New Testament and Early Christian Literature in Greco-Roman Context: Studies in Honor of David E. Aune (Supplements to Novum Testamentum, V. 122)

483 Pages·2006·3.97 MB·English

by  John Fotopoulos

The New Testament
and Early Christian Literature
in Greco-Roman Context
Studies in Honor of David E. Aune
edited by
John Fotopoulos
BRILL
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2006
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CONTENTS
List of Contributors .................................................................... ix
Encomium to David E. Aune .................................................. xi
John Fotopoulos
PART ONE
PAULINE STUDIES
Ioudaioi and Paul ........................................................................ 3
Calvin J. Roetzel
Crucified for His Own Sins—Crucified for Our Sins:
Observations on a Pauline Perspective ................................ 17
Peder Borgen
The Misidentification of Lerna Fountain at Corinth:
Implications for Interpretations of the Corinthian
Idol-Food Issue (1 Cor 8:1–11:1) .......................................... 37
John Fotopoulos
‘Not Even Among the Pagans’ (1 Cor 5:1): Paul and
Seneca on Incest .................................................................... 51
Paul Hartog
2 Corinthians 11:22: Historical Context, Rhetoric, and
Ethnic Identity ........................................................................ 65
Dennis C. Duling
The World of Thought in the Philippians Hymn
(Philippians 2:6–11) ................................................................ 91
Thomas H. Tobin, S.J.
Paul’s Pneumatological Statements and Ancient Medical
Texts ........................................................................................ 105
Troy W. Martin
vi contents
PART TWO
GOSPELS/ACTS
‘Listening Posts’ along the Way: ‘Synchronisms’ as
Metaleptic Prompts to the ‘Continuity of the Narrative’
in Polybius’ Histories and in Luke’s Gospel-Acts. A
Tribute to David E. Aune .................................................... 129
David P. Moessner
The Pauline Itinerary and the Archive of Theophanes ........ 151
Loveday Alexander
Judas, the Son of Perdition, and the Fulfillment of
Scripture in John 17:12 ........................................................ 167
Urban C. von Wahlde
Perjury in Ancient Religion and Modern Law:
A Comparative Analysis of Perjury in Homer and United
States Law .............................................................................. 183
John T. Fitzgerald
The Kingdom of the Father in the Gospel of Thomas ........ 203
Hans Kvalbein
PART THREE
REVELATION TO JOHN
The Relevance of the Roman Imperial Cult for the Book
of Revelation: Exegetical and Hermeneutical Reflections
on the Relation between the Seven Letters and the
Visionary Main Part of the Book ........................................ 231
Jörg Frey
Ruler or God? The Demolition of Herod’s Eagle ................ 257
Jan Willem van Henten
“A Woman Clothed with the Sun” and the “Great Red
Dragon” Seeking to “Devour Her Child” (Rev 12:1, 4)
in Roman Domestic Art ........................................................ 287
David L. Balch
Prolegomenous Reflections on Ophidian Iconography,
Symbology, and New Testament Theology ........................ 315
James H. Charlesworth
contents vii
PART FOUR
HELLENISTIC JUDAISM
Philo, Magic and Balaam: Neglected Aspects of Philo’s
Exposition of the Balaam Story ............................................ 333
Torrey Seland
PART FIVE
EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE
Rhetorical Handbooks in Service of Biblical Exegesis:
Eustathius of Antioch Takes Origen Back to School ........ 349
Margaret M. Mitchell
Views of Mental Illness among Greeks, Romans, and
Christians ................................................................................ 369
Robert M. Grant
Christ Proclaiming His Law to the Apostles: The Traditio
Legis-Motif in Early Christian Art and Literature .............. 405
Reidar Hvalvik
Early Christian Ascetic Practices and Biblical Interpretation:
The Witnesses of Galen and Tatian .................................... 439
James A. Kelhoffer
David E. Aune’s Major Publications ........................................ 445
Index of Ancient Sources .......................................................... 457

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Loveday Alexander, Professor of Biblical Studies, University of
Sheffield, U.K.
David L. Balch, Professor of New Testament, Texas Christian
University, Brite Divinity School, U.S.A.
Peder Borgen, Emeritus Professor of New Testament, University of
Trondheim, Norway
James H. Charlesworth, George L. Collord Professor of New Testa-
ment Language and Literature, Princeton Theological Seminary,
U.S.A.
Dennis C. Duling, Professor of Religious Studies, Canisius College,
U.S.A.
John T. Fitzgerald, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Univer-
sity of Miami, U.S.A.
John Fotopoulos, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Saint Mary’s
College, Notre Dame, U.S.A.
Jörg Frey, Professor of New Testament Theology, Ludwig-Maxi-
milians-Universität Munich, Germany
Robert M. Grant, Emeritus Professor of New Testament and Early
Christian Literature, The University of Chicago, U.S.A.
Paul Hartog, Adjunct Associate Professor of New Testament Studies
and Greek, Faith Baptist Theological Seminary, U.S.A.
Jan Willem van Henten, Professor of Early Judaism and New Testa-
ment, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Reidar Hvalvik, Professor of New Testament, MF Norwegian School
of Theology, Norway
James A. Kelhoffer, Assistant Professor of Theological Studies, St.
Louis University, U.S.A.
Hans Kvalbein, Professor of New Testament, MF Norwegian School
of Theology, Norway
x list of contributors
Troy W. Martin, Professor of Religious Studies, St. Xavier University,
U.S.A.
Margaret M. Mitchell, Professor of New Testament and Early
Christian Literature, The University of Chicago, U.S.A.
David P. Moessner, Professor of Biblical Theology, University of
Dubuque Theological Seminary, U.S.A.
Calvin J. Roetzel, Arnold Lowe Professor of Religious Studies,
Macalester College, U.S.A.
Torrey Seland, Professor of New Testament Studies, School of
Mission and Theology, Norway
Thomas H. Tobin, S.J., Professor of Theology, Loyola University
Chicago, U.S.A.
Urban C. von Wahlde, Professor of Theology, Loyola University
Chicago, U.S.A.
ENCOMIUM TO DAVID E. AUNE
John Fotopoulos
I am very grateful to have the opportunity to join with so many dis-
tinguished colleagues in celebrating the life and work of a gifted
scholar, teacher, mentor, and dear friend—David E. Aune. The pre-
sent collection of scholarly studies written in honor of Prof. Aune
on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday entitled The New Testament
and Early Christian Literature in Greco-Roman Context: Studies in Honor of
David E. Aune is meant to reflect David’s academic training, long-
term interests, and extensive publications. It is “Greco-Roman Context”
in the title of this work which connects David’s various publications
within the discipline of New Testament studies and early Christian
literature. His encyclopedic knowledge of early Christian, Jewish,
Greek, and Roman literature has enabled him to advance ground-
breaking interpretations of various ancient writings—interpretations
that have significantly influenced the direction of contemporary New
Testament scholarship. Professor Aune’s pioneering academic work
has proven him to be one of the leading scholars of his discipline,
having published more than one hundred articles appearing in schol-
arly books, reference works, and journals, while also having authored
or edited fifteen books. The topics in these publications, to name
only a few, have ranged from prophecy, eschatology, apocalypticism,
magic, symposia, biography, Greek, Gospels, Pauline studies, the
Revelation to John, and the New Testament and early Christian lit-
erature in their literary and rhetorical environment.
David’s first book was published by E. J. Brill in 1972 and appeared
in the Supplements to Novum Testamentum (volume 28), entitled
The Cultic Setting of Realized Eschatology in Early Christianity. This book
is a revised version of Prof. Aune’s Ph.D. dissertation at The University
of Chicago. It seems especially appropriate that the present Festschrift
in honor of David E. Aune is published by his first publisher in the
same prestigious series in which his first book appeared. David has
also published several other especially notable books which should
be mentioned here: the influential Prophecy in Early Christianity and the