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Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality, Volume 1

By Evans, Craig A.

Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality, Volume 1 Philosophy

Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality, Volume 1

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Scholarly interest in intertextuality remains as keen as ever. Armed with new questions, interpreters seek to understand better the function of older scripture in later scripture. The essays assembled in the present collection address these questions. These essays treat pre-Christian texts, as well as Christian texts, that make use of older sacred tradition. They analyze the respective uses of scripture in diverse Jewish and Christian traditions. Some of these studies are concerned with discreet bodies of writings, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, while others are concerned with versions of scriptures, such as the Hebrew or Old Greek, and text critical issues. Other studies are concerned with how scripture is interpreted as part of apocalyptic and eschatology. Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality includes essays that explore the use of Old Testament scripture in the Gospels and Acts. Other studies examine the apostle Paul's interpretation of scripture in his letters, while other studies look at non-Pauline writings and their utilization of scripture. Some of the studies in this collection show how older scripture clarifies important points of teaching or resolves social conflict. Law, conversion, anthropology, paradise, and Messianism are among the themes treated in these studies, themes rooted in important ways in older sacred tradition. The collection concludes with studies on two important Christian interpreters, Syriac-speaking Aphrahat in the east and Latin-speaking Augustine in the west. [Part of the LNTS sub series Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity (SSEJC), volume 14]
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
312
Release Date:
2009-06-09
Publication Date:
2009-04-09
Publisher:
Continnuum-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0567584755
ISBN13:
9780567584755
Weight:
634 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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