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Book SynopsisThroughout the last century, there has been continuous study of Paul as a writer of letters. Although this fact was acknowledged by previous generations of scholars, it was during the twentieth century that the study of ancient letter-writing practices came to the fore and began to be applied to the study of the letters of the New Testament. This volume seeks to advance the discussion of Paul's relationship to Greek epistolary traditions by evaluating the nature of ancient letters as well as the individual letter components. These features are evaluated alongside Paul's letters to better understand Paul's use and adaptations of these traditions in order to meet his communicative needs.Trade ReviewIl volume…offre una rassegna pressoché complete del panorama epistolare e rappresenta uno strumento prezioso per gli studiosi dell’epistolario paolino Antonio Landi, Asprenas 58 (2011) It is clear that the contributions to this volume, summarizing and assessing previous research and sometimes also treading some new paths of study on some of the most important elements of the Pauline letters, are more than welcome. Bart J. Koet, Bijdragen, International Journal in Philosophy and Theology 73.1Table of ContentsPauline Epistolography: An Introduction Stanley E. Porter and Sean A. Adams A Functional Letter Perspective: Towards a Grammar of Epistolary Form Stanley E. Porter Paul’s Letter Opening and Greek Epistolography: A Matter of Relationship Sean A. Adams How to Begin, and Why? Diverse Functions of the Pauline Prescript within a Greco-Roman Context Philip L. Tite Gospel within the Constraints of an Epistolary Form: Pauline Introductory Thanksgivings and Paul’s Theology of Thanksgiving David W. Pao Paul’s Letter Thanksgiving Peter Arzt-Grabner A Significant Decade: The Trajectory of the Hellenistic Epistolary Thanksgiving Raymond F. Collins Investigating the Pauline Letter Body: Issues, Methods, and Approaches Troy W. Martin A Moral Dilemma? The Epistolary Body of 2 Timothy Cynthia Long Westfall Paul’s Letter Paraeesis Young Chul Whang Index of Modern Authors Index of Ancient Sources

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Book SynopsisIn Paul’s Language of Ζῆλος, Benjamin Lappenga harnesses linguistic insights recently formulated within the framework of relevance theory to argue that within the letters of Paul (specifically Galatians, 1-2 Corinthians, and Romans), the ζῆλος word group is monosemic. Linking the responsible treatment of lexemes in the interpretive process with new insight into Paul’s rhetorical and theological task, Lappenga demonstrates that the mental encyclopedia activated by the term ζῆλος is 'shaped' within Paul’s discourse and thus transforms the meaning of ζῆλος for attentive ('model') readers. Such identity-forming strategies promote a series of practices that may be grouped under the rubric of 'rightly-directed ζῆλος'; specifically, emulation of 'weak' people and things, eager pursuit of community-building gifts, and the avoidance of jealous rivalry.

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Book SynopsisIn a new study on the Pauline adoption metaphors, Erin Heim applies a wide array of contemporary theories of metaphor in a fresh exegesis of the four instances of adoption (huiothesia) metaphors in Galatians and Romans. Though many investigations into biblical metaphors treat only their historical background, Heim argues that the meaning of a metaphor lies in the interanimation of a metaphor and the range of possible backgrounds it draws upon. Using insights from contemporary theories, Heim convincingly demonstrates that the Pauline adoption metaphors are instrumental in shaping the perceptions, emotions, and identity of Paul’s first-century audiences.

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Book SynopsisThe way Luke uses and interprets Scripture continues to captivate many. In his new work, The Prophets Agree, a title inspired by James’ words at the Jerusalem Council, Aaron W. White turns over one rock that has remained untouched. Interpretation of the four quotations of the Minor Prophets in Acts frequently isolates each citation from the other. However, this full-length study of the place of the Minor Prophets in Acts asks what difference it makes to regard these four quotations as a singular contribution to Acts from a unifi ed source. By an in-depth study of each quotation, an innovative method of intertextuality, and an eye to the overall agenda of Acts, White proves the importance of reading the Twelve Prophets in unity when it is quoted in Acts, and the integral role it plays in the redemptive-historical plotline of Acts.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: a Case for a Study on the LXX-Twelve Prophets in Acts  I Flourishing Bones: an Introduction to a Study of the LXX-Twelve Prophets in Acts  I Previous Work on the TP in Acts and Models of Interpretation  I A New Study on the TP in Acts  V The Argument and the Direction of the Study 1 “I Will Pour out My Spirit”: Jesus the Lord and the Lukan Reading of LXX-Joel 3:1–5 in Acts 2  The Text of LXX-Joel 3:1–5 and of Acts 2:17–21  I Introduction  I “I Will Pour out My Spirit”: LXX-Joel 3:1–5  I LXX-Joel 3:1–5 in Acts 2: God’s Attestation of the Lord and His Witnesses  V Joel 3:1–5 in The Testament of Judah 24  V Luke and The Testament of Judah 24: a Conversation among Readers 2 “Forty Years”: the Divided People of God and the Lukan Reading of LXX-Amos 5:25–27 in Acts 7:42–43  The Text of LXX-Amos 5:25–27 and of Acts 7:42–43  I Introduction  I “Forty Years”: Amos 5:25–27 as a Look Back to the Exodus  I Amos 5:25–27 in Acts 7:42–43  V Amos in the Damascus Document: CD-A 7:13–8:1  V Amos 5:25–27 in CD-A and Acts 7: Reading Amos 5 in Community 3 “I Am Doing a Work”: the Gentiles as God’s People and the Lukan Reading of LXX-Habakkuk 1:5 in Acts 13  The Text of LXX-Habakkuk 1:5 and of Acts 13:41  I Introduction  I Habakkuk: the Announcement of an Amazing Judgment  I The Work of God: the Role of Habakkuk 1:5 in Acts 13  V “The Traitors in the Latter Days”: the Reading of Hab. 1:5 by 1QpHab 1.16–2.10  V Habakkuk 1:5 in 1QpHab and Acts 13: a Conversation among Readers 4 “All the Gentiles Who Are Called”: Sending the Gentiles Mission and the Lukan Reading of LXX-Amos 9:11–12 in Acts 15  The Text of LXX-Amos 9:11–12 and of Amos 15:16–18  I Introduction  I LXX-Amos 9:11–12: a Rebuilt Davidic Reign in the Eschatological Future  I LXX-Amos 9:11–12 in Acts 15: Gentile as Gentile  V Amos 9:11 in 4Q Florilegium Frgs. 1–2 and 21, 1  V Luke and 4QFlor: a Discussion among Readers of Amos 9:11 (and 12) Conclusion: Reading the Greek Book-of-the-Twelve-Prophets in Acts  I What Was This Study About?  I Luke and His Co-readers  I How Each Quotation Built towards One Argument  V What If the Greek Twelve-Prophets Were Not in Acts? Appendix  Selected Texts Works Cited Index of Sources Index of Authors Index of Subjects

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Book SynopsisIn this work, Jeehei Park proposes Greek and Roman cosmopolitanism as a constructive category through which to navigate a reading of human diversity and communal unity in Paul’s letters. Park takes a thorough look at the cosmopolitan ideas of Diogenes of Sinope, Philo, Plutarch, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius to establish Paul as an interlocutor who critically participated in the discourse of cosmopolitanism. Park characterizes Paul’s understanding of unity with the distinctive phrase “heterogeneous unity,” in which human differences are respected and embraced rather than being universalized or homogenized. This book offers a novel analysis of Paul’s rhetoric about citizenship in Philippians and its adoption of Greek and Roman cosmopolitanism as an interpretive contour.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations 1 Introduction  1 Beyond Universalism and Particularism  2 Why Cosmopolitanism?  3 Becoming a Citizen 2 Defining Κοσμοπολίτης  1 Life as a Voluntary Exile: Diogenes of Sinope’s Cosmopolitanism  2 Nomos-abiding Citizens: Philo of Alexandria’s Cosmopolitanism  3 Citizens of the Same Cosmos: Plutarch’s Cosmopolitanism  4 Kin of God: Epictetus’s Cosmopolitanism  5 Parts of the Whole: Marcus Aurelius’s Cosmopolitanism  6 Conclusion 3 Citizens of Christ  1 Philippians 1:27–30: Living as Citizens of Christ  2 Philippians 3:17–21: Heavenly Πολίτευμα  3 Conclusion 4 Equal, Thus United  1 1 Corinthians 12:12–14: Many, Baptized into One Body  2 Galatians 3:26–29: One in Christ, Neither Jew Nor Greek  3 Conclusion 5 Heterogeneous, Yet United  1 Romans 10:12–13: The Same Lord of All  2 Romans 12:3–5, 9–13: One Body, Many Members  3 Conclusion 6 Conclusion  1 Cosmopolitan Ecclesiology  2 Continuing Cosmopolitan Unity  3 Cosmopolitanism and Beyond Bibliography Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors

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Book SynopsisHave you ever wondered why Paul leaves the resurrection discussion in 1 Corinthians 15 for the end of the letter? Have you pondered how 1 Corinthians 15 functions as the climax to 1 Corinthians? This book answers those questions by exploring insinuatio, the Greco-Roman rhetorical convention used to address prejudiced or controversial topics—like resurrection—at the end of a discourse. This is the most thorough treatment of insinuatio in Biblical and Classical studies to date. It examines the Greco-Roman rhetorical handbooks and speeches on insinuatio, compares them to what Paul does in 1 Corinthians 15, and finds that this was precisely Paul’s rhetorical strategy in 1 Corinthians.Table of ContentsAbstract Preface Introduction  Introduction and Theoretical Framework  The Task, Research Problems, Needed Solutions, and Purpose  Structural Design 1 First Corinthians 15 as Climax  1.1 First Corinthians 15 as Climax  1.2 The Major Proponents of the Climax Proposal  1.3 Summary 2 The Historical Approach to Rhetorical Criticism  2.1 Definitions of Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism  2.2 Defense of Rhetorical Criticism for Paul’s Epistles  2.3 Method Issues in the Historical Approach to Rhetorical Criticism  2.4 Historical Rhetorical Criticism: Methodological Procedure 3 Insinuatio in the Greco-Roman Rhetorical Handbooks  3.1 Introduction to Insinuatio  3.2 Insinuatio in Greek Rhetorical Theory  3.3 Insinuatio in Roman Rhetorical Theory  3.4 Summary of Insinuatio in Greek and Roman Rhetorical Theory 4 Insinuatio in the Greco-Roman Orations  4.1 Introduction to Greco-Roman Rhetorical Practice  4.2 Insinuatio in Greek Rhetorical Practice  4.3 Insinuatio in Roman Rhetorical Practice  4.4 Summary of Insinuatio in Greco-Roman Rhetorical Practice  4.5 Synthesis 5 Insinuatio in 1 Corinthians  5.1 Preliminary Issues  5.2 Pieces to the Puzzle: Revisiting the Major Proponents  5.3 The Final Piece to the Puzzle: 1 Cor 15 as Insinuatio  5.4 Conclusion: The Puzzle Solved? 6 Paul and the Rhetoric of Resurrection  6.1 The Contributions  6.2 The Implications  6.3 For Further Study  6.4 Paul and the Rhetoric of Resurrection Bibliography  Greco-Roman Primary Sources  Commentaries  General Sources Index of Rhetorical Terms Index of Ancient and Other Sources Index of Scripture References

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Book SynopsisOn what basis are Gentile Christians justified and full inheriting members of Abraham’s family? By being circumcised and keeping the Torah? Paul answers by reinterpreting the Abraham narrative in light of the Christ-event as a story of two siblings. True Abrahamic children are those whose Spirit-wrought life arises, as God promised Abraham, from the event of Christ-faith. Like Isaac, they receive the life-giving power of the Spirit that is tethered to God’s promise and the event of eschatological faith. By contrast, those who, like Ishmael, are related to Abraham only by means of the flesh are slaves and not heirs.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsI List of TablesI AbbreviationsV Introduction Part 1: Event 1 “Through Christ-Faith”  1.1 Revising Πίστις Χριστοῦ  1.2 Revisiting Abraham: Exigence and Aim 2 “Not Torah-Works”  2.1 The Situation in Galatia  2.2 Works of the Law  2.3 Christ-Faith and Torah-Works: Instruments in the Hands of the Justifying God 3 “Justified”  3.1 Δικαιοῦν outside of Galatians  3.2 Δικαιοῦν in Galatians: Unveiling Paul’s Prophetic Metaphors  3.3 Part 1 Summary: Justified through Christ-Faith Not Torah-Works Part 2: History 4 Christ-Faith and Abraham’s Faith  4.1 The Hearing Enabled by Christ-Faith (Gal 3:1–5)  4.2 Paul’s Reading of Genesis 15:6 (Gal 3:5–7)  4.3 Christ-Faith and Abraham’s Faith 5 The Best of Times, the Worst of Times  5.1 The Age of Blessing, the Age of Curse (Gal 3:7–14)  5.2. The Epoch of Promise-Spoken, the Epoch of Promise-Given (Gal 3:15–22, 29)  5.3 The Season of Law, the Season of Faith (Gal 3:19–26)  5.4 The Spring of Sonship, the Winter of Slavery (Gal 4:1–11)  5.5 Summary 6 A Tale of Two Siblings  6.1 Paul’s Allegorical Argument in 4:21–5:1: Introductory Matters  6.2 “Abraham Had Two Sons …” (Gal 4:21–23)  6.3 Two Mothers: Covenants and Cities (Gal 4:24–28)  6.4 Two (Kinds of) Children: Ishmael(s) and Isaac(s) (Gal 4:28–5:1)  6.5 Summary 7 Conclusion  7.1 Summary  7.2 Eschatological Christ-Faith: Benefits and Difficulties  7.3 Eschatological Christ-Faith and the Traditional “Faith in Christ”  7.4 Christ-Faith and Abraham: Paul’s Reading and Use of the Abraham Narrative Appendix: But What about Romans? Towards a Rereading of Abraham and Righteousness in Romans  8.1 Righteousness Language in Romans  8.2 Christ-Faith, Abraham, and Righteousness in Romans 4 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this volume Joshua Paul Smith challenges the long-held assumption that Luke and Acts were written by a gentile, arguing instead that the author of these texts was educated and enculturated within a Second-Temple Jewish context. Advancing from a consciously interdisciplinary perspective, Smith considers the question of Lukan authorship from multiple fronts, including reception history and social memory theory, literary criticism, and the emerging discipline of cognitive sociolinguistics. The result is an alternative portrait of Luke the Evangelist, one who sees the mission to the gentiles not as a supersession of Jewish law and tradition, but rather as a fulfillment and expansion of Israel’s own salvation history.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1 Introduction  1 On Method  2 A Note on Ἰουδαῖοι: Translation and Categorical Criteria  3 Chapter Summary 2 “As One Zealous for the Law”: Lukan Authorship in Early Christian Memory  1 The Early Reception of Lukan Authorship  2 Λουκας in the New Testament  3 Luke the Evangelist in the Patristic Imagination  4 Why Was Luke So Variously Remembered?  5 Conclusion 3 Resurrecting Luke the Author  1 The Author Is Dead, and We Have Killed Him  2 Reports of the Author’s Death Were an Exaggeration  3 “Consulting the Oracle”: Authorship and Luke/Acts  4 Cultural Intertext  5 Luke’s Interpretation of Israel’s Scriptures  6 Social and Cognitive Linguistics  7 Summary and Conclusion 4 “Beginning with Moses and All the Prophets …”: Luke’s Jewish Interpretation of Israel’s Scriptures  1 On “Israel’s Scriptures”  2 On “Jewish Interpretation” and “Christian Interpretation”  3 Luke’s Interpretation of Israel’s Scriptures: A Brief Overview  4 “Do You Understand What You Are Reading?”  5 “Echoes of Luke/Acts in Luke/Acts”: An Exegetical Interlude  6 A Gentile Proselyte?  7 A Matter of Time: Luke vs. Justin Martyr  8 Conclusion 5 “Keeping Yourselves from These Things, You Will Do Well” (Acts 15:29): Luke and Jewish Law  1 Torah Praxis and Halakha in Luke and Acts  2 The Apostolic Decree and Moral Impurity  3 Jewish Festival Observance in Luke and Acts  4 Conclusion 6 Τὰ Ἔθνη and the Authorship of Luke/Acts: A Socio-Cognitive Perspective  1 Cognitive Linguistics and Social Identity  2 Preliminary Considerations  3 τὰ ἔθνη in Luke and Acts: Mapping an Idealized Cognitive Model  4 τὰ ἔθνη in Other Early Christian Writings  5 Conclusion Summary and Conclusion  1 Reading Luke and Acts after the Shoah  2 Conclusion Appendix: Insider/Outsider Language in Luke and Acts Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSupplements to Novum Testamentum publishes monographs and collections of essays that make original contributions to the field of New Testament studies. This includes text-critical, philological and exegetical studies, and investigations which seek to situate early Christian texts (both canonical and non-canonical) and theology in the broader context of Jewish and Graeco-Roman history, culture, religion and literature. The series has published an average of three volumes per year over the last 5 years.Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Abbreviations Part 1: Preliminaries 1 Observations and Resolutions  1.1 The Evidence  1.2 This Study 2 Mapping the Past: The History of Research  2.1 Adolf Deissmann (1892 and Later Developments)  2.2 Mystical Interpretations (1890s until 1930s)  2.3 Ecclesiological Interpretations (1930s and 1940s)  2.4 Differentiation and Generalisation (1930s until 1960s)  2.5 Jewish Backgrounds on the Rise (1960s until 1990s)  2.6 Current Views and Assessments  2.7 Conclusion: A Map of the Past 3 Methodological Re-orientation  3.1 Introduction to Metaphor Theory and Its Usefulness for Interpreting Biblical Texts  3.2 “Being ‘in Christ’” as a Metaphor 4 The Preposition ἐν: “Maid-of-All Work” and Magic Word  4.1 Deissmann’s Fundamental Accomplishments and the Way Forward  4.2 Archaic Period  4.3 Classical Period  4.4 Hellenistic Period  4.5 Imperial Period  4.6 Conclusion and Congruency with Paul  4.7 Ἐν Χριστῷ as Compared to Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν/ἐμοί 5 What’s in a Title? The Meaning of Χριστός and κύριος  5.1 Greek, Roman, and Jewish Naming Practices in the Imperial Period  5.2 Χριστός and κύριος in Paul’s Letters  5.3 Consequences for ἐν Χριστῷ and ἐν κυρίῳ 6 The Argumentative Power of Experience: Baptism as a Ritual  6.1 Classifying Baptism as an Initiation Ritual  6.2 Paul’s Interpretation of the Baptismal Ritual  6.3 Characteristics of the Ritual of Baptism  6.4 Conclusion Part 2: Exegesis Introduction to Part 2 7 In Christ Jesus through Baptism (Gal 3:26, 28)  7.1 The Validity of the Promise (3:15–18)  7.2 The Purpose of the Law (3:19–25)  7.3 Baptism as the Means of Coming to be ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ (3:26–29)  7.4 Sons through God’s Actions by His Son (4:1–7)  7.5 Conclusion 8 In Christ Jesus Because of God (1 Cor 1:30)  8.1 Leading Up to the Letter Body (1:1–9)  8.2 The Argument of 1 Cor 1:10–2:5 9 Living in Christ as a Result of Having Come under His Rulership Who Now Is Also in Them (Rom 6:11; 8:1–2)  9.1 The Present State of the Believers: Rom 6 and 8 within the Overall Frame of the Letter  9.2 The Believers Are Dead to Sin and Living for God in Christ Jesus (6:1–14)  9.3 The Change in Ownership Constitutes a Change in Behaviour with the Result of Eternal Life through Christ Jesus (6:15–7:6)  9.4 The Role of the Law and the Calamity of Sin (Rom 7:7–25)  9.5 The Reciprocal In-ness of Christ and the Believers, and the Spirit and the Believers (8:1–17)  9.6 Conclusion: Being and Living “in Christ Jesus” in Rom 6 and 8 10 Boundaries Crossed and the Pervasive Lordship of Christ (Rom 16:7, 11)  10.1 Becoming ἐν Χριστῷ as Crossing a Barrier (16:7)  10.2 Being ἐν κυρίῳ as Being a Christ-Believer with a Different Lord (16:11) 11 Determined by Christ and His Love (2 Cor 5:17)  11.1 The Basis of Boasting (5:11–13)  11.2 Determined by Christ and His Love (5:14–17)  11.3 Reconciliation Past and Present (5:18–6:2)  11.4 Conclusion 12 Dominated by Christ “My” Lord and Thus Ruling Everything a Loss, So That Eventually God Will Judge “Me” to Be in Christ (Phil 3:9)  12.1 Warning against Evil-Doers (3:1b–4a)  12.2 Paul’s Previously Blameless Life as a Pharisee (3:4b–6)  12.3 The Gain That Knowing Christ Has Brought (3:7–11)  12.4 Running towards the Goal of the Resurrection (3:12–16)  12.5 Conclusion Part 3: Perspectives: “Being ‘in Christ’” among Similar Phenomena Introduction to Part 3 13 More ἐν Χριστῷ: The Power of Paul’s Coined, Catchy, and Sharp Phrasing  13.1 People in Christ Bearing Further Characteristics  13.2 People Performing Activities Similar to “Being ‘in Christ’”  13.3 Abstract Nouns in Christ  13.4 Goods Owned in Christ  13.5 “In Christ” as a Description of Circumstance or Condition  13.6 Observations and Conclusions 14 More Prepositional Phrases: σὺν Χριστῷ, διὰ Χριστοῦ, and Others  14.1 Σὺν Χριστῷ  14.2 Διὰ Χριστοῦ  14.3 Other Prepositional Phrases with Χριστός  14.4 Ἐν πνεύματι  14.5 Comparison and Conclusion 15 More Paul: ἐν Χριστῷ in the Deutero-Pauline Letters  15.1 General Observations  15.2 Colossians: Being in Christ in Light of Cosmic Christology  15.3 Ephesians: Being in Christ as Opposed to Being Separated from Christ  15.4 Second Thessalonians: Sharing in the Glorification of the Name of the Lord Jesus as Those Who Are in Him  15.5 First Timothy: Faith and Love as God’s Gifts Bestowed on Those in Christ Jesus  15.6 Second Timothy: Living in and Gifts Found in Christ Jesus  15.7 Comparison and Conclusion Part 4: Determined by Christ: The Pauline Metaphor “Being ‘in Christ’” 16 Results  16.1 The Key Issues, How They Have Been Dealt With, and a Fresh Approach  16.2 Gal 3:26, 28  16.3 1 Cor 1:30  16.4 Rom 6:11; 8:1–2  16.5 Rom 16:7, 11  16.6 2 Cor 5:17  16.7 Phil 3:9  16.8 Overarching Themes and Observations Appendix: Colon Analyses Bibliography Index

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