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The Use of Sacred Books in the Ancient World / Edited by L. V. Rutgers ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology ; 22Publication details: Leuven : Peeters, c1998.Description: 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9042906960
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291.82 22 USE
Contents:
The Christian hermeneutical revolution and its double helix / Guy G. Stroumsa -- The brother of Jesus and the interpretation of Scripture / Bruce Chilton -- Remarks on quotation formulas in Gospels and Acts / Gerard Mussies -- Isaiah and the 'hidden things' : the quotation from Psalm 78:2 in Matthew 13:35 / Maarten J.J. Menken -- A critical contribution to the Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti : Jude and Hesiod / Bert Cozunsen -- The Sarah imagery in 1 Peter / Magda Misset van de Weg -- 'Homer the prophet of all' and 'Moses our teacher' : late antique exegesis of the Homeric epics and the Torah of Moses / Philip S. Alexander -- Sortes : sacred books as instant oracles in late antiquity / Pieter W. van der Horst -- Nullus disciplinae expers : Virgil's authority in (late) antiquity / Jan den Boeft -- Concern for the unity of Tenakh in the formation of Aggadat Bereshit / Lieve Teugels -- "I said, you are gods..." : the significance of Ps. 82 for some early Christian authors / Annewies van de Hoek -- The use of Scripture in the Coptic Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter (NHC VII, 3) / Henriëtte W. Havelaar -- Jacob of Edessa and the text of Scripture / Alison Salvesen -- Inscriptions in Mosaic pavements in Byzantine Palestina/Arabia quoting texts from the Old Testament / Karel J.H. Vriezen -- Die Codexillustration als neuer Kunstzweig : Spiegel einer geänderten Funktion des Buches in der Spätantike? / Barbara Zimmermann -- The importance of Scripture in the conflict between Jews and Christians : the example of Antioch / Leonard V. Rutgers.

Papers from a conference organized by members of a research unit of Utrecht University in Jan. 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The Christian hermeneutical revolution and its double helix / Guy G. Stroumsa -- The brother of Jesus and the interpretation of Scripture / Bruce Chilton -- Remarks on quotation formulas in Gospels and Acts / Gerard Mussies -- Isaiah and the 'hidden things' : the quotation from Psalm 78:2 in Matthew 13:35 / Maarten J.J. Menken -- A critical contribution to the Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti : Jude and Hesiod / Bert Cozunsen -- The Sarah imagery in 1 Peter / Magda Misset van de Weg -- 'Homer the prophet of all' and 'Moses our teacher' : late antique exegesis of the Homeric epics and the Torah of Moses / Philip S. Alexander -- Sortes : sacred books as instant oracles in late antiquity / Pieter W. van der Horst -- Nullus disciplinae expers : Virgil's authority in (late) antiquity / Jan den Boeft -- Concern for the unity of Tenakh in the formation of Aggadat Bereshit / Lieve Teugels -- "I said, you are gods..." : the significance of Ps. 82 for some early Christian authors / Annewies van de Hoek -- The use of Scripture in the Coptic Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter (NHC VII, 3) / Henriëtte W. Havelaar -- Jacob of Edessa and the text of Scripture / Alison Salvesen -- Inscriptions in Mosaic pavements in Byzantine Palestina/Arabia quoting texts from the Old Testament / Karel J.H. Vriezen -- Die Codexillustration als neuer Kunstzweig : Spiegel einer geänderten Funktion des Buches in der Spätantike? / Barbara Zimmermann -- The importance of Scripture in the conflict between Jews and Christians : the example of Antioch / Leonard V. Rutgers.

Text in English; one contribution in German.

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