The Bible was the lifeblood of virtually every aspect of the life of the early churches. This Handbook explores a wide array of themes related to the reception, canonization, interpretation, uses, and legacies of the Bible in early Christianity.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- List of abbreviations
- List of figures
- List of contributors
- Introduction
- Part I: Scripture
- 1: Lincoln H. Blumell: Scripture as Artefact
- 2: Reinhart Ceulemans: The Septuagint and Other Translations
- 3: Joseph Lienhard, SJ: Canons and Rules of Faith
- 4: Frances Young: Divine Discourse: Scripture in the Economy of Revelation
- Part II: Interpreters and Interpretation
- 5: Peter Struck: Greco-Roman Literary Criticism
- 6: Tarmo Toom: Early Christian Handbooks on Interpretation
- 7: John C. Cavadini: From Letter to Spirit: The Multiple Senses of Scripture
- 8: Peter W. Martens: The Ideal Interpreter
- Part III: Settings and Genres of Scriptural Interpretation
- I Exegetical Genres
- 9: Josef Lössl: Commentaries
- 10: Eric Scherbenske: Scholia
- 11: Lorenzo Perrone: Questions and Responses
- 12: Andrew Faulkner: Paraphrase and Metaphrase
- 13: Richard A. Layton: Catanae
- 14: Luke Dysinger, OSB: Sentences
- II Liturgical Interpretation
- 15: Wendy Mayer: Catecheses and Homilies
- 16: Jeffrey Wickes: Poetry and Hymnody
- 17: L. Edward Phillips: Liturgy as Performative Interpretation
- III Narrative and Visual Interpretation
- 18: Stephen J. Shoemaker: Christian Apocrypha
- 19: F. Stanley Jones: Novels
- 20: Bronwen Neil: Hagiography
- 21: Robin M. Jensen: Visual Art
- Part IV: Communities and Criteria
- 22: James Carleton Paget: Christianity and Judaism
- 23: John Granger Cook: Christians and Pagans
- 24: H. Clifton Ward: Marcion and His Critics
- 25: David Brakke: Gnostics and Their Critics
- 26: Jason BeDuhn: Manichaean Biblical Interpretation
- Part V: Scripture in the Life of the Church
- 27: Johan Leemans and Anthony Dupont: Scripture and Martyrdom
- 28: Lewis Ayres: Scripture in the Trinitarian Controversy
- 29: Andrew Hofer, OP: Scripture in the Christological Controversies
- 30: Michael Hollerich: Scripture and a Christian Empire
- 31: Elizabeth A. Clark: Scripture and Asceticism
- VI: Scriptural Figures and Motifs
- 32: Paul M. Blowers: Creation
- 33: Peter C. Bouteneff: Adam and Eve
- 34: Everett Ferguson: Covenants
- 35: Michael Graves: Exodus
- 36: B. Lee Blackburn, Jr.: Law
- 37: Michael Cameron: Psalms
- 38: Mark W. Elliot: Semon on the Mount
- 39: C. E. Hill: The Gospel of John
- 40: Judith L. Kovacs: Paul the Apostle
- 41: John Behr: Cross
- 42: Jeffrey A. Trumbower: Heaven and Hell
- VII: Retrievals and Criticisms
- 43: Franklin T. Harkins: Medieval Latin Reception
- 44: Mary B. Cunningham: Byzantine Reception
- 45: Esther Chung-Kim: Reception in the Renaissance and Reformation
- 46: Michael C. Legaspi: Modern Biblical Criticism and the Legacy of Pre-Modern Interpretation
- 47: Matthew Levering: Retrievals in Contemporary Christian Theology