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Introduction to the Special Issue “Current Trends in New Testament Study”

This special issue of Religions focuses on seven of the most important formal methods used to interpret the New Testament today [...]

‘SING, O BARREN ONE WHO DID NOT BEAR’: CHILDLESSNESS, BLESSING AND VOCATION IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

In the Old Testament, fertility is closely associated with divine blessing, and infertility with the absence of divine blessing. If I am an infertile woman, reading the Old Testament today, how am ...

Book Review: A Lively Conservative Introduction to the Old Testament: John H. Walton & Andrew E. Hill, Old Testament Today: A Journey from Ancient Context to Contemporary Relevance

Book Review: A Lively Conservative Introduction to the Old Testament: John H. Walton & Andrew E. Hill, Old Testament Today: A Journey from Ancient Context to Contemporary Relevance

OLD TESTAMENT STUDIES: ‘QUO VADIS’?

This paper examines three influential trajectories in the recent study of the Old Testament and argues that they deserve to and probably will remain influential. Historical study (broadly taken and including archaeology) continues to broaden our understanding of the ancient context, it is argued, is important for several reasons. Literary study, both as “close reading” and as literary theorizing and hermeneutical reflection, has made us conscious of what was often too easily taken for granted. Feminist study (taken here as synecdoche for various approaches from the side of the excluded) has, through its passion and eloquence, humanized the study of the Bible. The conclusion of the paper reflects on the difficulties of teaching the Old Testament today and the dangers of pursuing novelties before a thorough foundation has been laid. It suggests, however, that the Old Testament may continue to address its readers in totally unexpected ways. (So as to leave the original paper more or less unchanged, I deal with most references and some of the questions that arose in the discussion in footnotes.)

Psalms, Philippians 2:6-11, and the Origins of Christology

AbstractStudents of early Christianity recognized long ago that the canonical psalms of the Jewish Bible provided a framework of meaning in which the followers of Jesus could make sense of his crucifixion. This novel hermeneutic is evident in the allusions to the Psalms in the passion narrative of the Gospel according to Mark. It appears also in the Markan Jesus's explanation of the need for the Son of Man to suffer. Most students of the New Testament today understand Philippians 2:6-11 as a pre-Pauline hymn that was composed for early Christian worship. More recent studies suggest that it is exalted prose rather than poetry. The hypothesis of this article is that Paul composed it, either for worship or for the purposes of the argument of his letter to the Philippians. In doing so, he adapted a common social practice of the local culture. The "theologos" was an official in the organized worship of an ancient deity whose duty it was to compose brief speeches, sometimes in prose, sometimes in poetry, in honor of the deity. The organized worship of the emperor included such officials. Paul acted as a "theologos" in writing a brief speech in exalted prose honoring Jesus Christ, whom he had taught the Philippians to honor instead of the emperor.

Long Ago God Spoke: How Christians May Hear the Old Testament Today

How can we get beyond perceived barriers and find in the Old Testament the speech of God for today? Is there something more than antiquarian interest in these ancient writings? What do we do with the battles, the worldview, expressions of the whole range of human emotions, patriarchal assumptions, genealogies, signs and wonders, the wrath of God, prophetic oracles, sacrifices, and predictions of disaster? William Holladay offers clear and sage guidance for these and a host of other questions and topics in this useful book, which functions as an innovative introduction to the Old Testament and its theology.

Book Review: Long Ago God Spoke: How Christians May Hear the Old Testament Today

Book Review: Long Ago God Spoke: How Christians May Hear the Old Testament Today

Inspiration and the Texts of the Bible

This article seeks to explore what the inspired text of the Old Testament was as it existed for the New Testament authors, particularly for the author of the book of Hebrews. A quick look at the facts makes. it clear that there was, at the time, more than one 'inspired' text, among these were the Septuagint and the Masoretic Text 'to name but two'. The latter eventually gained ascendancy which is why it forms the basis of our translated Old Testament today. Yet we have to ask: what do we make of that other text that was the inspired Bible to the early Church, especially to the writer of the book of Hebrews, who ignored the Masoretic text? This article will take a brief look at some suggestions for a doctrine of inspiration that keeps up with the facts of Scripture. Allied to this, the article is something of a bibliographical study of recent developments in textual research following the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls.

Book Review: Long Ago God Spoke: How Christians May Hear the Old Testament Today

Book Review: Long Ago God Spoke: How Christians May Hear the Old Testament Today

Book Review: Reading the New Testament Today. An Introduction to the Study of the New Testament

Book Review: Reading the New Testament Today. An Introduction to the Study of the New Testament

NEW TESTAMENT ESCHATOLOGY AND THE CONSTITUTION DE ECCLESIA OF VATICAN II1

The Heythrop JournalVolume 7, Issue 1 p. 33-42 NEW TESTAMENT ESCHATOLOGY AND THE CONSTITUTION DE ECCLESIA OF VATICAN II1 ROBERT MURRAY S. J., ROBERT MURRAY S. J.Search for more papers by this author ROBERT MURRAY S. J., ROBERT MURRAY S. J.Search for more papers by this author First published: January 1966 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2265.1966.tb00489.x 1 A paper read at the International Congress on The New Testament Today in Oxford in September 1965. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume7, Issue1January 1966Pages 33-42 RelatedInformation

Old Testament Scholarship in Prospect

APREDICTION as to the future course of Old Testament study, or even as to its objectives, can only be a very personal testament. It is much easier to describe the past than to unveil the future, and even the past presents different faces because of the different spectacles worn by those who look. Furthermore, any statement regarding the future involves one immediately in basic issues regarding the meaning of Old Testament study in modern culture. How does one study and teach the Old Testament today; how will he do so in the years ahead, and for what purpose? There are more and better Bible teachers in our universities, colleges and seminaries than ever before in our country's history, and that number will continue to grow. Since the last war even our academic pagans appear to have been surrendering gradually to the view that religion is indeed an important part of Western culture. It therefore possesses the right to at least a minor spot in any curriculum that analytically reflects on the values of our society. At least this viewpoint seems to be gaining some ground against those who think of any and all religion as sectarian credulity and propaganda. As a result religion departments in our state universities are growing in number and size, and will probably continue to do so. In what way and for what purpose will the Old Testament be studied and taught in such an environment? Before the last war the answer to this question was comparatively easy. We in this country, suffering from a cultural lag in biblical scholarship and only rather dimly aware of what was going on in Europe, seemed very largely to believe that the major questions regarding Old Testament introduction were settled. Even in courses at the college level we began more and more to expound J, E, D and P, and we assumed that the purpose of it all was to trace the growth of monotheism and of religious and ethical ideals from the primitivism of J and pre-J to the heights of insight to be discovered in Second Isaiah and Job. Teaching a course in the Old Testament was quite simple and interesting; it was presenting a vital link in the chain of progress, which by and large was the chief clue to the meaning of our past.

Book Review: Problems of the New Testament Today.

Book Review: Problems of the New Testament Today.

Book Review: The New Testament To-day.

Book Review: The New Testament To-day.

Popularizing Modern New Testament ScholarshipThe New Testament Today. Ernest Findlay ScottThe Approach to the New Testament. James MoffattThe Contents of the New Testament. Haven McClure

Previous articleNext article FreeBook ReviewsPopularizing Modern New Testament Scholarship The New Testament Today. Ernest Findlay Scott The Approach to the New Testament. James Moffatt The Contents of the New Testament. Haven McClure John Pitt DeaneJohn Pitt Deane Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Religion Volume 2, Number 4Jul., 1922 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/480301 Views: 52 PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.