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Peter G Bolt. Editorial: Conversations about Ancient Texts Adam Z. Wright, The Historical Jesus and Mythology: An Evaluation of Mythicist Thought Hans M. Moscicke, Jesus' Three-Day Journey in the Belly of the Sea Monster: Jonah Typologies and Traditions in Matthew's Passion Narrative Bart B. Bruehler, Jesus' Mission of Proclamation and The Problem of Popularity: A Pragmatic Dimension to the Secrecy Elements in the Gospel of Mark John A. Davies...

Peter G. Bolt, Editorial: Human Beings Thinking Like God in and for 'these last days', Jeannine K. Brown, Interpreting Gentile Women in Matthew: Misrepresentation, Misappropriation, and a Missed Chance, Alan H. Cadwallader, Orality and Gospel Research: Revisiting Mark's Gospel, Keith Dyer, Making a Mark: Biography, Gospel, Apocalypse?, Chris Seglenieks, The Divine Identity of Jesus in John 4, Marie McInnes, David in the Gospels and Acts, ...

A collection of essays in honour of James R. Harrison, with contributions from Peter Arzt-Grabner, Richard S. Ascough, Paul Barnett, Stephen C. Barton, Bradley J. Bitner, Darrell L. Bock, Peter G. Bolt, Cilliers Breytenbach, Alan H. Cadwallader, Constantine R. Campbell, Doru Costache, John A. Davies, Kathy Ehrensperger, Joseph D. Fantin, Louise A. Gosbell, Edwin A. Judge, Rosalinde Kearsley, John S. Kloppenborg, Peter Lampe, Stephen Llewelyn a...

Learning to be Learners flows out of, and builds on, a graduate course of teacher education for theological lecturers. It is intentionally designed for practising theological teachers who have had little or no formal education in teaching, as a tool to be used as a professional development base for theological faculties who wish to develop their committed and competent teaching staff to a higher and more professional level of educational exper...

This volume of essays represents a selection of eleven of the papers from the Centre for Gospels and Acts Research 2019 conference, 'Discerning the Trends'. This collection provides a sounding of current Gospels and Acts research. Each essay builds on current research and opens up new questions charting a direction for research in the future.

This exegetical analysis of 8:4-6 contributes to the ongoing discussion on Paul's Christology and its role in the developmentof Early Christian thought. Paul's representation of Jesus Christ as the Lord is analyzed in relation to Hellenistic, Roman, and Jewishreligious worldviews in which other figures were also called lords. Implying a correlation between status and function of a particularlord and therefore denoting objective characteristics...

Writing from a variety of perspectives, the essays in The Impact of Jesus, volumes 1 and 2, explore the impact of Jesus of Nazareth on hisown and subsequent times. After Volume 1 collected historical and theological essays, volume 2 moves from the historical and theological, towards the wider impact of Jesus on pastoral practice in our contemporary world

The Canons of Hippolytus is a church order derived from Traditio apostolica, though incorporating major expansions of the original, although composed in Greek, it survives only in Arabic, itself a translation from a Coptic version of the Greek. Beyond directing the conduct of ordinations, initiation, and ritual meals, the text gives instructions for the conduct of Christians and Christian clergy, with a particular concern with the direction of...

The Apostolic Church Order is the name most commonly given to a pseudonymous document claiming to be the work of the apostles, found in most canonical collections, which sets out the manner in which a church should be organized. Although this church-orderwas much studied in the nineteenth century the twentieth century saw it neglected, its light eclipsed by that of the Didache. In 2006 thepresent author published an entirely new Greek text, th...

Peter G. Bolt, Editorial: Warnings and the Embrace of Grace, 2. Chris Armitage, Jesus and Elijah Redivivus: The Messianic Apocalypse, Matthew 11.4-5/Luke 7.22 and Jesus Memory Theory, 3. David Lertis Matson, 'Put Your Sword Back into Its Place' (Matt 26:52): The Rationale Behind Jesus's Sword Directive (and It Isn't Pacifism), 4. Craig S. Keener, Casting Out Mountains-Mark 11:23, 5. John A. Davies, Luke-Acts as Prophetic Proclamation, 6. Craig...

As the fruit of the Learning and Teaching Conference of 2019, the essays within this volume ably demonstrate the heart, soul and passion that theological educators have for forming students within their care to be God's Exemplary Graduates. The many suggestions and reflections within will no doubt prove helpful to current faculty and teaching practitioners but, it is hoped, they will also prepare the way for further discussion and experimentat...

This book seeks to share a Christian response to the challenges of ageing and arose from the 2018 academic conference, 'Embracing Life and Gathering Wisdom: Theological, Pastoral, and Clinical Insights into Human Flourishing at the End of Life'. In 12 chapters, the authors focus on the four themes of practical application, theological understanding, spiritual care, and historical insight.Part 1: The Practice of Caring for the Ageing, Part 2: T...

1. Peter Bolt, Introduction , 2. Darrell Bock, What Got Jesus into Trouble? Understanding the Significance of Jesus' Ministry by Looking at Its Jewish Context: Part One-The Irritant Events , 3. John Davies, Nonverbal Responses to Jesus in the Gospels , 4. Aaron Chidgzey, Transcending Categories: The Impact of the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth , 5. Peter Bolt, Synoptic Comparison & Oral History: A South Pacific Analogy , 6. James Harrison, ...

IntroductionChapter 1: James R. Harrison, Romans and the Western Intellectual Tradition: From Church to Society and Back AgainPART 1. On First Hearing Romans Read Aloud in Neronian Rome: Theological and Historical Reverberations, Chapter 2: Brendan Byrne, SJ, The Apocalyptic Motif of the Last Judgement: The Essential Horizon of Paul'sArgument in Romans, Chapter 3: Brendan Byrne, SJ, Justification and Last Judgment in Romans: The Place of Chapt...

During the ten years that Cyprian was bishop of Carthage (A.D. 249-258) there were five bishops of Rome (Fabian, Cornelius, Lucius I, Stephen I and Sixtus II). Cyprian's literary output deals with some of the most challenging issues faced by pre-Nicene Christianity: the Decian persecution and the problem of lapsed Christians, and the subsequent so-called rebaptism controversy. This book investigates the history of Cyprian's interactions with, ...

This book explores the letters of Bishop Basil of Caesarea as instruments of communion. In particular, it examines how Basil used his letters as instruments for arriving at, maintaining and expressing communion within a pro-Nicene church. For Basil, the divinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit was affirmed best through doxological worship and had ecclesiastical communion as its lasting expression. Basil's letters became the instruments thro...

Simply put, sinners by nature or sinners by choice are the traditionalpositions of Western and (Near) Eastern branches of the Church. JohnChrysostom, an early fifth century Bishop of Constantinople, took the latterposition. Having gained a basic anthropology from his training in the Greekpaideia, he understood the mindset (γν¿μη) to be the centre ofresponsibility of the person. Repeatedly in his homilies, the γν¿μη is heldresponsible for sin i...