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Tailoring Scripture With Citation Formulae - Clues About Early Christian Views of the Holy Books and the Holy God

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The phrases "scripture says" and "as it is written" in early Christian literature appear unremarkable, little more than throwaway lines. Tailoring Scripture with Citation Formulae: Clues about Early Christian Views of the Holy Books and the Holy God contends, however, that they provide much to remark on. Current discussions of scriptural intertextuality either neglect or instrumentalize citation formulae. Within a world of expensive books and widespread illiteracy, though, the formulae would not only have signaled the presence of an upcoming citation. At times they also situated and interpreted a quoted passage. Further, close attention to the formulae yields three interesting clues about early Christian views of the holy books and the holy God. First, the media of the formulae in the Gospels cuts precisely counter to expectations, with the pre-Synoptic tradition indicating a textual view of scripture and Matthew, an oral one. Second, the wellspring of prosopological exegesis, that is, discovering the triune God speaking in Israel's sacred writings, is best attributed to the Epistle to the Hebrews. Third, while the undisputed Pauline letters say little about the nature of scripture, the apostle's citation formulae in Romans and Galatians indicate that it operated as a divine hypostasis for him. This book is a comprehensive study including an analysis and catalogue of early Christian formulae.

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Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I
Chapter 1: Citation Formulae and Early Christian Use of Scripture
Chapter 2: The Authors Considered and Their Audiences
Chapter 3: Detecting and Delimiting Formulae
Chapter 4: A Tour of the Formulae
Part II
Chapter 5: A Scribal Jesus and Oral Evangelists?
Chapter 6: The Triune Voice of God in Hebrews
Chapter 7: Scripture as Divine Hypostasis in Paul
Conclusion
Appendix: Citation Formulae in Early Christian Literature
Bibliography
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By Timothy A. Gabrielson

Product details

Authors Timothy A. Gabrielson
Publisher Lexington Books
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 15.06.2024
 
EAN 9781793652157
ISBN 978-1-79365-215-7
No. of pages 332
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology

RELIGION / Theology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts

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