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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817757103321

Titolo

The New Testament as reception / / edited by Mogens Müller & Henrik Tronier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

1-283-19671-9

9786613196712

0-567-31192-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Copenhagen international seminar ; ; 11

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 230

Disciplina

225.6

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-214) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; The New Testament Reception of the Old Testament; The New Testament Reception of Judaism in the Second Temple Period; The Reception of Graeco-Roman Culture in the New Testament: The Case of Romans 7.7-25; The Reception of the Parables of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels; Jesus as Messianic Teacher in the Gospel According to Matthew: Tradition History and/or Narrative Christology; The Reception of Paul in the Acts of the Apostles

In Quest of the Elevated Jesus: Reflections on the Angelomorphic Christology of the Book of Revelation within its Jewish SettingFeminist Reception of the New Testament: A Critical Reception; The Annunciation: A Study in Reception History; Translation as Interpretation; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

In this book a new concept is systematically explored: that of the New Testament as a reception of various antecedents. Three chapters cover its reception of the Old Testament, of Second Temple Judaism and of Graeco-Roman culture. Three further chapters explore the reception of Jesus, using as examples the Synoptic parables, Matthew's Messianic Teacher, and the Christology of the Book of Revelation. Paul is



considered in a chapter on his reception in Acts, and three final chapters survey broader themes: feminist reception, reception history within the New Testament (using the Annunciation as a