Historical Jesus: A Sheffield Reader

311 Pages·1995·18.062 MB·English

by  Craig A. Evans (Editor), Stanley E. Porter (Editor)

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ISBN 1-85075-731-3
CONTENTS
Preface to the Series 7
Abbreviations
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JESUS, DISCIPLESHIP, AND COVENANT
G.D. Kn..PATRICK
Jesus, his Family and his Disciples 13
E.P. SANDERS
Jesus and the Sinners 29
D.C. ALLISON, JR
Jesus and the Covenant: A Response to E.P. Sanders 61
DJ. Moo
Jesus and the Authority of the Mosaic Law 83
EXEGETICAL ASPECTS OF JESUS' TEACHING
D.M. COHN-SHERBOK
An Analysis of Jesus' Arguments Concerning the Plucking
of Grain on the Sabbath 131
A. ITO
The Question of the Authenticity of the Ban on Swearing
(Matthew 5.33-37) 140
B. GREEN
Jesus' Teaching on Divorce in the Gospel of Mark 148
D.M. COHN-SHERBOK
Jesus' Defence of the Resurrection of the Dead 157
F.G. DOWNING
The Resurrection of the Dead: Jesus and Philo 167
1.G. JANZEN
Resurrection and Henneneutics: On Exodus 3.6
in Mark 12.26 176
6 The Historical Jesus
B. CHILTON
Jesus ben David: Reflections on the Davidssohnfrage 192
LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC ASPECTS OF JESUS' TEACHING
L.D. HURST
The Neglected Role of Semantics in the Search for the
Aramaic Words of Jesus 219
M.BLACK
The Aramaic Dimension in Q with Notes on Luke 17.22
and Matthew 24.26 (Luke 17.23) 237
R.BAUCKHAM
The Son of Man: 'A Man in my Position' or 'Someone'? 245
B. LINDARS
Response to Richard Bauckham: The Idiomatic Use of
Bar Enasha 256
D.C. ALLISON, JR
Matthew 23.39 = Luke 13.35b as a Conditional Prophecy 262
1. GIBSON
Jesus' Refusal to Produce a 'Sign' (Mark 8.11-13) 271
Index of Biblical References 300
Index of Authors 310
Preface to the Series
This Series, of which The Historical Jesus is one, collects what the
Series editors believe to be the best articles on the topic published in
the first 50 issues (1978-1993) of Journal for the Study of the New
Testament. Founded in 1978, with one issue in its inaugural year, JSNT
was produced from 1979 to 1990 in three issues a year, and then, from
1991 to the present, in four issues a year. The continuing success of the
journal can be seen in several ways: by its increasing circulation, by its
increased publication schedule, by its fostering of a significant supple
ment series, which has now reached its one-hundredth volume (JSNT
Supplement Series), by its public exposure and influence within the
scholarly community, and, most of all, by the quality of the essays it
publishes. This volume contains a representative group of such articles
on a specific area of New Testament studies.
Once it was decided that such a Series of volumes should be issued,
the question became that of how the numerous important articles were
going to be selected and presented. The problem was not filling the vol
umes but making the many difficult choices that would inevitably
exclude worthy articles. In the end, the editors have used various criteria
for detennining which articles should be reprinted here. They have gath
ered together articles that, they believe, make significant contributions in
several different ways. Some of the articles are truly ground-breaking,
pushing their respective enquiry into new paths and introducing new
critical questions into the debate. Others are assessments of the critical
terrain of a particular topic, providing useful and insightful analyses that
others can and have built upon. Others still are included because they
are major contributions to an on-going discussion.
Even though back issues of JSNT are still in print and these essays are
available in individual issues of the journal, it is thought that this kind of
compilation could serve several purposes. One is to assist scholars who
wish to keep up on developments outside their areas of specialist
research or who have been away from a topic for a period of time and
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wish to re-enter the discussion. These volumes are designed to be repre
sentatively selective, so that scholars can gain if not a thorough grasp of
all of the developments in an area at least significant insights into major
topics of debate in a field of interest. Another use of these volumes is as
textbooks for undergraduates, seminarians and even graduate students.
For undergraduates, these volumes could serve as useful readers, pos
sibly as supplementary texts to a critical introduction. to provide a first
exposure to and a sample of critical debate. For seminary students, the
same purpose as for undergraduates could apply. especially when the
seminarian is beginning critical study of the New Testament. There is the
added use, however, that such material could provide guidance through
the argumentation and footnotes for significant research into a New
Testament author or topic. For graduate students, these volumes could
not only provide necessary background to a topic, allowing a student to
achieve a basic level of knowledge before exploration of a particular area
of interest, but also serve as good guides to the detailed critical work
being done in an area. There is the further advantage that many of the
articles in these volumes are models of how to make and defend a criti
cal argument, thereby providing useful examples for those entering the
lists of critical scholarly debate.
Many more articles could and probably should be reprinted in further
volumes. but this one and those published along with it must for now
serve as an introduction to these topics, at least as they were discussed in
JSNT.
Craig A. Evans Stanley E. Porter
Trinity Western University Roehampton Institute London
Langley. B.C., Canada England
ABBREVIATIONS
AB Anchor Bible
ALOHJ Arbeiten zur Literatur und Oeschichte des hellenistischen
Judentums
AnBib Analecta biblica
BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theoiogicarum lovaniensium
BHT Beitrage zur historischen Theoiogie
Bib Biblica
BJRL Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester
BNTC Black's New Testament Commentaries
BR Biblical Research
BT The Bible Translator
BZ Biblische Zeitschrift
BZNW Beihefte zur lNW
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CBQMS Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Monograph Series
COTC Cambridge Oreek Testament Commentary
CNT Commentaire du Nouveau Testament
ConBNT Coniectanea biblica, New Testament
CRINT Compendia rerum iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum
DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
EKKNT Evangelisch-Katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament
ETL Ephemerides theologicae lovanienses
ETR Etudes thi%giques et religieuses
EvT Evangelische Theologie
ExpTim Expository Times
FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen
Testaments
HTKNT Herders theoiogischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament
HTR Harvard Theological Review
HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual
ICC International Critical Commentary
Int Interpretation
JAAR Journal of the American Academy of Religion
JJS Journal ofJ ewish Studies
JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies
JPOS Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society
JQR Jewish Quarterly Review
lS} Journalfor the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic
and Roman Period
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JSS Journal of Semitic Studies
JTS Journal of Theological Studies
LCL Loeb Classical Library
NCB New Century Bible
NHS Nag Hanunadi Studies
NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament
NIDNTT C. Brown (ed.), The New International Dictionary of New
Testament Theology
NIGTC The New International Greek Testament Commentary
NovT Novum Testamentum
NTD Das Neue Testament Deutsch
NTS New Testament Studies
RB Revue biblique
RNT Regensburger Neues Testament
RSR Recherches de science religieuse
RTL Revue lhiologique de Louvain
SANT Studien zum Alten und Neuen Testament
SBLDS SBL Dissertation Series
SBLMS SBL Monograph Series
SBLSCS SBL Septuagint and Cognate Studies
SBT Studies in Biblical Theology
SE Studia Evangelica I, n, m (= TU 73 [1959], 87 [1964], 88
[1964], etc.)
SNTSMS Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
SPB Studia postbiblica
ST Studia theo!ogica
Slr-B (H. Strack and] P. Billerbeck. Kommenlar zum Neuen
Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch
SUNT Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments
TDNT G. Kittel and G. Friedrich (eds.), Theological Dictionary of the
New Testament
TDOT G.J. Bolterweck and H. Ringgren (eds.), Theological
Dictionary of the Old Testament
THKNT Theologischer Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament
TS Theological Studies
TU Texte und Untersuchungen
TWNT G. Kittel and G. Friedrich (eds.), Theologisches Worterbuch
zum Neuen Testamfnt
TZ Theologische Zeitschrift
UNT Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
USQR Union Seminary Quarterly Review
VT Vetus Testamentum
WMANT Wissenschaftliche Monographien zum Alten und Neuen
Testament
WUNT Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
ZNW Zeitschrift fur die neuteslamentliche Wissenschaft