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This is the third of three volumes dedicated to Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi. Volume 3 of Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi is a collection of articles discussing the latest findings in a variety of theological subjects related to the Bible as received and interpreted in the Orthodox Church tradition. Scholars from around the world have contributed their recent findings in the field of their research and teaching in this volume.
List of contents
Contents: Stelian Tofana: The Contribution of Professor Paul N. Tarazi to the Development of Romanian Biblical Studies - Michael G. Azar: «Bow your head low to the great; rescue the oppressed from the oppressor.» Ben Sira and the Struggle with Elitism - John A. Jillions: Can These Bones Live? Ezekiel, Jesus and the Challenge of the «Other» - Yohanna Katanacho: Peaceful or Violent Eschatology: A Palestinian Christian Reading of the Psalter - Rev. Fr. Sergius Halvorsen: You are the Man, 2 Samuel 11-12 as a Rhetorical Paradigm for Contemporary Preaching - Rev. Fr. Christopher Salamy: A Linguistic and Metaphoric Approach to Scripture - Bishop Maxim Vasiljevic: Does the Biblical Qadosh Lead to a Hypostatic Personhood? - Merja Merras: Early Syriac Evidence on the Chosen People and the Promised Land - Cornelia B. Horn/Robert R. Phenix, Jr.: Perspectives on Women in Early Christian Apocryphal Texts - Ann Bezzerides: Teach Us John Chrysostom: Biblical Education and Rhetorical Art.
About the author
Tom Dykstra is an independent scholar who has edited many of Paul Nadim Tarazi¿s books since 1988. He has an M.Div. from St. Vladimir¿s Orthodox Theological Seminary and a PhD from the University of Washington. Dr. Dykstra is the author of Mark Canonizer of Paul: A New Look at Intertextuality in Mark¿s Gospel and numerous articles in biblical studies. He has also published books and articles about Russian history, including Hallowed Be Thy Name: The Name-Glorifying Dispute in the Russian Orthodox Church and on Mt. Athos, 1912¿1914 and Russian Monastic Culture: «Josephism» and the Iosifo-Volokolamsk Monastery 1479¿1607.
Summary
Volume 3 of Festschrift in Honor of Professor Paul Nadim Tarazi is a collection of articles discussing the latest findings in a variety of theological subjects related to the Bible as received and interpreted in the Orthodox Church tradition.
