Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality: Volume 2: Exegetical Studies (Library of New Testament Studies 392)

264 Pages·2009·8.54 MB·English

by  Craig A. Evans

STUDIES IN SCRIPTURE IN EARLY JUDAISM AND
CHRISTIANITY
Edited by
Craig A. Evans
Volume 15
Published under
LIBRARY OF NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES
392
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 2: Exegetical Studies
EDITED BY
CRAIG A. EVANS
H. DANIEL ZACHARIAS
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P R E F A CE
Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality, 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
and Adam Wright for assisting with the preparation of the indexes.
Craig A. Evans
H. Daniel Zacharias
Acadia Divinity College

CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ix
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xxvi
INTRODUCTION 1
Craig A. Evans and H. Daniel Zacharias
1. A NEW VIEW ON THE RELATION BETWEEN SEPTUAGINT AND
MASORETIC TEXT IN THE STORY OF DAVID AND GOLIATH 5
Jan-Wim Wesselius
2. A CASE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DUALISM: PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA
AND THE INSTRUCTION ON THE TWO SPIRITS 27
Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer
3. JESUS' JEWISH HERMENEUTICAL METHOD IN THE NAZARETH
SYNAGOGUE 46
R. Steven Notley
4. THE MAGNIFICAT AMONG THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE-SET PSALMS 60
Scot Becker
5. AN ECHO OF MERCY: A REREADING OF THE PARABLE OF THE
GOOD SAMARITAN 74
Nathan Lane
6. PSALM 2 AND THE SON OF GOD IN THE FOURTH GOSPEL 85
Steven B. Nash
7. JOEL 2.28-32A IN ACTS 2.17-21: THE DISCOURSE AND
TEXT-CRITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF VARIATION FROM THE LXX 103
Steven E. Runge
viii Contents
8. GENESIS 1-3 AND CONCEPTIONS OF HUMANKIND IN
4QINSTRUCTION, PHILO AND PAUL 114
Matthew Goff
9. WHY CAN'T THE ONE WHO DOES THESE THINGS LIVE BY THEM'?
THE USE OF LEVITICUS 18.5 IN GALATIANS 3.12 126
Preston M. Sprinkle
10. SURROGATE, SLAVE AND DEVIANT? THE FIGURE OF HAGAR IN
JEWISH TRADITION AND PAUL (GALATIANS 4.21-31) 138
Troy A. Miller
11. SUBVERTING SARAH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT: GALATIANS 4
AND 1 PETER 3 155
Jeremy Punt
12. T WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS':
PSALM 2.8-9 IN REVELATION 2.26-27 175
Tze-Ming Quek
13. EXEGESIS OF ISAIAH 11.2 IN APHRAHAT THE PERSIAN SAGE 188
Bogdan G. Bucur
BIBLIOGRAPHY 200
INDEX OF REFERENCES 225
INDEX OF AUTHORS 233
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 Handworterbuch (3 vols;
Wiesbaden, 1965-82)
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