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Antiquity and humanity : essays on ancient religion and philosophy : presented to Hans Dieter Betz on his 70th birthday / edited by Adela Yarbro Collins and Margaret M. Mitchell.

Contributor(s): Betz, Hans Dieter | Collins, Adela Yarbro | Mitchell, Margaret M, 1956-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, 2001Description: xx, 561 pages : portrait ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 3161475852Subject(s): Religion | Philosophy, Ancient | Christianity and other religions -- Greek | Christianity and other religions -- RomanBibliography, Etc. Note: "Hans Dieter Betz bibliography" (pages [501]-512).; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Spells pleasing to God. The binding of Isaac in Philo the epic poet / John J. Collins -- The end of the world and the limits of biblical ecology / Tikva Frymer-Kensky -- Abraham, ancestor or archetype? A comparison of Abraham-language in 4 Maccabees and Luke-Acts / Turid Karlsen Seim -- Jesus' action in Herod's temple / Adela Yarbro Collins -- Vision and violence. Theories of vision and Matthew 5:27-30 / Paul B. Duff -- Jesus and the lady of the abyss (Mark 5:25-34). Hieros Gamos, cosmogony, and the elixir of life / Roy D. Kotansky -- The problem of the APOUSIA of Jesus in the synoptic resurrection traditions / Eung Chun Park -- Garment-metaphors: the old and the new human being / Nils Alstrup Dahl and David Hellholm -- Paul and ritual theory. The case of the "Lord's Supper" in 1 Corinthians 10 and 11 / Ithamar Gruenwald -- Invective against Paul (2 Cor 10:10), the physiognomics of the ancient slave body, and the Greco-Roman rhetoric of manhood / J. Albert Harrill -- Paul's letters as theology for the community / Helmut Koester -- Live unnoticed. An Epicurean maxim and the social dimension of Col 3:3-4 / Troy W. Martin / Theological interpretation of the New Testament and the history of religions. Some reflections in the light of Galatians 5:17 / John K. Riches -- Reconciled to glory in Corinth? 2 Cor 2:14-7:4 / Antoinette Clark Wire -- Jude as text with excess of context / Lewis R. Donelson -- Discerning the body. Early Christian sex and other apocryphal acts / A. J. Droge -- The structure of Eucharistic prayers / Robert M. Grant -- Reading rhetoric with patristic exegetes. John Chrysostom on Galatians / Margaret M. Mitchell -- Turning words: James 4:7-10 and the rhetoric of repentance / Walter T. Wilson --
Choice in Epictetus' philosophy / Elizabeth Asmis -- The "Pre-Existent Form" (Präexistenz-Form) of Christianity. Philological observations concerning Nietzsche's early construction of the history of ancient religions / Hubert Cancik and Hildegard Cancik-Lindemaier -- A collection of curses against kilns (Homeric Epigram 13.7-23) / Christopher A. Faraone -- The gods in transit: narratives of cult transfer / Elizabeth R. Gebhard -- Cleanthes' Hymn to Zeus and early Christian literature / Johan C. Thom.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL50 .A58 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902208616

"Hans Dieter Betz bibliography" (pages [501]-512).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Spells pleasing to God. The binding of Isaac in Philo the epic poet / John J. Collins -- The end of the world and the limits of biblical ecology / Tikva Frymer-Kensky -- Abraham, ancestor or archetype? A comparison of Abraham-language in 4 Maccabees and Luke-Acts / Turid Karlsen Seim -- Jesus' action in Herod's temple / Adela Yarbro Collins -- Vision and violence. Theories of vision and Matthew 5:27-30 / Paul B. Duff -- Jesus and the lady of the abyss (Mark 5:25-34). Hieros Gamos, cosmogony, and the elixir of life / Roy D. Kotansky -- The problem of the APOUSIA of Jesus in the synoptic resurrection traditions / Eung Chun Park -- Garment-metaphors: the old and the new human being / Nils Alstrup Dahl and David Hellholm -- Paul and ritual theory. The case of the "Lord's Supper" in 1 Corinthians 10 and 11 / Ithamar Gruenwald -- Invective against Paul (2 Cor 10:10), the physiognomics of the ancient slave body, and the Greco-Roman rhetoric of manhood / J. Albert Harrill -- Paul's letters as theology for the community / Helmut Koester -- Live unnoticed. An Epicurean maxim and the social dimension of Col 3:3-4 / Troy W. Martin / Theological interpretation of the New Testament and the history of religions. Some reflections in the light of Galatians 5:17 / John K. Riches -- Reconciled to glory in Corinth? 2 Cor 2:14-7:4 / Antoinette Clark Wire -- Jude as text with excess of context / Lewis R. Donelson -- Discerning the body. Early Christian sex and other apocryphal acts / A. J. Droge -- The structure of Eucharistic prayers / Robert M. Grant -- Reading rhetoric with patristic exegetes. John Chrysostom on Galatians / Margaret M. Mitchell -- Turning words: James 4:7-10 and the rhetoric of repentance / Walter T. Wilson --

Choice in Epictetus' philosophy / Elizabeth Asmis -- The "Pre-Existent Form" (Präexistenz-Form) of Christianity. Philological observations concerning Nietzsche's early construction of the history of ancient religions / Hubert Cancik and Hildegard Cancik-Lindemaier -- A collection of curses against kilns (Homeric Epigram 13.7-23) / Christopher A. Faraone -- The gods in transit: narratives of cult transfer / Elizabeth R. Gebhard -- Cleanthes' Hymn to Zeus and early Christian literature / Johan C. Thom.

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