Christology and the Synoptic Problem: An Argument for Markan Priority — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 94): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book makes a major contribution to the ongoing debate about which of the Synoptic gospels was written first. Dr. Head has evolved a new approach to the problem, using the christological criterion in order to produce more objective results. He compares ... Details...

Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts: The Social and Political Motivations of Lucan Theology — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 57): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Always observing the established techniques of New Testament analysis, especially redaction criticism, Professor Esler makes extensive use of sociology and anthropology to examine the author of Luke-Acts' theology as a response to social and political pressu... Details...

Consolation in Philippians: Philosophical Sources and Rhetorical Strategy — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 112): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Rhetorical criticism seeks to understand and comment on the way texts function in their social and cultural contexts. Holloway puts Paul's letter in the context of ancient theories and literary practices of "consolation" and argues that Paul wrote to the Ph... Details...

Endurance in Suffering Hebrews 12:1-13 in its Rhetorical, Religious, and Philosophical Context: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Hebrews 12:1-13 portrays the suffering of its readers with two images: an athletic contest, and God's fatherly discipline. N. Clayton Croy places this important passage in the context of Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions. He argues that the idea of "trainin... Details...

Endurance in Suffering: Hebrews 12:1-13 in its Rhetorical, Religious, and Philosophical Context — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 98): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Hebrews 12:1-13 portrays the suffering of its readers with two images: an athletic contest, and God's fatherly discipline. N. Clayton Croy places this important passage in the context of Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions. He argues that the idea of "trainin... Details...

Eschatology in the Making: Mark, Matthew and the Didache — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 97): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This study examines the changes and developments in three early Christian communities' expectations of Christ's return and the End of the World. Mark 13, Matthew 24 and 25 and Didache 16 are analyzed to find how early Christian expectations developed and ho... Details...

Eschatology in the Making: Mark, Matthew, and the Didache — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 97): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This study examines the changes and developments in three early Christian communities' expectations of Christ's return and the End of the World. Mark 13, Matthew 24 and 25 and Didache 16 are analyzed to find how early Christian expectations developed and ho... Details...

Faith as a Theme in Mark's Narrative — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 62): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Mark's Gospel has attracted an enormous amount of scholarly attention over recent decades. The major themes of the Gospel have been studied exhaustively and from a variety of critical perspectives. But at least one important theme in Mark has been comparati... Details...

Feasting and Social Rhetoric in Luke 14: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: In this original and thought-provoking study, Willi Braun draws both on social and literary evidence regarding the Greco-Roman elite banquet scene and on ancient prescribed methods of rhetorical composition to argue that the Pharisaic dinner episode in Luke... Details...

Feasting and Social Rhetoric in Luke 14 Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 85): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: In this original and thought-provoking study, Willi Braun draws both on social and literary evidence regarding the Greco-Roman elite banquet scene and on ancient prescribed methods of rhetorical composition to argue that the Pharisaic dinner episode in Luke... Details...