Jewish Communities in Asia Minor — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 69): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments:Scholarly assessment of Jewish communities in the Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman Diaspora has generally been dominated by our knowledge of the large and influential communities in Rome and Alexandria. This is the first study to draw together the evidence for si... Details...

John as Storyteller: Narrative Criticism and the Fourth Gospel — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 73): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: In this widely acclaimed study of John's Gospel, Mark W.G. Stibbe shows how the fourth evangelist uses all the tactics of a skilled storyteller to promote his distinctive Christology. Literary and historical methodologies are integrated by the author in his... Details...

John's Apologetic Christology: Legitimation and Development in Johannine Christology — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 111): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: James McGrath offers a convincing explanation of how and why John arrived at a christological portrait of Jesus that is so different from that of other New Testament authors, and yet at the same time clearly has its roots in earlier tradition. McGrath sugge... Details...

John's Apologetic Christology: Legitimation and Development in Johannine Christology — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 111): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: James McGrath offers a convincing explanation of how and why John arrived at a christological portrait of Jesus that is so different from that of other New Testament authors, and yet at the same time clearly has its roots in earlier tradition. McGrath sugge... Details...

Josephus' Description of the Essenes Illustrated by the Dead Sea Scrolls — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 58): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1948, scholars studying the passages in Josephus’ works which mention the pre-Christian sect of the Essenes attempted to explain various sections in Josephus primarily by comparing them with what other anc... Details...

Kerygma and Didache: The Articulation and Structure of the Earliest Christian Message — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 37): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Dr McDonald studies the fundamental structures and procedures of Christian communication, identified as propheteia (the prophetic), and paraclesis and homilia (the homiletic), paraenesis and catechesis (the catechetic), and paradosis (the transmission of tr... Details...

Leadership and Lifestyle: The Portrait of Paul in the Miletus Speech and 1 Thessalonians — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 108): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book offers a clear, thoughtful portrait of early Christian understandings of leadership by studying Paul's speech at Miletus (Acts 20.18b-35). Dr. Walton compares the picture found there with Luke's presentation of Jesus' model of leadership and Paul'... Details...

Luke's Portrait of Paul — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 77): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: The purpose of this book is to seek a fuller understanding of how the characterization of Paul in Acts would have been perceived by those who first read or heard the Lucan narrative. As the author makes clear, the careful reader of Acts should be amazed at ... Details...

Luke's Portrait of Paul — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 77): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: The purpose of this book is to seek a fuller understanding of how the characterisation of Paul in Acts would have been perceived by those who first read or heard the Lucan narrative. As the author makes clear, the careful reader of Acts should be amazed at ... Details...

Matthew and Paul: A Comparison of Ethical Perspectives — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 48): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the basic structures of Matthew's and Paul's ethics, rather than to deal in detail with their teaching on specific moral issues. Dr Mohrlang discusses their perspectives under the five headings of ‘l... Details...