The Women at the Tomb: Matthew 28:1 Re-examined

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-282
Author(s):  
Thomas R. W. Longstaff
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Way

It seems singularly unfortunate that in the twentieth century Matthew's Gospel has so often been studied with more attention being given to the Marcan source than to the Matthean narrative.1 Nowhere is this tendency more evident than in the account of the visit of the women to the tomb of Jesus (Matt. 28. 1; Mark 16. 1–2; cf. Luke 24. 1). A survey of the commentaries on Matthew quickly reveals how pervasive this interest in the Marcan narrative is.2 But while it may well be a reasonable exegetical procedure to compare one Gospel with another, the way in which the perspective described above can also hinder an understanding of Matthew's Gospel is strikingly apparent in M. D. Goulder's treatment of this passage in a recent article in New Testament Studies. Goulder writes:The motive for the women's visit to the tomb is coherent in Mark. Joseph has rolled Jesus' body in linen, but it is not said that he anointed it: the women come to supply this need – they see where he is laid (xv. 47), and come to anoint him (xvi. 1). Matthew's story is incoherent: he does not mention the ointments throughout, and the women, having sat opposite the tomb (xxvii. 61), come, weakly, to see the tomb (xxviii. 1). On Marcan priority this is easily understood: Matthew has introduced a guard on the tomb, so an anointing venture must seem impossible. But, on Matthaean priority, what would they want to come and see the tomb for at first light?3

Leibniz’s Formal Theory of Contingency

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-43
Author(s):  
Jeffrey McDonough ◽  
Zeynep Soysal
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Formal Theory ◽  
The Third ◽  
Analysis Theory ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Way

This essay argues that, with his much-maligned “infinite analysis” theory of contingency, Leibniz is onto something deep and important – a tangle of issues that wouldn’t be sorted out properly for centuries to come, and then only by some of the greatest minds of the twentieth century. The first two sections place Leibniz’s theory in its proper historical context and draw a distinction between Leibniz’s logical and meta-logical discoveries. The third section argues that Leibniz’s logical insights initially make his “infinite analysis” theory of contingency more rather than less perplexing. The last two sections argue that Leibniz’s meta-logical insights, however, point the way towards a better appreciation of (what we should regard as) his formal theory of contingency, and its correlative, his formal theory of necessity.

scholarly journals Die Heilige Gees en die Skriflesing in die samekoms van die gemeente

1999 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
B.J. De Klerk
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Decisive Factor ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Presence Of God ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Way

The Holy Spirit and Scripture-reading in the gathering of the congregation The realisation of the presence of God in the gathering of the congregation is often hampered by the lack of emphasis on the communicative action, the Scripture-reading by which God directly talks to his congregation. In this article the basic theoretical exploration indicates that Scripture-reading is the way in which God addresses us as: “Here I am!” God discloses his power to bestow grace upon and judge the congregation. Scripture-reading as signifying communicative action in the service can be regarded as a continuation of the idea of God’s presence implied by the tabernacle, temple, and synagogue – an idea also emphasised in New-Testament times and in the twentieth century. Scripture-reading is thus the binding and decisive factor in the meeting of God with his people. Some possibilities for the practical application of the independent Scripture-reading are indicated in this article.

On Making Them All One: Unity, Transcendence and the Anglican Church

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-37
Author(s):  
Anthony D. Baker
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Anglican Church ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACTThe question of unity looms large in current vocabulary of the Anglican Communion. This article suggests, first of all, that the term is a rich theological one that ought to come under rigorous theological scrutiny and, secondly, that such scrutiny could in fact alter the way Anglicans understand themselves as an ecclesial body. While the works of Rowan Williams and Ephraim Radner have issued important and necessary calls for a return to ecclesiology, both, it is here suggested, do not illuminate fully the implications of the New Testament call to ‘be one’. Making substantial reference to Hooker's theology of the church, which is properly seen as an extension of his Christology, it is here suggested that unity is both a gift that transcends the church in its descent in the Spirit, and a craft that takes shape as the church struggles to make and remake itself in the image of Christ, whose prayer that his followers would all be one as ‘you and I’ is one that has consistently supplied the framework for the tradition of Christian ecclesiology.

Prescription for Change

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kinch
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
New Models ◽  
History Of ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Way

The introduction of new medicines has dramatically improved the quantity and quality of individual and public health while contributing trillions of dollars to the global economy. In spite of these past successes--and indeed because of them--our ability to deliver new medicines may be quickly coming to an end. Moving from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, A Prescription for Change reveals how changing business strategies combined with scientific hubris have altered the way new medicines are discovered, with dire implications for both health and the economy. To explain how we have arrived at this pivotal moment, Michael Kinch recounts the history of pharmaceutical and biotechnological advances in the twentieth century. Kinch relates stories of the individuals and organizations that built the modern infrastructure that supports the development of innovative new medicines. He shows that an accelerating cycle of acquisition and downsizing is cannibalizing that infrastructure Kinch demonstrates the dismantling of the pharmaceutical and biotechnological research and development enterprises could also provide opportunities to innovate new models that sustain and expand the introduction of newer and better breakthrough medicines in the years to come.

Raleigh, Hariot, and Atheism in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England

1969 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Susanne S. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
William Shakespeare ◽  
New Testament ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Privy Council ◽  
Stuart England ◽  
Earl Of Essex ◽  
The Way

It has long been accepted as fact that Raleigh was an important figure in a coterie of maverick intellectuals, generally referred to as the School of Night. The assumptions are that this coterie was a structured group; that it concerned itself with iconoclastic attitudes toward religion and philosophy, politics, literature, and the sciences; and that the Raleigh coterie was in active opposition to a rival group, the members of which included the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Southampton, and William Shakespeare. However, two concerns need clarification to evaluate the evidence that Raleigh was a member of such a group: were the attacks on him as an atheist justified, and what were his attitudes toward intellectual pursuits ? It would then be most practical to ascertain on what evidence the School of Night theory is based, how it is presented and interpreted by twentieth century scholars, and whether or not earlier accounts of Raleigh ascribe to such theories, examining along the way what Raleigh's beliefs were as can be determined by his writings and what contemporary attitudes were toward Raleigh and his associates. It may then be possible to judge if there is justification for asserting that Raleigh was a leader--or even a member--of such a group, and indeed, if any such group is likely to have existed.In 1592, in answer to Elizabeth's proclamation against the Jesuits, Father Robert Parsons published his Responsio in which he deplored the notion that Raleigh might become a privy councilor and thus introduce an atheistic policy into England, through the agency of his conjurer, usually taken to be Thomas Hariot. An Advertisment, the English summary of the Responsio, repeated the charge but did not speculate on Raleigh's appointment to the Privy Council. “Of Sir Walter Raleigh's school of atheism by the way, and of the conjurer that is M[aster] thereof, and of the diligence used to get young gentlemen to this school, wherein both Moses and our Savior, the Old and New Testament are jested at, and the scholars taught among other things to spell God backward”.

scholarly journals Die eerste tree op weg na ’n kritiese en historiese Nuwe-Testamentiese wetenskap aan die Universiteit van Pretoria: Die bydrae van J H J A Greyvenstein, hoogleraar 1917-1945

1992 ◽  
Vol 48 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Van Aarde
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Historical Understanding ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way ◽  
Theological Training

J H J A Greyvenstein, Professor 1917-1945 - paving the way for a critical and historical understanding of the New Testament at the University of Pretoria J H J A Greyvenstein was the first lecturer in New Testament Studies at the TUC, which later became the University of Pretoria. His understanding of the New Testament witnesses to a critical and historical scientific consciousness. The aim of this article is to argue primarily from Greyvenstein’s lectures, given during the first years of theological training at the TUC, that he paved the way for studying the New Testament from a critical and historical exegetical perspective. This perspective was accompanied by faith that can be described as an absolute dependance on God in pursuance of Jesus’ sonship experience.

scholarly journals Hermeneutiese perspektiewe op geweld in die Nuwe Testament

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter G.R. De Villiers
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
Forms Of Violence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

Hermeneutical perspectives on violence in the New Testament This article discusses hermeneutical perspectives on violence in the New Testament as they appear in articles in this publication and in New Testament Studies in general. It contrasts the traditional perspective on the New Testament as book of peace with the growing insight in its violent nature. It is followed by a discussion of the multi-faceted nature of both notions of peace and violence and the various forms in which they are expressed. After an analysis of the relationship between violence and its alternatives, the various forms of violence are outlined in terms of their relationship to their experiential realities. This is followed by remarks about an adequate methodology for the study of violence, the way in which violence is countered in the New Testament texts and, finally, three possible explanations for the nature of violence.

The Relation of Luke i and ii to Hebraic Sources and to the Rest of Luke-Acts

1955 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Turner
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Testament Studies

In his recent article, ‘The Birth and Infancy Stories of the Third Gospel’ (New Testament Studies, Vol. i, No. 2, pp. 111–21) Dr Paul Winter adheres to the Semitic source hypothesis for Luke i, ii and one Hebrew document is apparently envisaged (‘a document written in Hebrew formed the basis of this part of the Third Gospel’ (p. 113)). Moreover, he maintains that ‘the theory that the editor…was the author of the first two chapters…and that he wrote these chapters in Greek whilst intentionally adopting a Hebraizing style is untenable’ (p. 121). The article does not allow the possibility that the use of Hebrew sources went hand in hand with consultation of the LXX, nor consider the question whether the evangelist himself translated the Hebrew or whether he found the document in its present Hebraized Greek form. Such questions are fundamental to the problem posed by the article, namely the reason for the ‘barbarous’ language. Thus, in a brief summary of this question, Professor Matthew Black gives due weight to the possibility of the evangelist's indebtedness to the LXX, and suggests that the LXX was an ‘aid’.

The Narrative of The Crucifixion

1962 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-334
Author(s):  
Vincent Taylor
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
Clear Sign ◽  
New Testament Studies

In a recent article in New Testament Studies (vol. IV, Jan. 1958, PP. 115–19) ProfessorJ. Jeremias maintained that when Luke deviates from Mark's order in the succession of narratives, it is a clear sign that he is following his special source. In the course of his argument he examines the narratives of the Crucifixion in Mark xv. 20b–41 and Luke xxiii. 26–49 and maintains that, if Luke had followed Mark, he would have thrown the material into complete confusion. He supports this claim by numbering the fourteen separate details in Mark's account and the seventeen in Luke and by setting against the Lukan series the corresponding numbers of the Markan series. Thus arranged the Markan series of the details in question is I, 6, 2, 6, 4, 8, 10, 7, 5, 9, 12, II, 13, 14. He is clearly justified in saying that in this rearrangement the Markan narrative would be completely ‘muddled up’ (voliständig durcheinandergewirbelt). It is reasonable to conclude that Luke is not using Mark, but his special source.

Doubts about Doubt: Honest to God Forty Years On

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-195
Author(s):  
N. T. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Real Problem ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Church Life ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Alternative Proposal ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACTHonest to God, published in 1963, was one of the most public religious bestsellers of the twentieth century. Because it was written by an Anglican bishop it was especially controversial. Yet there are questions that remain and this article highlights seven such questions which draw attention to weaknesses in the book. An alternative proposal is offered here. Robinson had his finger on a real problem in postwar British church life and, in a measure, theology. I believe the problem was mostly or largely caused not by the New Testament and historic Christianity itself, but by the way in which the post-Enlightenment world had assimilated and re-expressed the Christian faith. What Robinson referred to when speaking of supraor supernaturalism belonged within an essentially Deist or Epicurean framework, and he was struggling with the unwelcome consequences of people being unable to relate to their absentee landlord, and simultaneously puzzling over the fact that some people did not find this a problem. The huge popularity of his book shows that he struck a chord with a great many people. The tragedy of Honest to God, as I perceive it, is that Robinson did not see that what he was rejecting was a form of supernaturalism pressed upon Christianity by the Enlightenment; that he did not therefore go looking for help in finding other ways of holding together what the classic Christian tradition has claimed about God.

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