The Open Mind - Essays in Honour of Christopher Rowland

This Festschrift draws on the research interests of Christopher Rowland. The collection of essays comes from former doctoral students and other friends, many of whom shed light on the angelic contribution to the thought-world of developing Christianity. The significance of the Jewish contribution to developing Christian ideology is critically assessed, including the impact of the original Jewish sources on the earliest Christian belief. The distinguished contributors to this volume include April DeConick, Paul Foster, John Rogerson, Tobias Nicklas and Andrei Orlov.>

About the author

Kevin Sullivan is Associate Professor and Chair of the Religion Department at Illinois Wesleyan University, USA.Jonathan Knight is Research Fellow of the Katie Wheeler Trust and Visiting Fellow in New Testament and Christian Ministry at York St John University. Previous appointments include Lecturer and Research Fellow in Biblical Studies at Sheffield University, Chaplain and Research Assistant to Stephen Sykes and Chaplain of Worcester College, Oxford, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Knight, Kevin Sullivan
• Assisted by: Chris Keith (Editor), Jonathan Knight (Editor), Kevin Sullivan (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2014
• EAN: 9780567658517
• ISBN: 978-0-567-65851-7
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: The Library of New Testament Studies; Library of New Testament Studi; Library of New Testament Studi; The Library of New Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, New Testaments, Biblical Studies & Exegesis