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Morna Hooker was, until her retirement, Lady Margaret's Professor at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. Morna works on New Testament texts, especially on Christology. Her most recent publication is '‘The Sanctuary of his Body’: Body and Sanctuary in Paul and John'.
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For well over a century, following the pioneering work of Adolf Deissmann, New Testament scholars have grappled with the meaning of the puzzling phrase ‘in Christ’ which occurs so frequently in the Pauline epistles. Deissmann himself argued that it referred to the relationship of Christians with the ‘pneumatic Christ’, and expressed the ‘greatest i...
Keeping orthodoxy stable across the span of centuries is never easy. This essay’s starting point is Krister Stendahl’s insight that ‘sayings which originally mean one thing later on were interpreted to mean something else, something which was felt to be more relevant to human conditions of later times’. Applying this to Luther’s doctrine of justifi...
This article explores the possibility that John’s reference to ‘the sanctuary of his body’ (2.19) may have been influenced by Paul’s images of the church as Christ’s body and as a sanctuary. Paul describes both the church (1 Cor. 6.16) and the bodies of individual Christians (6.19) as sanctuaries of the Holy Spirit. Similarly, he describes Christian...
The debate regarding the meaning of πίστις Χριστοῦ in the Pauline epistles continues and is important because of its implications for theology. In the phrase there is a double ambiguity, which touches not only the significance of the genitive, but also the meaning of πίστις. A brief look at some key texts in Romans suggests that the phrase refers p...
Paul’s reference in 1 Cor. 15:32 to fighting with wild beasts has long been a puzzle. Since a literal interpretation seems
impossible, various explanations of the metaphor have been sought, but none is satisfactory. One possible explanation links
it to the riot in Ephesus recorded in Acts 19:28–41—but according to Luke, Paul himself was not present...
Following Paul’s experience on the Damascus Road, his life was drastically changed. Although he continued to maintain his loyalty to Israel’s God and the Scriptures, he now believed himself to be commissioned to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. At the heart of his theology lay his relationship with Christ – summed up in the phrase ‘in Christ’ – a...
At the end of 2 Corinthians 5, in which he is defending his style of ministry, Paul appeals three times to the gospel which he proclaims (vv. 14-15, 18-19, 21). These summaries are worded in ways that indicate the implications of the gospel for his ministry. At the same time, however, what is true of Paul should be true of all believers: they, too,...
In recent years, as debate has shifted from the question “What did the author mean?” to “How have readers understood what was written?,” there has been renewed interest in the history of the interpretation of texts. In this volume, Professor Blenkinsopp concentrates on the various ways in which Isaiah was interpreted in Late Antiquity, and since Is...
IntroductionDynamic, not StaticThe Gospel of/about JesusThe Use of TitlesThe Use of NarrativeThe Origins of New Testament ChristologyNotesReferences
Where the beginning is, there shall be the end. (Gospel of Thomas, Logion 18) In recent years, New Testament scholars have become increasingly aware of the significance of beginnings and endings for their understanding of the Gospels.1 The beginning and ending of any literary composition are both important-not simply because the beginning provides...
The Faith of Jesus Christ. The Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1–4:11. Second Edition.
Richard B. Hays
Pp. iii+308 (The Biblical Resource Series.) Grand Rapids, MI/Cambridge, UK Eerdmans
2001 0 8028 4957 1. Paper $ 25/£17.99.
Written to a Christian community with whom Paul has had a long and happy relationship, the letter to the Philippians is characterized by joy - a remarkable fact, since it was sent from prison, where its author was held on a capital charge. The letter expresses confidence about Paul's own future since, whether he lives or dies, Christ is with him (1...
No one familiar with the Bible needs to be told that it is a truly remarkable work. But it takes help to understand this ancient collection of diverse forms of literature written by different people across many centuries. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible (The ECB) is the finest, most up-to-date single-volume Bible handbook now available. Writte...
No one familiar with the Bible needs to be told that it is a truly remarkable work. But it takes help to understand this ancient collection of diverse forms of literature written by different people across many centuries. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible (The ECB) is the finest, most up-to-date single-volume Bible handbook now available. Writte...
Maurice Wiles was Regus Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford from 1970-1991. To celebrate his seventieth birthday, a group of distinguished friends and colleagues have written this important series of original and perceptive essays on the twin themes of making and remaking Christian doctrine. The topics covered in this thought-provokin...
