Mohr Siebeck New Testament Studies Collection (4 vols.)

by Richard Bauckham; Kevin J. Vanhoozer; Constantine R. Campbell

and

12 more

Publisher:

Mohr Siebeck

, 2011–2017

Overview

This collection of academic texts on the New Testament provides valuable insights into the interpretation and context of the New Testament—especially Paul. With key theologians like Richard J. Bauckham, Kevin Vanhoozer, and Michael J. Gorman exploring the methodologies and interpretive approaches to the New Testament, this collection provides trusted scholarship and advanced research for your New Testament studies.

Key Features

• Explores the anthropological dimension of Paul’s soteriology
• Examines Paul’s theological vision of participation and union
• Features contributions from top New Testament scholars

Product Details

• Title: Mohr Siebeck New Testament Studies Collection (4 vols.)
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Volumes: 4
• Pages: 1968
• Topic: New Testament

Christosis: Pauline Soteriology in Light of Deification in Irenaeus and Cyril of Alexandria

• Author: Ben C. Blackwell
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Publication Date: 2011
• Pages: 312

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With increasing interaction between Eastern and Western theologians, several recent biblical interpreters have characterised Paul’s soteriology as theosis, or deification. In response to these affirmations, Ben C. Blackwell explores the anthropological dimension of Paul’s soteriology to determine how helpful this characterisation is. Utilising the Wirkungsgeschichte of the Pauline letters, he first examines two Greek patristic interpreters of Paul–Irenaeus and Cyril of Alexandria–to clarify what deification entails and to determine which Pauline texts they used to support their soteriological constructions. The monograph then focuses on Paul’s soteriology expressed in Romans 8 and 2 Corinthians 3–5 (with excursus on other passages) and explores how believers embody Christ’s death and life, his suffering and glory, through the Spirit. Blackwell concludes with a comparison of deification as presented by these two Greek patristic interpreters and Paul’s soteriology, noting the substantial overlap as well as key differences.

Ben C. Blackwell is Assistant Professor of Christianity at Houston Baptist University.

“In Christ” in Paul: Explorations in Paul’s Theology of Union and Participation

• Editors: Michael J. Thate, Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Constantine R. Campbell
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Publication Date: 2014
• Pages: 577

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Nearing thirty-five years ago, E. P. Sanders famously stated that the center of thought within Paul’s theology is participatory in nature—which, of course, caused no small debate within broad strands of Pauline scholarship. Sanders also suggested that we have no modern conception of what this thought might mean for us today. These two axioms of Sanders loosely organize the essays in this volume which seek to explore the complex notions of union and participation within Pauline theology through exegesis, highlights in reception history, and theological reflection. This collection of essays aims at teasing out the complex web of meaning conveyed through Paul’s theological vision of union and participation—both in their relationship and in their distinction with one another. Taken as a whole, this edited volume constitutes a multi-disciplinary reflection and exploration of Paul’s theological vision of participation and union. But it is precisely as a multi-disciplinary exploration that this volume hopes to chart new ground and make new connections within Pauline thought with the hope that further research might contest and/or clarify its findings.

Constantine R. Campbell is Associate Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Michael J. Thate is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Princeton University

Kevin J. Vanhoozer is Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Paul’s Divine Christology

• Author: Chris Tilling
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Publication Date: 2012
• Pages: 322

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Did Paul teach that Jesus was divine and should be worshiped as such? How should this be viewed in relation to Jewish and Jewish-Christian monotheism? The debate over these and related questions has been raging in academic circles—but it also has profound implications for church practice.

In this book Chris Tilling offers a fresh contribution to the long-running debate on whether or not Paul’s Christology is divine. Refocusing the debate on the exegetical data and reengaging more broadly with the sweep of themes in Paul’s letters, Tilling’s innovative contribution is one that cannot be ignored.

It is a remarkable fact that divine Christology is not an end product of a development lasting some decades but that high Christology is present and fully developed already in the earliest testimonies of Christianity, in the (undisputed) letters of Paul. Dr. Tilling has presented an investigation on divine Christology of the highest standard both concerning the exegesis of Paul (esp. 1 Cor 8–10) and the awareness of the theological implications. The thesis that Paul’s Christ-relation is a divineChristology expressed as a relationship is well founded and marks a progress in our understanding of Paul’s Christology and theology. It leads out from a dead end in discussions whether Paul’s Christology is divine or not. This book is an outstanding testimony of critical scholarship by a mature exegete and theologian.

—Prof. Dr. Hermann Lichtenberger

Chris Tilling is New Testament Tutor at St Mellitus College, London, UK.

The Christian World Around the New Testament: Collected Essays II

• Author: Richard Bauckham
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Publication Date: 2017
• Pages: 757

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Most of these thirty-one essays by Richard Bauckham, a well-known New Testament scholar, were first published between 1979 and 2015 in journals and multi-authored volumes. Two are previously unpublished and one has not been published in English before. They range widely over early Christianity and early Christian literature in both the New Testament period and the early patristic period, reflecting the author’s conviction that the historical study of early Christianity should not isolate the New Testament literature from other early Christian sources, such as the apostolic fathers and the Christian apocryphal literature. Some of the essays develop further the themes of the author’s books on aspects of the Gospels, such as the intended audiences of the Gospels, the way in which Gospel traditions were transmitted, the role of the eyewitnesses in the origins of the Gospels, the importance of Papias’s evidence about Gospel traditions, and the relationship between canonical and Gnostic Gospels. Some of the essays relate to important persons, such as Peter, Barnabas, Paul and James. These include a full investigation of the evidence for the martyrdom of Peter and an attempt to locate the estate of Publius where Paul stayed on Malta. There are studies of the Sabbath and the Lord’s Day in both the New Testament and patristic periods. There are studies that survey most of the main categories of apocryphal Christian literature, including apocryphal Gospels and Acts, and with a special focus on the non-canonical apocalypses, such as the Apocalypse of Peter and the Latin Vision of Ezra.

Richard Bauckham was professor of New Testament studies at St Mary’s College, University of St Andrews. He retired in 2007 from this position in order to concentrate on research and writing. He currently is the senior scholar at Ridley Hall in Cambridge and visiting professor at St. Mellitus College.