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The Oxford handbook of early Christian biblical interpretation /

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The Bible was the lifeblood of virtually every aspect of the life of the early churches. This handbook explores a wide array of themes related to the reception, canonization, interpretation, uses, and legacies of the Bible in early Christianity.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Blowers, Paul M., 1955- (Editor), Martens, Peter W. (Peter William) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Series:Oxford handbooks online.
Subjects:
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Scripture as Artefact / Lincoln H. Blumell
  • Scholia / Eric Scherbenske
  • Questions-and-Responses / Lorenzo Perrone
  • Paraphrase and Metaphrase / Andrew Faulkner
  • Catenae / Richard A. Layton
  • Sentences / Luke Dysinger, OSB
  • Catechetical Lectures and Homilies / Wendy Mayer
  • Poetry and Hymnody / Jeffrey Wickes
  • Liturgy as Performative Interpretation / L. Edward Phillips
  • Christian Apocrypha / Stephen J. Shoemaker
  • Novels / F. Stanley Jones
  • The Septuagint and Other Translations / Reinhart Ceulemans
  • Hagiography / Bronwen Neil
  • Visual Art / Robin M. Jensen
  • Christianity and Judaism / James Carleton Paget
  • Christians and Pagans / John Granger Cook
  • Marcion and His Critics / H. Clifton Ward
  • Gnostics and Their Critics / David Brakke
  • Manichaean Biblical Interpretation / Jason BeDuhn
  • Scripture and Martyrdom / Johan Leemans, Anthony Dupont
  • Scripture in the Trinitarian Controversy / Lewis Ayres
  • Scripture in the Christological Controversies / Andrew Hofer, OP
  • Canons and Rules of Faith / Joseph Lienhard, SJ
  • Scripture and a Christian Empire / Michael Hollerich
  • Scripture and Asceticism / Elizabeth A. Clark
  • Creation / Paul M. Blowers
  • Adam and Eve / Peter C. Bouteneff
  • Covenant / Everett Ferguson
  • Exodus / Michael Graves
  • Law / B. Lee Blackburn, Jr.
  • Psalms / Michael Cameron
  • Sermon on the Mount / Mark W. Elliott
  • The Gospel of John / C. E. Hill
  • Divine Discourse: Scripture in the Economy of Revelation / Frances M. Young
  • Paul the Apostle / Judith L. Kovacs
  • Cross / John Behr
  • Heaven and Hell / Jeffrey A. Trumbower
  • Medieval Latin Reception / Franklin T. Harkins
  • Byzantine Reception / Mary B. Cunningham
  • Reception in the Renaissance and Reformation / Esther Chung-Kim
  • Modern Biblical Criticism and the Legacy of Pre-Modern Interpretation / Michael C. Legaspi
  • Retrievals in Contemporary Christian Theology / Matthew Levering
  • Greco-Roman Literary Criticism / Peter Struck
  • Early Christian Handbooks on Interpretation / Tarmo Toom
  • From Letter to Spirit: The Multiple Senses of Scripture / John C. Cavadini
  • The Ideal Interpreter / Peter W. Martens
  • Commentaries / Joseph Lössl.