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New insights into the transmission of the New Testament.
Christianity as a movement developed within the already established, but volatile Jewish movement/religion, expressing a profound sense of inclusivism illustrated in the transcendence of social boundaries.
Athas challenges the past assumptions by Book of Daniel scholars, especially with regard to the symbolism in Chapter 9. This exegesis provides a theory for chronological interpretation that includes dates for calculating the seventy weeks mentioned in Daniel's vision.
Challenges the contemporary notion of "early Christian literature," showing that a number of texts usually so described - including... Læs mere
Christians around the world recite the "Lord's Prayer" daily, but what exactly are they praying for - and what relationship does it have with Jesus' own context? The author reviews scholarship that derives the so-called Lord's Prayer from Jewish synagogal prayers and refutes it.
Brigitte Kahl brings to this insightful reading of Galatians a deep knowledge of the classical world and especially of Roman imperial... Læs mere
Recent interest in the person and work of James of Jerusalem and in the community he led has sometimes put the apostle Paul in a negative... Læs mere
Although character has been the subject of focused literary-critical study of the New Testament (and a point of connection with "character ethics") since... Læs mere
Argues that cosmology is a central focus in John's Apocalypse, but not in the sense that John envisions a stable cosmos. Rather, John employs cosmological themes for persuasive purposes that include a critique of Roman imperial cultic discourse.