{"title":"The Testimony of the Exalted Jesus in the Book of Revelation by Sarah U. Dixon (review)","authors":"P. Decock","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"402 - 404"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0025","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45046131","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:“Perspectives” such as the “New Perspective” or the “Radical New Perspective” on Paul, to name two prominent versions, have come to characterise much of Pauline research since the late twentieth century. This article explores the settings of and reasons for the particular “perspectival” focus on the Pauline letters, its ensuing legacies, and subsequent impact on Pauline studies. Hermeneutical approaches such as perspectives in Pauline scholarship are more than simply heuristic approaches, so that their wider significance and effects deserve attention. Reflections on (some of) the effects and impact of such multifaceted approaches on Pauline scholarship, amidst a plethora of juxtaposed methodological approaches where primary perspectival leanings often linger, conclude the article.
{"title":"(Post-)Perspectivally, Paul?","authors":"J. Punt","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:“Perspectives” such as the “New Perspective” or the “Radical New Perspective” on Paul, to name two prominent versions, have come to characterise much of Pauline research since the late twentieth century. This article explores the settings of and reasons for the particular “perspectival” focus on the Pauline letters, its ensuing legacies, and subsequent impact on Pauline studies. Hermeneutical approaches such as perspectives in Pauline scholarship are more than simply heuristic approaches, so that their wider significance and effects deserve attention. Reflections on (some of) the effects and impact of such multifaceted approaches on Pauline scholarship, amidst a plethora of juxtaposed methodological approaches where primary perspectival leanings often linger, conclude the article.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"373 - 398"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44258619","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":"Intermediate Greek Grammar: Syntax for Students of the New Testament by D. L. Mathewson and Elodie B. Emig (review)","authors":"M. Cromhout","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"408 - 411"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0027","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46756588","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:Pauline scholarship has gone through fundamental changes during the last decades. Old assumptions and premises have been questioned, debated and reformulated through the New Perspective on Paul. A more recent scholarly trend is known as the Paul Within Judaism Perspective (also labelled the Radical New Perspective on Paul). This article focuses on 2 Corinthians 3 in relation to this development and discusses whether it is possible to read the passage within the framework of Paul Within Judaism. The main dialogue partner is Paul Duff’s volume, Moses in Corinth: The Apologetic Context of 2 Corinthians 3 (2015). The conclusions of this article are that 2 Corinthians 3 has been neglected and not given its due space and influence in recent scholarship, that the passage is difficult to combine with the assumptions of Paul Within Judaism, and that it is highly relevant for the discussions of Paul and Judaism.
{"title":"New Perspectives on the Old Covenant: 2 Corinthians 3 and Paul within Judaism","authors":"L. Nyman","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0022","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Pauline scholarship has gone through fundamental changes during the last decades. Old assumptions and premises have been questioned, debated and reformulated through the New Perspective on Paul. A more recent scholarly trend is known as the Paul Within Judaism Perspective (also labelled the Radical New Perspective on Paul). This article focuses on 2 Corinthians 3 in relation to this development and discusses whether it is possible to read the passage within the framework of Paul Within Judaism. The main dialogue partner is Paul Duff’s volume, Moses in Corinth: The Apologetic Context of 2 Corinthians 3 (2015). The conclusions of this article are that 2 Corinthians 3 has been neglected and not given its due space and influence in recent scholarship, that the passage is difficult to combine with the assumptions of Paul Within Judaism, and that it is highly relevant for the discussions of Paul and Judaism.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"351 - 371"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41407180","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 examines 1 John 4:7–21 in the context of the Nigerian church. The pericope presents the elaborate nature and essence of divine love among Christians. This model of love is based on self-sacrifice, motivated by positive will and implemented by daily practice. Adopting a historical-critical method of exegesis, the article argues that a thorough understanding of this model of love in its reading of the pericope is achieved within the framework of an internal problem the Johannine community faced. This problem was rooted in the activities of heretical teachers who brought about a spiritual aristocracy and schism in the community. In this study, it is contended that 1 John 4:7–21 deals with this problem and that its teachings centre on God’s love as the function of love within the Christian brotherhood. The hermeneutics of the study shows that there is a paradigm shift with regard to the conception and application of love in the Nigerian church today. It also demonstrates that most Christians in the Nigerian church consider some limitations and initiate some reservations in the practice of love to their fellow Christians. All these are against the teachings of this Johannine pericope as interpreted in this article. First John 4:7–21 teaches Christians to love one another unconditionally as the evidence of their love for God.
{"title":"Exegetical Exploration of 1 John 4:7–21 in the Context of the Nigerian Church","authors":"Omaka K. Ngele, Daniel C. Unachukwu","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0021","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article examines 1 John 4:7–21 in the context of the Nigerian church. The pericope presents the elaborate nature and essence of divine love among Christians. This model of love is based on self-sacrifice, motivated by positive will and implemented by daily practice. Adopting a historical-critical method of exegesis, the article argues that a thorough understanding of this model of love in its reading of the pericope is achieved within the framework of an internal problem the Johannine community faced. This problem was rooted in the activities of heretical teachers who brought about a spiritual aristocracy and schism in the community. In this study, it is contended that 1 John 4:7–21 deals with this problem and that its teachings centre on God’s love as the function of love within the Christian brotherhood. The hermeneutics of the study shows that there is a paradigm shift with regard to the conception and application of love in the Nigerian church today. It also demonstrates that most Christians in the Nigerian church consider some limitations and initiate some reservations in the practice of love to their fellow Christians. All these are against the teachings of this Johannine pericope as interpreted in this article. First John 4:7–21 teaches Christians to love one another unconditionally as the evidence of their love for God.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"329 - 349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42640422","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":"Coins as Cultural Texts in the World of the New Testament by D. H. Wenkel (review)","authors":"B. Wilson","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"423 - 424"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44614694","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:Prayer passages in the Johannine literature have been examined in detail, especially those located in the Fourth Gospel and 1 John. But what about the utilisation of εὔχομαί in 3 John 2? Some scholars see this term as a reference to the Elder’s wish for Gaius’s well-being. Others insist that the term refers to his prayer to God on Gaius’s behalf. While εὔχομαί can mean either “wish” or “pray” (in 3 John 2), this article argues that this term likely involves both the Elder’s desire for Gaius’s overall well-being and his prayer to God for this desire to come to pass as Gaius supports the mission of God. This reading accords with the Elder’s commendable tone and with the overall context of 3 John. Therefore, this study examines prayer in 3 John on its own terms, but it also seeks to discover how the Elder’s prayer-wish synthesises with and compares to prayer in John’s Farewell Discourse. In particular, attention is given to discerning the relationship between prayer, the fruitfulness of believers, and the mission of God in 3 John and the Farewell Discourse.
{"title":"An Examination of Prayer in 3 John 2 and the Farewell Discourse in Light of the Mission of God","authors":"S. Adams","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0015","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Prayer passages in the Johannine literature have been examined in detail, especially those located in the Fourth Gospel and 1 John. But what about the utilisation of εὔχομαί in 3 John 2? Some scholars see this term as a reference to the Elder’s wish for Gaius’s well-being. Others insist that the term refers to his prayer to God on Gaius’s behalf. While εὔχομαί can mean either “wish” or “pray” (in 3 John 2), this article argues that this term likely involves both the Elder’s desire for Gaius’s overall well-being and his prayer to God for this desire to come to pass as Gaius supports the mission of God. This reading accords with the Elder’s commendable tone and with the overall context of 3 John. Therefore, this study examines prayer in 3 John on its own terms, but it also seeks to discover how the Elder’s prayer-wish synthesises with and compares to prayer in John’s Farewell Discourse. In particular, attention is given to discerning the relationship between prayer, the fruitfulness of believers, and the mission of God in 3 John and the Farewell Discourse.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"187 - 207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45852703","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:It is well-established that “honour/shame” culture was pervasive in first-century Roman Palestine. What is less established is the extent to which the honour/shame culture influences readings of the New Testament. This article argues that the lens of honour/shame radically alters the meaning of New Testament texts typically understood as relating to non-violence. A text from the Gospel of Luke is examined to establish that the cultural context and intertextual cues point to honour and dignity as themes of key verses rather than non-violence.
{"title":"Honour Not Non-Violence: Retrieving a Concept from the First-Century Context of Christian Marginalisation","authors":"Alease A. Brown","doi":"10.1353/NEO.2020.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/NEO.2020.0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:It is well-established that “honour/shame” culture was pervasive in first-century Roman Palestine. What is less established is the extent to which the honour/shame culture influences readings of the New Testament. This article argues that the lens of honour/shame radically alters the meaning of New Testament texts typically understood as relating to non-violence. A text from the Gospel of Luke is examined to establish that the cultural context and intertextual cues point to honour and dignity as themes of key verses rather than non-violence.","PeriodicalId":42126,"journal":{"name":"Neotestamentica","volume":"54 1","pages":"209 - 222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/NEO.2020.0016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49169325","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 combines two methodological and conceptual trajectories—the first being the rise of the Christian polis and the centrality of Christian discourse, and the spatial turn in early Christian studies; the second being psychogeography. Michel De Certeau’s exploration of the notion of walking in the city has been most influential in conceptualising psychogeography, and also informs the approach in this article. The study examines how one late antique Christian homilist, namely John Chrysostom (ca. 349–407 CE), negotiates, psychogeographically, with urban spaces in relation to his views on virtue formation, focusing on homily 15 On Ephesians and homily 28 On Hebrews. In many of Chrysostom’s homilies one finds sporadic ekphrases of city life, or rather, scenes and exhibitions of urban spatial practices. In psychogeographical terms, Chrysostom’s wanderings blossom as a form of dérive— strategic technologies of voyeuristic ambulation through necessitated yet varied ambiences, leading out to an archaic détournement, in which the complex quotidian pratiques of the vice-laden city are exposed unaesthetically and used against itself. Thus, such ekphrases are strategic in that they serve as illustrative, practical examples of the dynamics and problems of virtue formation in the urban setting. In the style of a visionary urban wanderer, Chrysostom takes his audience on seemingly random, yet very strategic, strolls through the city and then pauses at some spatial practices for psychopedagogical reasons.
摘要：本文结合了两个方法论和概念轨迹——第一个是基督教城邦的兴起和基督教话语的中心性，以及早期基督教研究的空间转向；第二个是心理地理学。Michel De Certeau对城市步行概念的探索对心理地理学的概念化影响最大，也为本文的方法提供了信息。这项研究考察了一位已故的古代基督教布道家，即约翰·克里索斯托姆（公元前349–407年），如何在心理地理上与城市空间就其美德形成的观点进行谈判，重点是《以弗所书》的布道15和《希伯来人》的布道28。在Chrysostom的许多布道中，人们可以发现城市生活的零星口头禅，或者更确切地说，是城市空间实践的场景和展览。从心理地理学的角度来看，Chrysostom的漫游是一种驱动形式——通过必要但不同的环境进行偷窥的战略性技术，导致了一种古老的旅游，在这种旅游中，这个充满罪恶感的城市复杂的日常实践被毫无美感地暴露出来，并被用来对抗自己。因此，这些口头禅具有战略意义，因为它们是城市环境中美德形成的动态和问题的例证和实际例子。Chrysostom以一个富有远见的城市流浪者的风格，带着他的观众进行看似随机但又极具策略性的探索，在城市中漫步，然后出于心理教学的原因，在一些空间实践中停下来。
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Abstract:This article challenges the way côla and periods are delineated by exegetes involved in the so-called “sound mapping” approach. Specifically, the author argues that certain criteria for identifying côla and periods that are provided in both the initial version of the method outlined by Margaret E. Lee and Bernard B. Scott (2009) and the refined version proposed by Dan Nässelqvist (2015) conflict with the data from ancient sources. In other words, the criteria typically used for delineating côla and periods fail to accurately reflect the ancient conventions of structuring prose texts. Given the crucial role of the notions of côlon and period for the approach of “sound mapping,” further investigation into the rhetorical treatises from the Graeco-Roman world is warranted. Such an investigation, as this study aims to show, allows us to get a deeper understanding of the ancient system of colometry and to lay the foundation for a more historically-informed set of criteria.
摘要:本文对所谓的“声音映射”方法中注释者描述côla和时期的方式提出了挑战。具体而言，作者认为Margaret E. Lee和Bernard B. Scott(2009)提出的方法的初始版本和Dan Nässelqvist(2015)提出的改进版本中提供的确定côla和时期的某些标准与古代资料相冲突。换句话说，通常用于描述côla和时期的标准不能准确地反映古代散文文本结构的惯例。考虑到côlon概念的关键作用和“声音映射”方法的时期，进一步研究希腊罗马世界的修辞论文是有必要的。这项研究旨在表明，这样的调查使我们能够更深入地了解古代的色度系统，并为更了解历史的一套标准奠定基础。
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