Methodology in the Use of the Old Testament in the New: Context and Criteria (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)

by David H. Allen; Steve Smith

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2020

Overview

This volume brings together scholars of both the Old and New Testaments to discuss three areas of methodological interest in respect of the use of the Old Testament in the New (OT/NT). It begins with an interdisciplinary conversation into insights that OT/NT scholars might glean from other related disciplines and approaches. The subsequent essays consider the notion of an Old Testament text’s ‘context’, and how contemporaneous authors such as Philo or the Qumran community conceived of, and attended to, the concept. The contributors then turn their focus to the criteria that can/should be used for determining Old Testament allusions or echoes, and the legitimacy for so doing, particularly responding to the work of Richard Hays. The volume closes with a fresh proposal for OT/NT methodology, along with a concluding reflection on the collected essays.

Key Features

• Examines how allusions to, or echoes of, the Old Testament in the New Testament may be detected
• Provides an overview of significant contributions to OT inner-biblical allusions research
• Reviews recent contributions of scholarship on inner-biblical exegesis

Contents

Section A: Methodological Insights for OT/NT studies from Outside the New Testament

• Crossing Testamentary Borders: Methodological Insights for OT/NT Study from Contemporary Hebrew Bible Scholarship - Susan Docherty
• Scriptural Reuse in Ancient Jewish Literature: Comments and Reflections on the State of the Art - William A. Tooman
• Genre versus Intertextuality: Linking Wisdom Texts, Themes and Contexts with the wider Old Testament and with the Sayings of Jesus - Katharine J. Dell
• How Scripture 'Speaks': Insights from the Study of Ancient Media Culture Catrin H. Williams

Section B: The Role of OT Context in OT/NT studies

• The Meaning and Place of Old Testament Context in OT/NT Methodology - Arthur Keefer
• Selective Versus Contextual Allusions: Reconsidering Technical Terms of Intertextuality - Beate Kowalski
• Old Testament Context: Insights from Philo - Kenneth Schenck
• Old Testament Context: Insights from the Dead Sea Scrolls - Benjamin Wold

Section C: The Role of Criteria for OT/NT studies

• The Use of Criteria: The State of the Question - David Allen
• The Use of Criteria: A Proposal from Relevance Theory - Steve Smith

Responses

• Rethinking Context in the Relationship of Israel's Scriptures to the NT: Character, Agency, and the Possibility of Genuine Change - Rikk Watts
• Concluding Reflection - Steve Moyise

Product Details

• Title: Methodology in the Use of the Old Testament in the New: Context and Criteria
• Editors: David Allen and Steve Smith
• Series: Library of New Testament Studies (LNTS)
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2019
• Pages: 240
• Resource Type: Collected Essays
• Topic: Old Testament in the New

About the Editors

David Allen is Academic Dean and Tutor in New Testament at The Queen’s Foundation, UK.

Steve Smith is Tutor and Lecturer in New Testament Studies at St Mellitus College, UK.

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