Paul, Luke and the Graeco-Roman World: Essays in Honour of Alexander J.M. Wedderburn (Library Of New Testament Studies)

313 Pages·2004·12.9 MB·English

by  Alf Christophersen

JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
SUPPLEMENT SERIES
217
Executive Editor
Stanley E. Porter
Editorial Board
Craig Blomberg, Elizabeth A. Castelli, David Catchpole,
Kathleen E. Corley, R. Alan Culpepper, James D.G. Dunn,
Craig A. Evans, Stephen Fowl, Robert Fowler,
George H. Guthrie, Robert Jewett, Robert W. Wall
Sheffield Academic Press
A Continuum imprint
Alexander J.M. Wedderburn
Paul, Luke and the
Graeco-Roman World
Essays in Honour of
Alexander J.M. Wedderburn
edited by
Alf Christophersen, Carsten Claussen,
Jorg Frey and Bruce Longenecker
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Supplement Series 217
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CONTENTS
Preface vii
Abbreviations ix
List of Contributors xv
Part I
PAUL
HEICKI RÄISÄNEN
Did Paul Expect an Earthly Kingdom? 2
RICHARD H. BELL
The Myth of Adam and the Myth of Christ in Romans 5.12-21 21
ROBERT JEWETT
Impeaching God's Elect: Romans 8.33-37 in its Rhetorical
Situation 37
MARGARET E. THRALL
The Initial Attraction of Paul's Mission in Corinth and of the
Church He Founded There 59
ODA WISCHMEYER
Paul's Religion: A Review of the Problem 74
HANS KLEIN
Craftsmanship Assumptions in Pauline Theology 94
CHRISTINA HOEGEN-ROHLS
KTIOIS and KOCIVTI KTIOIS in Paul's Letters 102
FERDINAND HAHN
Observations on the Soteriology of the Letters to the Colossians
and Ephesians 123
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Part II
LUKE
DAVID E. AUNE
Luke 1.1 -4: Historical or Scientific Prooimionl 138
DAVID P. MOESSNER
Dionysius's Narrative 'Arrangement' (oiKovo|jua) as the
Hermeneutical Key to Luke's Re-Vision of the 'Many' 149
STANLEY E. PORTER
The Reasons for the Lukan Census 165
CHRISTIAN WOLFF
Aa AEI v yAcoaaa i s in the Acts of the Apostles 189
Part III
GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD
RICHARD BAUCKHAM
Paul and Other Jews with Latin Names in the New Testament 202
HEINZ-WOLFGANG KUHN
The Qumran Meal and the Lord's Supper in Paul in the Context
of the Graeco-Roman World 221
Part IV
IN DIALOGUE WITH A. J.M. WEDDERBURN
JAMES D.G. DUNN
Beyond the Historical Impasse?
In Dialogue with A. J.M. Wedderburn 250
A.J.M. Wedderburn: Publications 265
Index of References 271
Index of Authors 285
PREFACE
Sandy Wedderburn is known to his friends as a man of very dry wit, and
to the academy as a first-class scholar (and the two adjectives are not inter-
changeable!). He is the kind of academician who works quietly away on a
significant issue that has caught his attention and then publishes a notable
monograph that cuts a clear pathway ahead. The most obvious example of
this is his ground-breaking Baptism and Resurrection: Studies in Pauline
Theology against its Graeco-Roman Background (WUNT, 44; Tubingen:
J.C.B. Mohr, 1987), which is peerless in its field and is unlikely to be over-
shadowed by any other work in the near future. Similar is his accessible
The Reasons for Romans (SNTW; Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1988), which,
with its clear-headed discussion of the issue, will remain an invaluable
resource for students and scholars alike. Then of course there is his
stimulating and theologically pro vocative Beyond Res urrection (London:
SCM Press; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999), with which no one inter-
ested in the fundamentals of the Christian faith can fail to grapple. In these
and other works, Sandy has proved himself to be a careful and judicious
historian who has what many exegetes and historians do not have—a keen
eye for theological complexity.
After a fruitful teaching career at the University of St Andrews in
Scotland and the University of Durham in England, Sandy took up the
chair of New Testament Theology at the University of Munich, a position
previously held by Ferdinand Hahn. Sandy is one of those regrettably rare
scholars who capably bridge the cultures of English- and German-speak-
ing academia, being fully conversant with and enhancing both cultures in
the process. Sandy has also served the international academic community
in other ways. In particular, he was a judicious editor of the journal New
Testament Studies from 1991 to 1995 and chaired the 'Jesus and Paul'
seminar group of StudiorumNoviTestamentiSocietasfrom 1984 to 1988—
this latter involvement providing many of the resources for the invaluable
volume later edited by Sandy, Paul and Jesus: Collected Essays (JSNTSup,
37; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1989).
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Because of his long-standing involvement in the guild of New Testa-
ment studies, Sandy has been associated with many scholars and influenced
many more beyond. And on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, an array
of his friends, associates and co-workers in New Testament scholarship
offer here, with great respect and admiration, their own contributions on
topics of Sandy's primary interests (Paul, Luke and the Graeco-Roman
world) from a variety of perspectives. As editors, it is our wish that these
be seen as a token of our own affection and appreciation to one who, in his
own unassuming way, has enhanced our own lives as well.1
The Editors
1. The editors want to express their sincere gratitude to the Evangelisch-Lutherische
Kirche in Bayern and to the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Forderer der Universitat
Munchen for generous grants that allowed the translation of the German contributions
into Sandy's native language. They also extend their appreciation to Sebastian Eisele
and Simona Hanselmann, who helped to correct some manuscripts, to Christina Jorg,
who offered invaluable secretarial assistance, and to Johannes Seyerlein for the
permission to print the frontispiece of Sandy Wedderburn.
ABBREVIATIONS
AASOR Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research
AB Anchor Bible
ABD David Noel Freedman (ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary
(6 vols.; New York: Doubleday, 1992)
AGJU Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des
Urchristentums
AJP American Journal of Philology
AlVi Albae Vigiliae
AnBib Analecta biblica
ANRW Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase (eds.), Aufstieg und
Niedergang der romischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms
im Spiegel der neueren Forschung (Berlin: W. de Gruyter,
1972-)
ANTF Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung
ATANT Abhandlungen zur Theologie des Alten und Neuen
Testaments
ATSM Adventist Theological Society Monographs
AzTh Arbeiten zur Theologie
BAGD Walter Bauer, William F. Arndt, F. William Gingrich and
Frederick W. Danker, Greek-English Lexicon of the New
Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2nd edn, 1979); cf. BDAG
BBB Bonner biblische Beitrage
BDAG Walter Bauer, William F. Arndt, F. William Gingrich and
Frederick W. Danker, Greek-English Lexicon of the New
Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 3rd edn, 2000)
BDF Friedrich Blass, A. Debrunner and Robert W. Funk, A Greek
Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian
Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961)
BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium
BEvT Beitrage zur evangelischen Theologie
BGBE Beitrage zur Geschichte der biblischen Exegese
BHT Beitrage zur historischen Theologie
Bib Biblica
Bile Bibel und Leben