{"title":"Multiple Teachers in Biblical Texts ed. by B. J. Koet and Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen (review)","authors":"C. Stenschke","doi":"10.1353/neo.2021.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2021.0005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"55 1","pages":"204 - 207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43368833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revelation by S. K. Tonstad (review)","authors":"Tankiso Letseli","doi":"10.1353/neo.2021.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2021.0009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"55 1","pages":"216 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42358659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:James 1:27 contains the only exhortation concerning the care of fatherless children and widowed mothers ("ὀρφανοί καὶ χῆραι") in the New Testament. By intentionally reading James 1:27 against the grain, the authors anticipate resisting the dominant voices enunciated with regard to the ὀρφανοί καὶ χῆραι. Traditionally, researchers view this reference as a cliché, signifying the "poor," consequently turning real people whose distress is real, into abstract concepts. The reference to orphans and widows (ὀρφανοί καὶ χῆραι) implies fatherless households. This observation presents the impetus to further explore the role this reference plays in comprehending the Letter of James's storied world. In order to investigate the underlying values in the Letter of James's storied world, the heuristic value of the Greimassian semiotic square is assessed. Contingent on the outcome of evaluating the data of the text (the surface structure and the structure of manifestation), the fundamental values underlying James 1:27, which account for the generation of this text, are presented with the Greimassian semiotic square.
{"title":"Heeding the Voices of Ὀρφανοί καὶ Xῆραι (Fatherless Households) in James 1:27: Utilising the Greimassian Semiotic Square","authors":"Sanrie M. De Beer, P. Jordaan","doi":"10.1353/neo.2021.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2021.0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:James 1:27 contains the only exhortation concerning the care of fatherless children and widowed mothers (\"ὀρφανοί καὶ χῆραι\") in the New Testament. By intentionally reading James 1:27 against the grain, the authors anticipate resisting the dominant voices enunciated with regard to the ὀρφανοί καὶ χῆραι. Traditionally, researchers view this reference as a cliché, signifying the \"poor,\" consequently turning real people whose distress is real, into abstract concepts. The reference to orphans and widows (ὀρφανοί καὶ χῆραι) implies fatherless households. This observation presents the impetus to further explore the role this reference plays in comprehending the Letter of James's storied world. In order to investigate the underlying values in the Letter of James's storied world, the heuristic value of the Greimassian semiotic square is assessed. Contingent on the outcome of evaluating the data of the text (the surface structure and the structure of manifestation), the fundamental values underlying James 1:27, which account for the generation of this text, are presented with the Greimassian semiotic square.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"55 1","pages":"23 - 42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48571013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:Peter and Paul were foundational figures in the early church in their roles as authoritative teachers. However, authors recognised a disparity between the apostles in terms of their theological gravitas based upon their epistolary contributions. The authors of the apocryphal acts of the apostles, particularly the texts focused on Peter, were also cognisant of this problematic dynamic. This article focuses on their attempts to remedy the situation through the practice of transposition, that is, placing teaching from Paul's letters in Peter's mouth. The article analyses examples of this practice beginning with the Martyrdom of Peter (Acts of Peter) through the later antique accounts of Pseudo-Linus, Pseudo-Abdias, and Pseudo-Marcellus. The Petrine borrowing from Paul's epistles is all the more striking given that seemingly relevant passages from 1 and 2 Peter could have been used by the apocryphal authors but were not. Only one citation from a Petrine epistle appears in any apocryphal text, but it is placed in the mouths of misguided Jewish Christians and prompts apostolic rebuke. The article closes by suggesting implications of transposition for early Christian reception of scriptural texts, namely the possibility that concepts we consider Pauline may have been widely considered Petrine on account of the apocryphal acts.
{"title":"The Pauline Teachings of Peter in the Apocryphal Acts","authors":"David L. Eastman","doi":"10.1353/neo.2021.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2021.0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Peter and Paul were foundational figures in the early church in their roles as authoritative teachers. However, authors recognised a disparity between the apostles in terms of their theological gravitas based upon their epistolary contributions. The authors of the apocryphal acts of the apostles, particularly the texts focused on Peter, were also cognisant of this problematic dynamic. This article focuses on their attempts to remedy the situation through the practice of transposition, that is, placing teaching from Paul's letters in Peter's mouth. The article analyses examples of this practice beginning with the Martyrdom of Peter (Acts of Peter) through the later antique accounts of Pseudo-Linus, Pseudo-Abdias, and Pseudo-Marcellus. The Petrine borrowing from Paul's epistles is all the more striking given that seemingly relevant passages from 1 and 2 Peter could have been used by the apocryphal authors but were not. Only one citation from a Petrine epistle appears in any apocryphal text, but it is placed in the mouths of misguided Jewish Christians and prompts apostolic rebuke. The article closes by suggesting implications of transposition for early Christian reception of scriptural texts, namely the possibility that concepts we consider Pauline may have been widely considered Petrine on account of the apocryphal acts.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"55 1","pages":"109 - 89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43738488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Otherness and Identity in the Gospel of John by S. U. Lim (review)","authors":"J. Dickie","doi":"10.1353/neo.2021.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2021.0006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"55 1","pages":"207 - 210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45805431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First and Second Thessalonians by N. Eubank (review)","authors":"Gertrud Tönsing","doi":"10.1353/neo.2021.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/neo.2021.0004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"55 1","pages":"202 - 204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48390706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Letter to the Romans: Paul among the Ecologists by S. K. Tonstad (review)","authors":"J. Mkole","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"418 - 423"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44925149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The First Christian Believer: In Search of John the Baptist by R. Nir (review)","authors":"B. Wilson","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"411 - 414"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47348124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This article is about burials that are lacking in dignity and care, either intentionally or due to adverse circumstances. The impact of such a burial on family and friends is also explored. Two case studies feature in this study, namely the burial of Jesus of Nazareth in the first century CE and the burials of Covid-19 victims today. In both cases, the inability to bestow the respect and compassion considered fitting leads to damage control. The article interprets the burial accounts in the Gospels with the help of the tradition-versus-redaction model whilst not ruling out oral traditioning and the role of social memory. The continuing burial tradition in the Gospels progressively rids Jesus’s burial of disgrace, thereby admitting to a distressing past event. It (re)presents Joseph of Arimathea, whose status is raised to that of a friend, as capable and willing to provide Jesus with a respectable burial. Those experiencing loss today due to the Covid-19 pandemic likewise mitigate the negative effects resulting from the interruption of traditional funeral rituals, in order to honour a loved one and allow grief and mourning processes to continue. It is the contention of this article that the selected method of comparing two exempla enhances our understanding of this study’s subject matter; moreover, today’s Covid-19 victims and bereaved can take comfort from the fact that in terms of the pain of inadequate burial someone has gone before, namely Jesus.
{"title":"The Burial of Jesus Compared with the Burial of Covid-19 Victims: Dishonour and Damage Control","authors":"J. Dickie, Petra Dijkhuizen","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0018","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article is about burials that are lacking in dignity and care, either intentionally or due to adverse circumstances. The impact of such a burial on family and friends is also explored. Two case studies feature in this study, namely the burial of Jesus of Nazareth in the first century CE and the burials of Covid-19 victims today. In both cases, the inability to bestow the respect and compassion considered fitting leads to damage control. The article interprets the burial accounts in the Gospels with the help of the tradition-versus-redaction model whilst not ruling out oral traditioning and the role of social memory. The continuing burial tradition in the Gospels progressively rids Jesus’s burial of disgrace, thereby admitting to a distressing past event. It (re)presents Joseph of Arimathea, whose status is raised to that of a friend, as capable and willing to provide Jesus with a respectable burial. Those experiencing loss today due to the Covid-19 pandemic likewise mitigate the negative effects resulting from the interruption of traditional funeral rituals, in order to honour a loved one and allow grief and mourning processes to continue. It is the contention of this article that the selected method of comparing two exempla enhances our understanding of this study’s subject matter; moreover, today’s Covid-19 victims and bereaved can take comfort from the fact that in terms of the pain of inadequate burial someone has gone before, namely Jesus.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"239 - 274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47938776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Price of Partnership in the Letter of Paul to the Philippians: “Make My Joy Complete” by Mark A. Jennings (review)","authors":"C. Stenschke","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"404 - 408"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0026","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43100038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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