scholarly journals Johannine research in Africa, part 1: An analytical survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan G. Van der Watt
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
History Of

This article is the first of two parts that contribute to the history of African biblical research. Africa’s theological ‘awakening’, following the colonial period, includes the discipline of New Testament studies. In this article the contributions of theologians working in Africa on the field of Johannine studies are surveyed and evaluated. In certain areas theologians from Africa performed very well, whilst other areas should receive more attention.Johannese navorsing in Afrika, deel 1: ’n Analitiese oorsig. Hierdie artikel is die eerste van twee, wat saam ’n bydrae tot die geskiedenis van Bybelnavorsing in Afrika wil lewer. Afrika se teologiese bewuswording wat op die koloniale periode volg, sluit die dissipline van Nuwe-Testamentiese navorsing in. In hierdie artikel word die bydrae van teoloë wat in Afrika werk, ondersoek en ge-evalueer. In sekere areas het die teoloë uit Afrika besonder goed gevaar, maar ander areas behoort meer aandag te geniet.

scholarly journals The Department of New Testament Studies, University of Pretoria (Dutch Reformed Church) 1938� 2008

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Van der Watt ◽  
Andrie Du Toit ◽  
Stephan Joubert
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Permanent Staff ◽  
The University ◽  
Dutch Reformed Church

This article deals with the history of the Department of New Testament Studies at the University of Pretoria from 1938 to 2008. The focus falls on the permanent staff members and their contributions during this period. The article begins with a discussion of the life and career of Prof. E.P. Groenewald. It then proceeds to the more diff cult time of cultural boycotts, with Profs A.B. du Toit and F. Botha as members of the Department at that time. Then the careers of Profs J.G. van der Watt and S.J. Joubert are discussed. The article concludes with a discussion of the contribution made by Prof. G.J. Steyn.

scholarly journals ‘I Have Come to Abolish Sacrifices’ (Epiphanius,Pan.30.16.5): Re-examining a Jewish Christian Text and Tradition

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-110
Author(s):  
Simon J. Joseph
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Animal Sacrifice ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
History Of

TheGospel of the Ebionitesis a ‘text’ that only exists as fragments cited in and extrapolated from the heresiological writings of Epiphanius (Pan. 30). LikeRecognitions1.27–71, theGospel of the Ebionitesis one of a number of second- and third-century Jewish Christian sources, texts and traditions alleging that Jesus rejected animal sacrifice. In this article, I seek to review the history of research on this particular text and tradition and explore its significance as a case study in the use of non-canonical gospel traditions in New Testament studies.

The Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Art History ◽  
Jewish Population ◽  
Textual Criticism ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Hebrew Scriptures ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
History Of

The Septuagint is the term commonly used to refer to the corpus of early Greek versions of Hebrew Scriptures. The collection is of immense importance in the history of both Judaism and Christianity. The renderings of individual books attest to the religious interests of the substantial Jewish population of Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods, and to the development of the Greek language in its Koine phase. The narrative ascribing the Septuagint’s origins to the work of seventy translators in Alexandria attained legendary status among both Jews and Christians. The Septuagint was the version of Scripture most familiar to the writers of the New Testament, and became the authoritative Old Testament of the Greek and Latin Churches. In the early centuries of Christianity it was itself translated into several other languages, and it has had a continuing influence on the style and content of biblical translations. In the Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint leading experts in the field write on the history and manuscript transmission of the version, and explain the study of translation technique and textual criticism. They provide surveys of previous and current research on individual books of the Septuagint corpus, on alternative Jewish Greek versions, the Christian ‘daughter’ translations, and reception in early Jewish and Christian writers. The handbook also includes several ‘conversations’ with related fields of interest such as New Testament studies, liturgy, and art history.

Augustan Rome and the Body of Christ: A Comparison of the Social Vision of theRes Gestaeand Paul's Letter to the Romans

2013 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
James R. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Body ◽  
Greek Text ◽  
Latin Text ◽  
Son Of God ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Greek East

A surprising omission in New Testament studies of the imperial world is a comparison of Augustus's conception of rule in theRes Gestae(RG) with Paul's eschatological gospel of grace in his letter to the Romans. Even though each document has been foundational in the history of Western civilization, a comparison of their vastly different social outcomes has not been undertaken. Neil Elliott has made an outstanding contribution in laying the foundations for such a study, offering a scintillating analysis of Paul's letter to the Romans in terms ofiustitia(justice),clementia(mercy),pietas(piety), andvirtus(valor), the four virtues of Augustus inscribed on the Golden Shield erected in the Julian senate house (RG34.2). However, a full-scale investigation of the Augustan conception of rule in theRGwould open up new perspectives on Paul's engagement with the imperial world in Romans, given that Augustus became the iconicexemplumof virtue for his Julio-Claudian successors. Nonetheless, the difference in genre and aims of each document makes such a comparison daunting for New Testament scholars, as does the controversy that each document continues to generate in its own discipline. Further, we are unsure about the extent of the exposure that Paul might have had to theRG, directly or indirectly. Possibly Paul saw a Greek version of theRGtext at Pisidian Antioch, along with the Latin text that still survives there, during his first missionary journey (Acts 13:14–50), even though there are no archaeological remains of the Greek text at Antioch today. Presumably Paul would have been aware that the original Latin copy of theRGwas inscribed in bronze at Augustus's mausoleum at Rome. This article will argue that Paul, in planning to move his missionary outreach from the Greek East to the Latin West (Rom 15:19a–24), thought strategically about how he was going to communicate the reign of the crucified, risen, and ascended Son of God to inhabitants of the capital who had lived through the “Golden Age” of grace under Augustus and who were experiencing its renewal under Nero. What social and theological vision did Paul want to communicate to the city of Rome in which Augustus was the yardstick of virtue to which future leaders of Rome should aspire?

Literary Unity and Reception History

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-457
Author(s):  
C. Kavin Rowe
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Reception History ◽  
Second Century ◽  
Clear Distinction ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scholarly Discussion ◽  
Literary Unity

In the effort both to clarify and advance the present scholarly discussion, this article continues a conversation about (a) the reception history of Luke and Acts and (b) the hermeneutical implications that derive from such history . After a brief recapitulation of the status quaestionis, the article presses for a clear distinction between literary unity and reception history. It then moves to examine the cogency of the suppositions about the history of the Lukan writings prior to their reception in the second century (and beyond) and suggests a scenario that renders intelligible the later developments. Finally, the article concludes with some reflections about the pertinence of reception history to New Testament studies.

The Egyptian Text of the Four Gospels and Acts

1933 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-98
Author(s):  
Henry A. Sanders
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Textual Studies ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Church

During recent years the trend of New Testament textual studies has been toward the identification and establishment of local texts. If these be old, they serve as witnesses to the original text, if late, they are helpful in showing the trends of textual development and add to our knowledge of the history of the Church. We are far removed from the New Testament studies and problems of 1898, when Grenfell and Hunt published the first papyrus fragment of the New Testament, Oxyrhynchus 2 containing Matthew 1, 1–20.

Byzantine Art and Gospel Commentary: The Case of Luke 13:6–9, 10–17

2016 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-277
Author(s):  
François Bovon ◽  
Nancy P. Ševčenko
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Eleventh Century ◽  
Gospel Of Luke ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Byzantine Art ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fig Tree ◽  
Joint Study ◽  
Miracle Story

This paper represents a conversation between two disciplines that too rarely enter into dialogue: New Testament studies and the history of Byzantine art. Two gospel passages have been chosen for analysis here: the first is a parable, the parable of the fig tree (Luke 13:6–9); the second, which follows immediately upon the first, is a miracle story that provokes a controversy (Luke 13:10–17). Both passages appear exclusively in the Gospel of Luke. Our joint study will start with exegetical notes on the Gospel of Luke and the history of the interpretation of these particular verses and will then turn to the miniatures that illustrate them in an eleventh-century Byzantine manuscript in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Parisinus graecus 74 (figs. 1–2). François Bovon has interpreted the Gospel of Luke in a German collection, the Evangelisch-katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament, a series attentive to the history of the reception (Wirkungsgeschichte) of the biblical text in the life of the Christian church. He will explain the two New Testament passages and follow the path of patristic and Byzantine interpretation during these periods.

scholarly journals Military Forces in Judaea 6–130 ce: The status quaestionis and Relevance for New Testament Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher B. Zeichmann
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Roman Army ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The Status ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Military

The study of the military in the Roman provinces of Judaea is not the most accessible topic. Though the data upon which scholars rely is familiar (e.g., epigraphs, papyri, ancient historians), its study requires significant methodological deviations from biblical studies. This article summarizes key points relevant for scholars of both Jewish antiquity and early Christianity. First, it provides a summary of recent developments in the social history of the Roman army in the Near East, attending especially to the question of the role and function of soldiers in that region. Second, this article provides a brief social history for all military units in Judaea before it was renamed Syria Palaestina in 130 ce (four legions, 14 infantry cohortes, and five cavalry alae), based on the latest discoveries. Finally, the article concludes with a section discussing two issues specific to New Testament studies: the presence of an Italian cohort in Judaea (Acts 10) and the issue of the Augustan cohort in Judaea and Batanaea (Acts 27).

scholarly journals Paulus i Aarhus – fra Johannes Munck til nu

2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
Eve-Marie Becker
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Early Death ◽  
World War ◽  
Research History ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Theology ◽  
Insight Into

Recapitulating Johannes Munck’s most prominent international contribution to the field of Pauline exegesis, this article at the same time reflects upon the history of New Testament studies in Aarhus: from the time of Munck’s employment as professor of New Testament exegesis in 1938 to the founding of the Faculty of Theology in 1942 and up to his early death in 1965 as well as even more recent times. Munck’s interest in and view on Paul, however, not only provide insight into the history of Theology at Aarhus University: theycan also be seen as an eminent paradigm of New Testament research history, thereception of Paul, and questions about methods and hermeneutics in particular, shortly before, during, and soon after World War II.

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