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
- Edited by Susan E Myers
Other Titles in this Series
Matthaeus Adversus Christianos
The Use of the Gospel of Matthew in Jewish Polemics Against the Divinity of Jesus
Volume 350
Schriftdiskurse im Johannesevangelium
Eine narrativ-intertextuelle Analyse am Paradigma von Joh 4 und Joh 7
Volume 380
The Offering of the Gentiles
Paul's Collection for Jerusalem in Its Chronological, Cultural, and Cultic Contexts
Volume 248
“Make Disciples of All Nations”
The Appeal and Authority of Christian Faith in Hellenistic-Roman Times
Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind
Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and his Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries
Volume 515
Paul’s Teaching on the Pneumatika in 1 Corinthians 12-14
Prophecy as the Paradigm of ta Charismata ta Meizona for the Future-Oriented Ekklesia
Volume 455
The Righteousness of God
A Lexical Examination of the Covenant-Faithfulness Interpretation
Volume 386
Die Ethik des Johannesevangeliums im sprachlichen Feld des Handelns
Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics. Band V
Volume 359
Sturmfahrt und Schiffbruch
Zur lukanischen Verwendung eines literarischen Topos in Apostelgeschichte 27,1-28,6
Volume 274
Sunde und Rechtfertigung bei Paulus
Eine exegetische Untersuchung zum paulinischen Sundenverstandnis aus soteriologischer Sicht
Volume 318
The Origins of Pauline Pneumatology
The Eschatological Bestowal of the Spirit upon Gentiles in Judaism and in the Early Development of Paul's Theology
Volume 194
Religious Experience of the Pneuma
Communication with the Spirit World in 1 Corinthians 12 and 14
Volume 230
Colometric Analysis of Paul’s Letters
Methodological Foundations and Application to 2 Corinthians 10-13
Volume 603
Communal Participation in the Spirit
The Corinthian Correspondence in Light of Early Jewish Mysticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Volume 575
Portraits of Paul’s Performance in the Book of Acts
Luke's Apologetic Strategy in the Depiction of Paul as Messenger of God
Volume 556
The Doubt of the Apostles and the Resurrection Faith of the Early Church
The Post-Resurrection Appearance Stories of the Gospels in Ancient Reception and Modern Debate
Volume 495
Semantik und Ethik des Wortfeldes ‘Ergon’ im Johannesevangelium
Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics, Band VIII
Volume 431
Der Hohepunkt des Hebraerbriefs
Hebraer 12,18-29 und seine Bedeutung fur die Struktur und die Theologie des Hebraerbriefs
Volume 463
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