scholarly journals How the "New Testament" Shaped Deaf People at St Saviour’s, Oxford Street: A Study in Reception History and in Reception Exegesis

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
William John Lyons
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Reception History ◽  
Deaf People ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Oxford Street

Sirach

2021 ◽  
pp. 283-305
Author(s):  
Jeremy Corley
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Reception History ◽  
Second Century ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Ben Sira ◽  
Survey Article ◽  
Biblical History ◽  
The New Testament

This survey article on the Book of Sirach (Latin: Ecclesiasticus) first considers its composition by a Jerusalem scribe named Ben Sira, who lived in the early second century bce. The article then examines major themes in the book’s theology (wisdom, creation, theodicy, and death), as well as its much-criticized portrayal of women. The chapter also explores its ethics of honor, generosity, and friendship, as well as the review of biblical history in the Praise of the Ancestors (Sirach 44–50). Thereafter, the chapter notes the book’s parallels to the New Testament, as well as its mixed reception history within Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant faith communities. Finally, to illustrate aspects of the reception history, the article offers four case studies showing how various later interpreters have used the sage’s teaching on testing (2:1–18), friendship (6:5–17), social justice (34:21–31), and remembering godly ancestors (44:1–15).

Theology in the septuagint?

2021 ◽  
pp. 104-119
Author(s):  
Mogens Müller
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Reception History ◽  
History Of Interpretation ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
History Of

This chapter is an attempt to outline, not a theology of the Septuagint, but the theology which reveals itself in the special Greek wording of the translation in contrast to its Hebrew Vorlage. An introduction sketches the history of interpretation with regard to the interpretative character of the translation and stresses the importance of distinguishing between what the translators may have intended and what the chosen translation occasioned. There follows an overview of a series of the most significant choices, namely the designations for God, the rendering of ‘Torah’ by ‘Law’, messianic interpretations, and transformations of eschatology. In addition, theology as enculturation is discussed. A conclusion emphasizes the Septuagint as an important chapter in the reception history of the Hebrew Bible and its impact on the development of theology in the New Testament.

Textual History and Reception History

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-319
Author(s):  
Garrick V. Allen
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Reception History ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Book Of Revelation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Textual History ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
History Of

This article explores the possibility of examining reception history within the textual history of the New Testament, focusing on the book of Revelation. Both intentional alterations located in particular manuscripts and reading practices gleaned from slips of scribal performance are indicative of reception. Attempts to facilitate a certain understanding of a locution constitute acts of reception embedded in Revelation’s early textual history. The article concludes by analysing the social dynamics of the milieus in which exegetical textual alterations were tolerated, suggesting that the work of informal scribal networks provides modern researchers access to evidence for reception.

Reception History and Classical Stories

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Andrew Dearman
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Reception History ◽  
The New Testament

Reception history provides examples of how characters in Old Testament narratives are interpreted in the New Testament, post-biblical Judaism, and Islam. The examples provided are drawn from those discussed in previous chapters and include Abraham, Isaac, Hagar, Ishmael, Ruth, Boaz, and Orpah. Various communities of faith have interpreted their lives in light of these canonical characters. Historically these communities of faith made the OT narratives not only formative for their identity, but often the stories became classical texts for the larger communities in which they lived. The chapter concludes with the question of how modern, secular readings of these canonical characters and stories should proceed, given the increasing cultural distance between past and present.

Erasmus on Miracles and the Gift of Languages

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-61
Author(s):  
Jan Krans
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Reception History ◽  
The Gift ◽  
The New Testament

Abstract This contribution explores an important New Testament annotation by Erasmus, in which he deals with miracles and the quality of the Greek of the New Testament. A side remark in the short 1516 form of the annotation immediately provoked fierce opposition, which is shown to have led to significant expansions by Erasmus. The annotation also had a significant reception history in New Testament scholarship, the beginnings of which are sketched below.

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