Chilton Bruce Evans Craig Edited (2 results)

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, xvi, 479 pp., index of Biblical Literature, index of Modern Authors For all those interested in Jesus research, early Christianity, early Judaism, and Israel in the first century. Bruce D. Chilton, Ph.D. (1976) in Biblical Studies, Cambridge University, is Professor of Hebrew Bible and New Testament at Bard College, New York. He has published numerous books and scholarly articles on Jesus and Judaism. Craig A. Evans, Ph.D. (1983) in Biblical Studies, Claremont Graduate School, is Professor of Biblical Studies and Director of the Graduate Program at Trinity Western University and Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton Institute London. Jesus research is a difficult task because of the number of primary source materials and their complexities. These complexities involve problems that arise from imperfect preservation of sources, uncertain literary relationships among the documents themselves, and even less certain knowledge of their respective provenances. Jesus research inevitably involves reaching behind the extant sources, inferring from what lies before us the nature of the material upon which the evangelists drew. This volume reviews the criteria, assumptions, and methods involved in critical Jesus research. Its purpose is to clarify the procedures necessary to distinguish tradition that stems from Jesus from tradition and interpretation that stem from later tradents and evangelists, and to inquire into the various forces and situations that led to the emergence of the tradition as we have it. Articles are "Authenticating the Words of Jesus," Craig A. Evans, "Assessing Progess in the Third Quest," Bruce D. Chilton, "Criteria for Assessing the Authentic Words of Jesus: Some Specifications," Bruce J. Malina, "Doubts about Double Dissimilarity: Restructuring the Main Criterion of Jesus-of-History Research," Tom Holmen, "How Jesus Changed Language with Meaning: A Study in Rhetoric," Ben F. Meyer, "The Implications of Textual Variants for Authenticating the Words of Jesus," Stanley E. Porter and Matthew Brook O'Donnell, "The Lord's Prayer in Social Perspective," Douglas E. Oakman, "The Lord's Prayer: Second Thoughts on the First Petition," Norman Meltzer, "The Silence of Jesus: The Galilean Rabbi Who was More than a Prophet," Eckhard J. Schnabel, "The (Son) of (the)Man, and Jesus," Bruce Chilton, "Q 12:51-53 and Mark 9:11-13 and the Messianic Woes," Dale C. Allison, Jr., "Jesus: A Glutton and Drunkard," Howard Clark Kee, "Questioning and Discernment in Gospel Discourse: Communicative Strategy in Matthew 11:2-9," J. Ian H. McDonald, "Public Declaration or Final Judgement? Matthew 10:26-27 = Luke 12:2-3 as a Case of Creative Redaction," Scot McKnight, "The Authenticity of the Command: 'Love Your Enemies,'" William Klassen, "The Authenticity of the Parable of the Warring King: A Response to the Jesus Seminar," Charles L. Quarles, "The Sayings of Jesus in the Letter of James," Wesley Hiram Wachob and Luke Timothy Johnson.

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, xvi, 479 pp., index of Biblical Literature, index of Modern Authors For all those interested in Jesus research, early Christianity, early Judaism, and Israel in the first century. Bruce D. Chilton, Ph.D. (1976) in Biblical Studies, Cambridge University, is Professor of Hebrew Bible and New Testament at Bard College, New York. He has published numerous books and scholarly articles on Jesus and Judaism. Craig A. Evans, Ph.D. (1983) in Biblical Studies, Claremont Graduate School, is Professor of Biblical Studies and Director of the Graduate Program at Trinity Western University and Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton Institute London. In this companion volume to Authenticating the Words of Jesus, the authors examine the important issue of the original setting and context in which the words of Jesus were spoken. They proceed on the assumption that authenticating the activities of Jesus is just as important as authenticating his words. A historical framework, made up of several fairly certain facts, must be clarified and used as a primary criterion for determining which sayings and episodes ought to be considered the stronger candidates of authentic tradition and how they should be interpreted. Many of Jesus' sayings cohere with historical elements and oftentimes either explain them or are explained by them. A complete study of the words of Jesus must also include a study of the activities of Jesus. Articles are "Authenticating the Activities of Jesus," Craig A. Evans, "Can the Third Quest Hope to Succeed?" James D.G. Dunn, "The Synoptic Gospels and History," E. Earle Ellis, "Reflections upon "the Historical Perimeters for Understanding the Aims of Jesus," William R. Farmer, "Five Gospels but no Gospel: Jesus and the Seminar," N. Thomas Wright, "The Implications of Textual Variants for Authenticating the Activities of Jesus," Stanley E. Porter and Matthew Brook O'Donnell, "Appointed Deed, Appointed Doer: Jesus and the Scriptures," Ben F. Meyer, "The Itinerant Jesus and His Home Town," J. Ramsey Michaels, "Behind the Temptations of Jesus: Q 4:1-13 and Mark 1:12-12," Dale C. Allison, Jr., "An Exorcism of History: Mark 1:21-28," Bruce Chilton, "Thye Beelzebul Controversy and the Eschatologies of Jesus," Joel Marcus, "The Encounter of Jesus with the Gerasene Deminiac," Jostein Adna, "Bedeutung und religionsgeschichtlicher Hintergrund der Verwandlung Jesu (Markus 9:2-8)," Dieter Zeller, "Jesus, the Messiah of Israel: The Debate about the 'Messianic Mission' of Jesus," Martin Hengel, "Assessing the Historicity of Jesus' Walking on the Sea: Insights from Cross-Culture Social Psychology," Bruce J. Malina, "Jesus and Zechariah's Messianic Hope," Craig A. Evans, "The Authenticity of Judas' Participation in the Arrest of Jesus," William Klassen, "Did Jesus Wash His Disciples' Feet?" Richard J. Bauckham, "'Where no one had yet been laid': The Shame of Jesus' Burial," Byron R. MCCane.