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Examines the role of the 'audience' in interpreting Luke's narrative in "Acts" with reference to ancient rhetorical, Jewish, Pagan and other early Christian writings. This book explores ancient rhetoricians' comments about 'the audience', and the kinds of audience participation they expected and the tools used to encourage such participation.

Offers an examination of Jesus' claims in the gospels to be 'God's Equal' with reference to the historical Jesus and the Christology of the early church. This title argues that Jesus implicitly claimed to be God's equal and that the Synoptic Gospels on the basis of these claims developed their Christology of Jesus as God's Son.

Argues that, in the Gospel of Mark, Gentiles are recipients of Jesus' compassion and are typically depicted as desperate individuals who exhibit faith and understanding. This work shows how the theological reversal gains clarity when the narrative shifts to Jerusalem.

Includes essays on the function of scripture in the compositional history of the Gospels. Divided into five volumes, this work focuses on: the interpretation of scripture in Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, and the extracanonical Gospels.

Examines the Fourth Gospel in reference to First-Century media culture, including issues of issues of orality, aurality and performance. This book challenges predominant paradigms for understanding early Jesus traditions and the formation of written Gospels.

Examines the 'Conversion of the Nations' in the book of "Revelation" together with the author's vision for final redemption. This work also examines longstanding tension between the author of "Revelation"'s description of the destruction of unrepentant nations early in the book in contrast with their final experience of salvation in Rev 21.24-26.

Examines the use of the Old Testament in "Romans" 9.

An examination of the apostle Paul within the Second Century, focused upon the writings of the Apostolic Fathers. It looks at the imprint and influence that the writings of the Apostle Paul had in the second century examining the Pauline corpus in conjunction with key second century figures and texts.

An examination of the figure of Paul, and his writings, with the context of early Christianity, and the gospels. It collects together the work of several established scholars attempts to situate the Apostle Paul, the Pauline writings, and the earliest Christian Gospels together in the context of early Christianity.

Argues that the conflict in "1 Corinthians" is driven by lust for honour and Paul's use of the paradigm of the cross. This title examines the letter of "1 Corinthians", which presents a unique expose of numerous aspects of social life in the first-century Greco-Roman world where honour was of central importance.

Introduces Paul's epistles using a psychoanalytical approach in light of Jacques Lacan's theory. This title examines Paul's use of Christian ritual and concomitant authoritative evocation of the Biblical tenet Love thy Neighbor, in order to establish a communal Christian identity, separate from 'carnal' Judaism and idolatry alike.

Provokes fresh approaches to the troubled relation of the Lukan Paul by re-configuring the figure and impact of Paul upon nascent Christianity, with the two leading questions as a driving force. First, 'Who is "Israel" and the "church" for Luke and Luke's Paul' and secondly 'Who is Jesus of Nazareth and who is Paul in relation to both?'

This volume seeks to demonstrate, for the first time, that many Jewish and Christian texts in the ancient world were written as a direct response to an earlier situation of crisis that affected the author, or the intended reader. Presented here are texts from both traditions that were written over many centuries in order to establish that such crisis management literature was widespread in the religious and theological literature of ancient times. These chosen works reveal that all manner of crises could contribute to the production or the nature of these texts; including persecution, political factors, religious or theological differences, social circumstances; as well as internal or external threats. By understanding this crucial element in the composition of these texts we are better able to understand the complexity of social, political and religious forces that gave rise to many ancient theological texts, and to appreciate the strategies which the authors used to manage these crises.

A study of how differing levels of educational attainment may affect ancient hearer's interpretation of the cosmological and visionary imagery of "Revelation 9". It considers how a significant variable, namely educational-level, might affect an ancient hearer's interpretation of "Revelation 9".

A consideration of the theological impact of the "Letter to the Hebrews" across the centuries. It assesses the study and interpretation of Hebrews across the last two millennia. Beginning with the Patristic period, it examines the responses of Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, as well as Karl Barth and contemporary global interpreters.

Offers a comparison of the shepherd metaphor in "Matthew's Gospel" with its use in early Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman writings, shedding light on "Matthew's" socio-religious location.

Explores how the "Fourth Gospel's" use of Scripture contributes to its characterization of Jesus and how it functions as a part of the "Gospel's" rhetoric. This work approaches the "Gospel" in its final form, focusing on how Greco-Roman rhetoric assists in understanding the ways in which Scripture is employed to support the presentation of Jesus.

Investigates the exorcism in the activities of the historical Jesus, particularly the connection between spirit possession and exorcism and the socio-political context of first-century Galilee. This title illuminates this aspect of Jesus' career, and the social implications of spirit possession in those he treated and the exorcisms themselves.

At first glance the Markan transfiguration scene is all about light, sound and spectacle. Commentators see revealed in this scene a sparkling vision of God's glory. But have they been blinded by their dazzling evaluations of Mark's theology? This book asks what would be seen if one were to squint past the sun-like glory that dominates this vision.

An analysis of the bridegroom and wedding imagery in the "Gospel of Matthew". This book considers the bridegroom saying, the 2 wedding parables, Matthew's teachings on marriage, divorce and family, and others, and applies them to Matthew's portrayal of Jesus as a bridegroom, and the implications for marriage, family, gender and sexuality.

Essays based on the interconnectedness of the Bible, patristic writing, systematic theology and spirituality. This book focuses on biblical and early Christian literature, and addresses theological concerns, that include essays that revisit the problem of sin, draw attention to the significance of the Quranic Jesus.

Most scholars have interpreted water as a symbol for revelation. This thesis argues against that pervasive view. It not only recognizes the strong Jewish association of water and Spirit with the future creation, but also combines these two distinct Jewish traditions to produce the image of Spirit as the source of eschatological life.

Examines the difficulty represented by the textual tradition in "Codex Bezae" at the point of the Last Supper narrative in "St Luke's Gospel". With a survey of explanations of the difficulty, this title examines the disputed words of Luke 22:19b-20 in regards to their style, grammar and theology, to ascertain their source and non-Lukan features.

The coincidence of not seeing language with a reference to a future coming is reminiscent of the connection between the assumption and eschatological function. This book proposes that this reference to Jesus' assumption shows how Q conceives of the post-mortem vindication of Jesus, since numerous Q sayings presuppose a knowledge of Jesus' death.

This study discusses the prophetic dimensions of both Paul'sself-preservation and rhetoric in 2 Corinthians

A study that examines Jesus' conception of time focusing on the proclamation in "Mark" 1.15, 'Time is fulfilled and the Kingdom is near'. It argues that the perfect verbs in "Mark" 1.15 denote an ongoing dynamic of time fulfilment, closely tied to the ultimate restoration of Israel.

Abold examination of the links between the Johannine eschatological hour and the eschatological hour in the book of Daniel.

This book discusses the composition of the synoptic gospels from the perspective of the Farrer hypothesis, a view that posits that Mark was written first, that Matthew used Mark as a source, and that Luke used both Mark and Matthew. All of the articles in the volume are written in support of the Farrer hypothesis, with the exception of the final chapter, which criticizes these articles from the perspective of the reigning Two-Source theory. The contributors engage the synoptic problem with a more refined understanding of the options set before each of the evangelists pointing towards a deepened understanding of how works were compiled in the first and early second centuries CE. The contributors include Andris Abakuks, Stephen Carlson, Eric Eve, Mark Goodacre, Heather Gorman, John S. Kloppenborg, David Landry, Mark Matson, Ken Olson, Michael Pahl, Jeffrey Peterson, and John C. Poirier.