Paul, Luke and the Graeco-Roman World: Essays in Honour of Alexander J.M. Wedderburn

by Alf Christophersen; Bruce W. Longenecker; Carsten Claussen; Jörg Frey

Publisher:

Sheffield Academic Press

, 2002

Overview

The quality of contributions in this volume reflects the eminence of Sandy Wedderburn, who taught at St Andrews before moving to Durham and finally to Munich to succeed Ferdinard Hahn. The topics addressed reflect Wedderburn's interests and include: a comparison of the Lord's Supper with cultic meals in Qumran and in Hellenistic cults, glossolalia in Acts, the Lukan prologue, 'new creation' in Paul, and Adam and Christ in Romans.

Contributors include David Aune, Richard Bauckham, Richard Bell, James Dunn, Ferdinand Hahn, Christina Hoegen-Rohls, Robert Jewett, Hans Klein, H.-W. Kuhn, David Moessner, Stanley Porter, Heikki Raisanen, Margaret Thrall, Oda Wischmeyer and Chrisitian Wolff.

Contents

Top Highlights

“the idea that the eternal (pantote) being in the presence of the Lord will begin,” (Page 9)

“A final kingdom on the earth is better conceivable. It could be supported by Romans 8, but such a hypothesis is rendered difficult by 2 Corinthians 5 and Philippians 1 on one hand and by the general tenor of Paul’s letters on the other.” (Page 20)

“Thirdly, myths concern some interaction of a god or numinous quality in this world.” (Page 23)

“that Paul, as I will argue, considers that human beings participate in the reality of Adam and of Christ” (Page 23)

“Secondly, myths have their own ontology that may also involve their own cosmology or logic.” (Page 23)

Product Details

• Title: Paul, Luke and the Graeco-Roman World: Essays in Honour of Alexander J.M. Wedderburn
• Editors: Alf Christophersen, Bruce Longenecker, Carsten Claussen, and Jörg Frey
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Pages: 312
• Volume 217 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series

About the Editors

Alf Christophersen is Lecturer in Systematic Theology, Protestant Theological Faculty, University of Munich.

Bruce Longenecker is Lecturer in New Testament Studies at St Andrews University, Scotland.

Carsten Claussen is Lecturer in New Testament Theology, Protestant Theological Faculty, University of Munich.

Jörg Frey is Professor of New Testament Theology, Protestant Theological Faculty, University of Munich.

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