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Contested Issues in Christian Origins and the New Testament: Collected Essays Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Jesus and the Gospels 1 The Humanity of Jesus: What’s at Stake in the Quest for the Historical Jesus? 2 Learning the Human Jesus: Historical Criticism and Literary Criticism

The Uses of History for Learning Jesus The Limits of History The Limits of History Concerning Jesus Another Approach to Learning the Human Jesus Narrative as Interpretation Narrative as Witness Conclusions

3 A Historiographical Response to Wright’s Jesus

Placing Wright’s Project Historiographical Comments The Gospels and Christian Origins

1. The Gospels as Sources 2. Christian Origins

Another Approach to the Jesus of the Gospels

4 The Jesus of the Gospels and Philosophy

The Historical Jesus as Sage The Narrative Jesus as Moral Exemplar The Narrative Jesus as Revealing God Jesus and Narrative Ontology Conclusion

5 Jesus among the Philosophers

Points of Agreement Disputed Questions Happiness and the Divine

6 Does a Theology of the Canonical Gospels Make Sense?

The Problems with Biblical Theology The Heuristic Value of Canonical Clusters The Canonical Gospels: Two Exercises in Comparison The Synoptics and John in Comparison Canonical and Apocryphal Gospels in Comparison What Theology do the Canonical Gospels Enable?

Part II: Luke-Acts 7 On Finding the Lukan Community: A Cautious Cautionary Essay

The Limits of the Mirror Method: Lessons from Paul The Mirror Reading of the Gospels: Lessons Yet to be Learned The Search for the Lukan Community

8 The Christology of Luke-Acts

What is the Topic? What is the Literary Composition? Is Christology the Main Topic? How Does the Narrative Mean? How is Character Determined? The Presentation of Jesus as a Prophet Testing the Prophetic Image

Son of Man Savior Son of David/King

Conclusion

9 The Lukan Kingship Parable

Some Preliminary Remarks Problems of the Traditional Interpretation The Lukan Context for the Parable Reading the Parable in Context

10 The Social Dimensions of Sōtēria in Luke-Acts and Paul

The Question Comparative Method Criteria for Comparison The Social Character of Salvation in Luke-Acts The Gospel Acts The Social Dimension of Salvation in Paul’s Letters Romans Corinthian Correspondence Thessalonian Correspondence Captivity Correspondence Conclusions

11 Literary Criticism of Luke-Acts 12 Narrative Criticism and Translation: The Case of the NRSV

The NRSV and Its Critics Narrative Criticism and Translation The Prologue (Luke 1:1–4) The Empty Tomb (Luke 24:1–12) Missing Literary Themes Righteous, Righteousness God’s Visitation Acts 15:6–18 A Deeply Flawed Translation

13 Narrative Perspectives on Luke 16:19–31 Part III: Paul 14 Romans 3:21–26 and the Faith of Jesus

Faith as the Confession of Christ Faith as Response to God Faith as Obedience The Obedience of Jesus as the Faith of Jesus

15 Transformation of the Mind and Moral Discernment in Paul

A First Look at Romans A Second Look at Romans A Glance at Aristotle The Measure of Faith and the Mind of Christ The Role of the Holy Spirit Evidence from Other Letters Conclusion

16 Life-Giving Spirit: The Ontological Implications of Resurrection in 1 Corinthians

Paul’s Argument in 1 Corinthians 15.15 The Functions of the Holy Spirit Conclusion

Questions

17 The Body in Question: The Social Complexities of Resurrection in 1 Corinthians

Thinking Body The Assembly as the Σῶμα Χριστοῦ Sexual Involvement The Implications of Meals Conclusions

18 Paul’s Ecclesiology

Paul’s Ecclesial Focus Israel and the Church Mission of the Church The Church in Metaphor Organization in the Local Church The Church in Colossians and Ephesians The Church in the Pastorals Conclusion

19 2 Timothy and the Polemic Against False Teachers: A Re-examination

2 Timothy: A Personal Paraenetic Letter Hellenistic Materials Pertinent to Understanding 2 Timothy Paraenesis and Polemic in 1 Timothy and Titus 1 Timothy Titus Conclusions

20 Oikonomia Theou: The Theological Voice of 1 Timothy from the Perspective of Pauline Authorship

Clarifications and Caveats Composition and Setting The Theological Perspective of 1 Timothy Conclusion Response to Margaret Mitchell

21 1 Timothy 1:1–20: The Shape of the Struggle

Preliminary Observations The Exegetical Challenge Further Connections Conclusions

Part IV: Other NT Compositions 22 The Scriptural World of Hebrews

World-Construction through Citation and Allusion Construction through Interpretation The World Disclosed by Scripture Challenge to Contemporary Christian Readers

23 Hebrews 10:32–39 and the Agony of the Translator

The Significance of a Participle The Merging of Metaphors The Sharing of Shame God Speaks through Prophets The Impossible but Necessary Task

24 Reading Wisdom Wisely

What Knowledge Gives What Wisdom Demands

25 God Ever New, Ever the Same

Preliminary Questions The Witness of the Letter of James The Witness of 1 Peter Conclusion

26 John and Thomas in Context

Elaine Pagels’ Comparison of John and Thomas A More Adequate Comparison

The Gospel of John How John is Different

Compositional Controls Canonical Controls

The Gospel of Thomas

GT and Synoptic Material How the GT is Different Canonical Controls on the GT

Trading Places

Part Five Issues in Christian Origins 27 Koinonia: Diversity and Unity in Early Christianity

In the Beginning is Unity In the Beginning is Conflict In the Beginning is Diversity Koinonia: An Alternative Approach

28 The New Testament’s Anti-Jewish Slander and the Conventions of Ancient Polemic

Historical Circumstances A Diverse Messianic Movement A Diverse First-Century Judaism Social Setting The Rhetoric

Jewish Rhetoric

Conclusion

29 Anti-Judaism and the New Testament

The Nature of the Issues The Complexity of the Issues Historical and Narrative Roles Anti-Jewish Slander and Ancient Rhetoric

1. Historical Circumstances 2. A Diverse Messianic Movement 3. Diversity Among First-Century Jews 4. The Social Setting of Rival Schools 5. The Rhetoric of Vilification 6. Jewish Rhetoric of Vilification

Declarations on Law, Covenant, and People Conclusion

30 Religious Rights and Christian Texts

Christianity’s Record of Religious Intolerance The Lessons of History The Necessity of Hermeneutics The Sources of Intolerance in Christianity

The Exclusive Tendencies of Monotheism The Rhetoric of Intolerance

Exorcising the Demons of Intolerance in Christianity

Relativizing the Rhetoric Relativizing Theological Claims Legitimating Religious Diversity Living by Christianity’s Moral Standard

Conclusion

31 Proselytism and Witness in Earliest Christianity

The Ancient Context

Greco-Roman Religion Greco-Roman Philosophy Judaism as Philosophy

Early Christian Practice Assessing the Canonical Sources Conclusions

32 The Bible after the Holocaust: A Response to Emil Fackenheim 33 Law in Early Christianity

The Roman and Jewish Context Jesus and Law Christian Beginnings and Law Christian Engagement with Jewish Law Steps Toward Christian Law Distinctive Legal Contributions of Christianity

34 The Complex Witness of the New Testament Concerning Marriage, Family, and Sexuality

Factors Affecting Christian Teaching and Practice Family Marriage Sexuality

35 Making Connections: The Material Expression of Friendship in the New Testament

Common Conceptions of Friendship The Jerusalem Church in Acts Paul and the Philippian Church Paul’s Collection John’s Community of Friends Friendship with God in James Friendship and The Formation of Early Christianity

Ancient Author Index Modern Author Index Scripture Index Subject Index

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