one of the most striking elements of Mark's story:
the vital role the
temple plays from Jesus' entry into Jerusalem to the moment of his death.
Theologie und Ethos
im fruhen Christentum, May 2009
Michael Wolter presents studies on central themes of the mission of Jesus, the
theology of Paul the apostle and the theology of history in Luke-Acts.
Theophany, March 2009
Hilary Anne-Marie Mooney's study is based on the new critical edition of
Eriugena's
Periphyseon and analyzes Eriugena as a biblically rooted theologian.
Use of the Old Testament
in Hebrews
The history of scholarship on Hebrews attests a tension between the
originality
and Pauline character of its epistolary postscript
William Robertson
Smith
William Robertson Smith (1846–1894) was successively the embattled
champion of the
emergent "higher criticism" as applied to the Old Testament, chief
editor of the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, and Professor of Arabic at Cambridge
University.
Word - Gift - Being
Focusing on the relationship between justification, gift-economy and ontology,
this volume
addresses fundamental issues in contemporary Reformation theology
with an impact on the understanding of creation theology, human passivity/activity,
self-giving, the concept of excess, and generosity.