The Creed and the Scriptures

edited by Markus Bockmuehl and Nathan Eubank

Book cover: The Creed and the Scriptures

Extent: 357 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Biblical Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Series volume number: 519

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(September 2024)

ISBN: 9783161615986

9.09 x 6.06 inches

Price: $187.00

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How did Scripture influence the ancient Christian creeds? Did the earliest precursors to the creeds influence the formation of Scripture itself? Were Christians the only people in antiquity who made creeds, as has often been alleged? The authors of this volume investigate the relationship between Scripture and the creeds.


Were ancient Christian creeds designed as summaries of Scripture, or, conversely, was the formation of Scripture itself subject to creedal as well as canonical considerations? To what extent were there non-Christian antecedents and analogies to the church’s habit of making creeds? The contributors to this volume investigate the relationship between Scripture and ancient Christian creeds. The essays in this volume are divided into four sections devoted to related lines of inquiry. The first asks whether the Christian creeds are sui generis as sometimes claimed, or whether there are close analogies in Jewish and Graeco-Roman antiquity. The second section investigates key critical issues in scholarly study of the creeds. The third turns to case studies illustrating how early Christian writers deploy the creeds in their engagement with scriptural topics. The fourth section turns to thematic studies in the creed.

  • Edited by Markus Bockmuehl
  • Edited by Nathan Eubank