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The Bible was the lifeblood of virtually every aspect of the life of the early churches. This Handbook explores a wide array of themes related to the reception, canonization, interpretation, uses, and legacies of the Bible in early Christianity.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- List of abbreviations
- List of figures
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- Part I: Scripture
- 1: Lincoln H. Blumell: Scripture as Artefact
- 2: Reinhart Ceulemans: The Septuagint and Other Translations
- 3: Joseph Lienhard, SJ: Canons and Rules of Faith
- 4: Frances Young: Divine Discourse: Scripture in the Economy of Revelation
- Part II: Interpreters and Interpretation
- 5: Peter Struck: Greco-Roman Literary Criticism
- 6: Tarmo Toom: Early Christian Handbooks on Interpretation
- 7: John C. Cavadini: From Letter to Spirit: The Multiple Senses of Scripture
- 8: Peter W. Martens: The Ideal Interpreter
- Part III: Settings and Genres of Scriptural Interpretation
- I Exegetical Genres
- 9: Josef Lössl: Commentaries
- 10: Eric Scherbenske: Scholia
- 11: Lorenzo Perrone: Questions and Responses
- 12: Andrew Faulkner: Paraphrase and Metaphrase
- 13: Richard A. Layton: Catanae
- 14: Luke Dysinger, OSB: Sentences
- II Liturgical Interpretation
- 15: Wendy Mayer: Catecheses and Homilies
- 16: Jeffrey Wickes: Poetry and Hymnody
- 17: L. Edward Phillips: Liturgy as Performative Interpretation
- III Narrative and Visual Interpretation
- 18: Stephen J. Shoemaker: Christian Apocrypha
- 19: F. Stanley Jones: Novels
- 20: Bronwen Neil: Hagiography
- 21: Robin M. Jensen: Visual Art
- Part IV: Communities and Criteria
- 22: James Carleton Paget: Christianity and Judaism
- 23: John Granger Cook: Christians and Pagans
- 24: H. Clifton Ward: Marcion and His Critics
- 25: David Brakke: Gnostics and Their Critics
- 26: Jason BeDuhn: Manichaean Biblical Interpretation
- Part V: Scripture in the Life of the Church
- 27: Johan Leemans and Anthony Dupont: Scripture and Martyrdom
- 28: Lewis Ayres: Scripture in the Trinitarian Controversy
- 29: Andrew Hofer, OP: Scripture in the Christological Controversies
- 30: Michael Hollerich: Scripture and a Christian Empire
- 31: Elizabeth A. Clark: Scripture and Asceticism
- VI: Scriptural Figures and Motifs
- 32: Paul M. Blowers: Creation
- 33: Peter C. Bouteneff: Adam and Eve
- 34: Everett Ferguson: Covenants
- 35: Michael Graves: Exodus
- 36: B. Lee Blackburn, Jr.: Law
- 37: Michael Cameron: Psalms
- 38: Mark W. Elliot: Semon on the Mount
- 39: C. E. Hill: The Gospel of John
- 40: Judith L. Kovacs: Paul the Apostle
- 41: John Behr: Cross
- 42: Jeffrey A. Trumbower: Heaven and Hell
- VII: Retrievals and Criticisms
- 43: Franklin T. Harkins: Medieval Latin Reception
- 44: Mary B. Cunningham: Byzantine Reception
- 45: Esther Chung-Kim: Reception in the Renaissance and Reformation
- 46: Michael C. Legaspi: Modern Biblical Criticism and the Legacy of Pre-Modern Interpretation
- 47: Matthew Levering: Retrievals in Contemporary Christian Theology
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Paul M. Blowers is Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History at Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College. He was formerly President of the North American Patristics Society from 2008-09. His publications include
Maximus the Confessor: Jesus Christ and the Transfiguration of the World (2016) and
Drama of the Divine Economy: Creator and Creation in Early Christian Theology and Piety (2012).
Peter W. Martens is Associate Professor of Early Christianity and Chair of the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. He is the author of
Origen and Scripture: The Contours of the Exegetical Life (2012) and the critical edition
Adrian's Introduction to the Divine Scriptures (2017).
Zusammenfassung
The Bible was the lifeblood of virtually every aspect of the life of the early churches. This Handbook explores a wide array of themes related to the reception, canonization, interpretation, uses, and legacies of the Bible in early Christianity.
Zusatztext
The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation fulfils the intention that Toom claims typifies early Christian handbooks on interpretation: 'to be used as a reference work on a particular subject matter, presenting its material in an introductory yet systematic way.'
