NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES
Volume 56 - Issue 04 - October 2010
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Articles
The Eagle and the Dove: Roman Imperial Sonship and the Baptism of Jesus (Mark 1.9-11)
Michael PeppardNew Testament Studies, Volume 56, Issue 04, October 2010, pp 431 - 451
doi:10.1017/S0028688510000159 Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
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This essay argues that the common understanding of imperial divine sonship among biblical scholars can be reframed by emphasizing the importance of adoption in Roman society and imperial ideology. A case study from the Gospel of Mark demonstrates some of the pay-off for reading the NT with a newly contextualized perspective on divine sonship. Through engagement with diverse sources from the Hellenistic and Roman eras, the dove will be interpreted as an omen and counter-symbol to the Roman eagle, which was a public portent of divine favor, election, and ascension to power.
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Die markinischen Summarien—ein literarischer und theologischer Schlüssel zu Mark 1–6
Eve-Marie BeckerNew Testament Studies, Volume 56, Issue 04, October 2010, pp 452 - 474
doi:10.1017/S0028688510000093 Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
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On the basis of a concise definition of the literary form of a summary/Summarium/sommaire that has to be distinguished from epitome (e.g. Mk 1.14f.; 8.31) or (cf. Acts), this contribution analyzes the literary and theological function of all three summaries that can be found in Mark 1 34; 3.7 56). By these summaries the author of the Markan Gospel not only provides a macro-textual structure for his narrative, but also gives a theological interpretation and a narrative emplotment of Jesus' Galilean ministry, and thus carries forward essential parts of the Gospel story.
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Lilies Do Not Spin: A Challenge to Female Social Norms
Lee A. Johnson, Robert C. Tannehill
New Testament Studies, Volume 56, Issue 04, October 2010, pp 475 - 490
doi:10.1017/S0028688510000135 Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
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The saying about the birds and lilies presents a challenge to the expected domestic roles of men, in providing food, and women, in providing clothing, opening the possibility that these duties can be neglected because of a higher priority. This challenge is relevant to situations reflected in other Q texts. The challenge is a threat both to a family's livelihood and to honor status. Evidence is presented showing that spinning and weaving have special importance in cultural models of the ideal woman and contribute to a woman's honor. This evidence broadens our awareness of the potential conflict with social norms in the birds and lilies passage.
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Abraham geschworen – uns gegeben. Syntax und Sinn im Benediktus (Lukas 1.68–79)
Friedrich Gustav LangNew Testament Studies, Volume 56, Issue 04, October 2010, pp 491 - 512
doi:10.1017/S0028688510000147 Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
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The Benedictus is Luke's own composition. Its syntax is perspicuous, provided that 1.71 is understood as zeugma and 1.73 as hyperbaton. It has three parts in 3 5 5 double lines; their topics are eschatological (1.68 75: God's covenant) and soteriological (1.76 us (1.73) forms the centre. The hymn originates in Luke's sophisticated theological reflection, his knowledge of LXX, and his literary skill which is confirmed by the stichometric proportions of the passage.
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'Some were saying, "He is good"' (John 7.12b): 'Good' Christology in John's Gospel?
Jane HeathNew Testament Studies, Volume 56, Issue 04, October 2010, pp 513 - 535
doi:10.1017/S0028688510000111 Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
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Far from being the banality suggested by commentators, John's use of the vocabulary of for Jesus ( and goodness 22 parr.).
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Mutual Brokers of Grace: A Study in 2 Corinthians 1.3-11
David BrionesNew Testament Studies, Volume 56, Issue 04, October 2010, pp 536 - 556
doi:10.1017/S002868851000010X Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
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The brokerage relationship has been applied as a model to various passages in the NT. Surprisingly, only a few have applied it to the Pauline corpus. Among them is Stephan Joubert, who uses the model to reach a very hierarchical conclusion on Paul's apostleship in the Corinthian Correspondence. Against Joubert, this essay will demonstrate that, when the brokerage model is applied to 2 Cor 1.3-11, a characteristic relational pattern in the economy of grace emerges, one which is marked by interpersonal solidarity and a mutual channelling of unfitting nature of the model is acknowledged.
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The Son's Entrance into the Heavenly World: The Soteriological Necessity of the Scriptural Catena in Hebrews 1.5-14
Joshua W. JippNew Testament Studies, Volume 56, Issue 04, October 2010, pp 557 - 575
doi:10.1017/S0028688510000123 Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
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Hebrews 1.5-14 has proved difficult to integrate within the author's larger literary project. More recent scholarship has emphasized rightly that the catena centers upon the Son of God's royal enthronement, but the question as to why the author should begin his argument this way has yet to be answered. In this essay I argue that the event which the catena describes, namely the Son's enthronement to the heavenly world, is critical for the entire logic of the author's argument regarding how humanity's salvation is accomplished. The likelihood of this conclusion is bolstered by the rarely recognized inclusio between 1.5-14 and 12.18-29. Finally, I briefly examine four texts which suggest that the author envisions the Son's narrative, particularly his entrance into God's heavenly realm as described in 1.5-14, as a soteriological necessity, and pattern, for humanity.
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Short Study
Keine Quästoren in Korinth: Zu Goodrichs (und Theißens) These über das Amt des Erastos (Röm 16.23)
Alexander WeissNew Testament Studies, Volume 56, Issue 04, October 2010, pp 576 - 581
doi:10.1017/S0028688510000160 Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
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In a recent article, Goodrich has revived the thesis of Theissen, that Erastos, the (Rom 16.23), held the office of quaestor when Paul met him in Corinth. This article, however, argues that the municipal office of quaestor did not exist in Corinth.
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Books Received
BOOKS RECEIVED 2009/2010
New Testament Studies, Volume 56, Issue 04, October 2010, pp 582 - 587
doi:10.1017/S0028688510000172 Published online by Cambridge University Press 07 Sep 2010
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