Portraits of Jesus
Studies in Christology
edited by Susan E. Myers
The authors of this collection of essays focus on understandings of Jesus in various early Christian writings. Notable are several texts that examine the presentation of Jesus in the Gospels of John and Mark, as well as in the Book of Hebrews and in the letters of Paul. Other early Christian literature is represented as well, from the Infancy Gospel of Thomas to various Apocryphal Acts of Apostles and liturgical or other prayer texts, while some essays address a range of ancient literature, Christian and non-Christian. The authors of these essays examine the ways in which ancient writers addressed the significance of Jesus, as well as the their sources, dialogue partners, and critics in a variety of perspectives and methods. Contributors:Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Paul F. Bradshaw, Dylan M. Burns, Joshua Ezra Burns, Stephen J. Davis, Joshua D. Garroway, Judith M. Gundry, Daniel C. Harlow, Jeremy F. Hultin, Timothy Luckritz Marquis, Candida R. Moss, Susan E. Myers, George L. Parsenios, Michael Peppard, Richard I. Pervo, Bryan D. Spinks, Gregory E. Sterling, Thomas H. Tobin, S.J., Emma Wasserman
Susan E. Myers: IntroductionPart I: Portraits of Jesus in Gospel Literature George L. Parsenios: A Sententious Silence: First Thoughts on the Fourth Gospel and the Ardens Style - Joshua Ezra Burns: Like Father, Like Son: An Example of Jewish Humor in the Gospel of John - Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll: The Scripturally Complex Presentation of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark - Jeremy F. Hultin: Disobeying Jesus: A Puzzling Element in the Messianic Secret Motifs - Timothy Luckritz Marquis: Crucifixion, State of Emergency, and the Proximate Marginality of Christ's Kingship - Stephen J. Davis: Bird Watching in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas: From Child's Play to Rituals of Divine DiscernmentPart II: Portraits of Jesus in Paul Gregory E. Sterling: The Image of God: Becoming Like God in Philo, Paul, and Early Christianity - Judith M. Gundry: Jesus-Tradition and Paul's Opinion About the Widow Remaining as a Widow (1 Cor 7:40) - Emma Wasserman: An Idol is Nothing in the World (1 Cor 8:4): The Metaphysical Contradictions of 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1 in the Context of Jewish Idolatry Polemics - Thomas H. Tobin, S.J.: The Use of Christological Traditions in Paul: The Case of Rom 3:21-26Part III: Portraits of Jesus in Prayer and Liturgy Paul F. Bradshaw: The Status of Jesus in Early Christian Prayer Texts - Susan E. Myers: Praying to Jesus in the Acts of Thomas - Bryan D. Spinks: Handing on Tradition: Some Themes and Images in the Maronite Baptismal OrdoPart IV: Portraits of Jesus in Other Early Christian Literature Joshua D. Garroway: A New Sort of Priest for a New Sort of People: Hebrews as an Interpretation of Romans - Candida R. Moss: Standing at the Foot of the Staircase: Christology and Narrative Structure in the Prologue to Hebrews (Heb 1:1-4) - Daniel C. Harlow: Born of Fornication: The Jewish Charge of Jesus' Illegitimacy in John, Celsus, and Origen - Richard I. Pervo: Shepherd of the Lamb: Paul as a Christ-Figure in the Acts of Paul - Dylan M. Burns: Jesus' Reincarnations Revisited in Jewish Christianity, Sethian Gnosticism, and Mani - Michael Peppard: Archived Portraits of Jesus: Unorthodox Christological Images from John and Athanasius
Susan E. Myers, Born 1958; PhD from University of Notre Dame in Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity; currently Associate Professor in the Theology Department at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, USA.
- Edited by Susan E Myers
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Theologisches Profil, Grund und Intention der lukanischen Pneumatologie
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The Ransom Logion in Mark and Matthew
Its Reception and Its Significance for the Study of the Gospels
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Das Wirken Jesu in Galilaa bei Johannes
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Psalmenrezeption in der Passionsgeschichte des Matthausevangeliums
Eine intertextuelle Studie zur Verwendung, theologischen Relevanz und strukturgebenden Funktion der Psalmen in Mt 26-27 im Lichte fruhjudischer Psalmenrekurse
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Hohe Messianologie
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Isaiah’s Servants in Early Judaism and Christianity
The Isaian Servant and the Exegetical Formation of Community Identity
Evangelienexegese als Partiturlesen
Eine Interpretation von Mk 1,1-8,22a zwischen Komposition und Performanz
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The Gospel as the Revelation of God’s Righteousness
Paul's Use of Isaiah in Romans 1:1-3:26
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Figuren als Handlungsmodelle
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Christ as the Telos of Life
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The Interpretation of Freedom in the Letters of Paul
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The Use of Scripture in the Apocryphon of John
A Diachronic Analysis of the Variant Versions
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