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CONTENTS David M. Miller (Caronport, SK, Canada) The Messenger, the Lord, and the Coming Judgement in the Reception History of Malachi 3 pagei Richard Bauckham (St Andrews, Scotland) Historiographical Characteristics of the Gospel of John 17 C. Kavin Rowe (Durham, NC, USA) Acts 2.36 and the Continuity of Lukan Christology 37 B. J. Oropeza (Azusa, CA, USA) Paul and Theodicy: Intertextual Thoughts on God’s Justice and Faithfulness to Israel in Romans 9-11 57 Timothy G. Gombis (Cedarville, OH, USA) The ‘Transgressor’ and the ‘Curse of the Law’: The Logic of Paul’s Argument in Gal 2-3 81 Margaret Y. Macdonald (Antigonish, NS, Canada) Slavery, Sexuality and House Churches: A Reassessment of Col 3.18-4.1 in the Light of New Research on the Roman Family 94 Scott D. Mackie (Pasadena, CA, USA) Confession of the Son of God in Hebrews 114 Monika, Betz (München, Germany) Die betörenden Worte des fremden Mannes: Zur Funktion der Paulusbescreibung in den Theklaakten 130 Sean Freyne (Dublin, Ireland) Galilee as Laboratory: Experiments for New Testament Historians and Theologians 147 Michèle Morgen (Strasbourg-Cédex, France) Le (Fils) monogène dam les écrits johanniques 165 Friederich Horn (Mainz, Germany) Paulus und der Herodianische Tempel 184 Martinus De Boer (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) The Meaning of the Phrase t6 oroixeia toO Koopou in Galatians 204 John Barclay (Durham, England) There is Neither Old Nor Young? Early Christianity and .Ancient ideologies of Age 225 John Kloppenborg (Toronto, Ont., Canada) Diaspora Discourse: The Construction of Ethos in James 242 Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas: The Sixty-first General Meeting 271 Officers and Committee Members 2006-2007 274 Membership List, 2007 275 Walter T. Wilson (Atlanta, GA, USA) A Third Form of Righteousness: The Theme and Contribution of Matthew 6.19-7.12 in the Sermon on the Mount 303 David C. Sim (Fitzroy, Vic, Australia) Matthew 7.21-23: Further Evidence of its Anti-Pauline Perspective 325 Ryan D. Wettlaufer (Toronto, Ont., Canada) A Second Glance at Matthew 27.24 344 Jan Dochhorn (Göttingen, Germany) Die Verschonung des samaritanischen Dorfes (Lk 9.54-55): Eine kritische Reflexion von Elia- Überlieferung im Lukasevangelium und eine frühjüdische Parallele im Testament Abrahams 359 Josep Rius-Camps (Barcelona, Spain) The Pericope of the Adulteress Reconsidered: The Nomadic Misfortunes of a Bold Pericope 379 Karl Matthias Schmidt (Freiburg, Switzerland) Abkehr von der Rückkehr: 6o6 Contents Aufbau und Theologie der Apostelgeschichte im Kontext des lukanischen Diasporaverständnisses 406 lan W. Scott [Toronto, Ont., Canada) Common Ground? The Role of Galatians 2.16 in Paul’s Argument 425 Stefan Schreiber [Münster, Germany) Die Sternenfrau und ihre Kinder (Offb 12): Zur Wiederentdeckung eines Mythos 436 Nicole Chibici-Revneanu [Greifswald, Germany) Ein himmlischer Stehplatz: Die Haltung Jesu in der Stephanusvision (Apg 7.55-6) und ihre Bedeutung 459 V. Henry R. Nguyen [Aberdeen, Scotland) The Identification of Paul’s \ Spectacle of Death Metaphor in 1 Corinthians 4.9 489 Preston T. Massey [Bloomington, Ind., USA) The Meaning of KaTOKaXtirtTw and xaià Ke(t>aA.fiç ëxwv in 1 Corinthians 11.2-16 502 Michael Bachmann [Siegen, Germany) Zur Argumentation von Galater 3.10-12 524 Sigurd Grindheim [Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Apostate Turned Prophet: Paul’s Prophetic Self-understanding and Prophetic Hermeneutic with Special Reference to Galatians 3.10-12 545 James W. Thompson [Abilene, TX, USA) Ephapax. The One and the Many in Hebrews 566 S. D. Charlesworth [Armidale, NSW, Australia) T. C. Skeat, and 'ip-', and the Problem of Fibre Orientation in Codicological Reconstruction Contents 582 Books Received 2006-2007 605 Indexes 607 613