Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality: Volume 1: Thematic Studies (Library of New Testament Studies 391)

312 Pages·2009·11.81 MB·English

by  Craig A. Evans

STUDIES IN SCRIPTURE IN EARLY JUDAISM AND
CHRISTIANITY
Edited by
Craig A. Evans
Volume 14
Published under
LIBRARY OF NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES
391
formerly the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series
Editor
Mark Goodacre
Editorial Board
John M.G. Barclay, Craig Blomberg, R. Alan Culpepper, James D.G. Dunn,
Craig A. Evans, Stephen Fowl, Robert Fowler, Simon J. Gathercole,
John S. Kloppenborg, Michael Labahn, Robert Wall, Steve Walton,
Robert L. Webb, Catrin H. Williams

EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND
INTERTEXTUALITY
Volume 1: Thematic Studies
EDITED BY
CRAIG A. EVANS
H. DANIEL ZACHARIAS
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PREFACE
Early Christian Literature and Intertextuaiity, published as two volumes,
represents the fourteenth and fifteenth volumes to appear in Studies in
Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity. Two of the previous volumes
are monographs. The other eleven volumes are collections of studies that
have more or less systematically worked through the Gospels, the letters
of Paul, other Judaeo-Christian bodies of literature from late antiquity, or
have investigated various questions pertaining to biblical understanding in
the period under review. Several other studies have focused on the
function of sacred Scripture in Rabbinic literature and other non-
Christian Jewish writings.
The present collection of studies focuses on the nature of sacred
Scripture and various aspects of its intertextuality. Volume 1 is comprised
of thematic studies. Early understandings of canon and Scripture, the use
of Scripture in later writings, and the interpretation and application of
various themes and narratives, allegories, and metaphors are treated in
these several studies. Volume 2 is comprised of exegetical studies, where
specific pericopes are treated. Most of these studies concern the function
of Scripture in New Testament writings. New proposals are made and
different approaches in method are considered.
As in the previous volumes, the present volume is enriched with
contributions by established scholars, as well as contributions by younger
scholars, whose work is making itself felt in the discipline. The editors
express their deepest thanks. The editors also wish to thank Sharon
Leighton for her assistance in editing and formatting several of the papers
as well as Adam Wright and Greg Monette for assisting with the
preparation of the indexes.
Craig A. Evans
H. Daniel Zacharias
Acadia Divinity College

CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
INTRODUCTION
Craig A. Evans and H. Daniel Zacharias
1. THE EVOLUTION OF GENRE IN THE HEBREW ANTHOLOGY
K. L. Noll
2. CONCEPTS OF SCRIPTURE IN 1 MACCABEES
Francis Borchardt
3. A JEWISH CANON BEFORE 100 BCE: ISRAEL'S LAW IN THE BOOK
OFARISTEAS
Ian W. Scott
4. BEN SIRA AND PAPYRUS INSINGER
Matthew J. Goff
5. REFRACTIONS OF DANIEL IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
Jonathan T. Pennington
6. DIARCHIC SYMBOLISM IN MATTHEW'S PROCESSION NARRATIVE:
A DEAD SEA SCROLLS PERSPECTIVE
Anthony Le Donne
7. ALLUSION TO AND EXPANSION OF THE TREE OF LIFE AND GARDEN
OF EDEN IN BIBLICAL AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHAL LITERATURE
Peter T. Lanfer
8. ASENETH AS THE 'TYPE OF THE CHURCH OF THE GENTILES'
Rivka Nir
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9. BEYOND REVEALED WISDOM AND APOCALYPTIC EPISTEMOLOGY:
EARLY CHRISTIAN TRANSFORMATIONS OF ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
ABOUT KNOWLEDGE 138
Annette Yoshiko Reed
10. THE INFLUENCE OF THE SEPTUAGINT ON THE NEW TESTAMENT:
TOWARD A MORE OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT 165
Radu Gheorghita
11. How DOES PAUL READ SCRIPTURE? 184
Stephen Moyise
12. THE CRISES AT CORINTH AND PAUL'S USE OF NUMBERS IN
1 CORINTHIANS 197
Jin K. Hwang
13. FROM RULER TO TEACHER: THE EXTENDING OF THE SHEPHERD
METAPHOR IN EARLY JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN WRITINGS 208
Wayne Baxter
14. THE NUPTIAL IMAGERY OF CHRIST AND THE CHURCH IN
AUGUSTINE'S ENARRATIONES IN PSALMOS 225
Aaron Canty
BIBLIOGRAPHY 236
INDEX OF REFERENCES 267
INDEX OF AUTHORS 280
ABBREVIATIONS
AAeg Analecta aegyptaica
AAS Acta apostolicae sedis
AASF Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae
AASOR Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research
AAT Agypten und Altes Testament
AB Anchor Bible
ABD D. N. Freedman (ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary (6
vols; New York: Doubleday, 1992)
ABRL Anchor Bible Reference Library
AbrN - Abr-Nahrain
ACNT Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament
AcOr Acta orientalia
ACW Ancient Christian Writers
ADAJ Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan
Aeg Aegyptus
AfO Archiv fur Orientforschung
AGJU Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des
Urchristentums
AGSU Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Spatjudentums und
Urchristentums
AHW W. von Soden, Akkadische Handwdrterbuch (3 vols;
Wiesbaden, 1965-81)
AJA American Journal of Archaeology
AJAS American Journal of Arabic Studies
AJBA Australian Journal of Biblical Archaeology
AJBI Annual of the Japanese Biblical Institute
AJEC Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
AJP American Journal of Philology
AJSL American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature
AJSRev Association for Jewish Studies Review
AJT American Journal of Theology
AKG Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte
ALBO Analecta lovaniensia biblica et orientalia