Romans and the Apologetic Tradition: The Purpose, Genre, and Audience of Paul's Letter — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 81): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This study shows how classical Greek and Hellenistic philosophical and ethical traditions inform Paul's Letter to the Romans. It concentrates especially on Protreptic, a kind of literature deriving its name from the title of a lost writing of Aristotle that... Details...

The Character and Purpose of Luke's Christology — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 89): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book explains why Luke said what he did about Jesus in his earthly ministry in the Gospel and about his work from heaven in Acts. Scholars have argued that Luke's Christology is haphazard and lacks unity that it is incompatible with the Gospel of Mark ... Details...

The Character and Purpose of Luke's Christology — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 89): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book explains why Luke said what he did about Jesus in his earthly ministry in the Gospel and about his work from heaven in Acts. Scholars have argued that Luke's christology is haphazard and lacks unity, that it is incompatible with the Gospel of Mark... Details...

The Exorcism Stories in Luke-Acts: A Sociostylistic Reading — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 129): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: The distinctively Lukan version of the exorcism stories has attracted little interest from scholars in New Testament studies until recently. Setting the stories within their ancient cultural context, Todd Klutz uses linguistic analysis to cover popular beli... Details...

The Faith of Jesus Christ in Early Christian Traditions: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: We are used to the idea of people believing in Christ, but did the early church consider that Jesus also had faith in God? This book examines the meaning of faith in Judaism and Greco-Roman literature, identifies two main trajectories of interest in the que... Details...

The Faith of Jesus Christ in Early Christian Traditions — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 84): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: We are used to the idea of people believing in Christ, but did the early church consider that Jesus also had faith in God? This book examines the meaning of faith in Judaism and Greco-Roman literature, identifies two main trajectories of interest in the que... Details...

The First Christian Historian: Writing the 'Acts of the Apostles' — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 121): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Luke's Acts of the Apostles is the only documentation available on the birth of Christianity, despite the author's vigorously disputed reliability as a historian. Daniel Marguerat avoids this true/false quagmire by establishing his evaluation of Luke's tale... Details...

The First Christian Historian: Writing the 'Acts of the Apostles' — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 121): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Luke's Acts of the Apostles is the only documentation available on the birth of Christianity, despite the author's vigorously disputed reliability as a historian. Daniel Marguerat avoids this true/false quagmire by establishing his evaluation of Luke's tale... Details...

The Meaning of Righteousness in Paul: A Linguistic and Theological Enquiry — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 20): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This is a study of a group of terms which have a central importance in the New Testament. It is well known that dikaiosune and its cognates have a wide range of related but separable meanings; their correct interpretation in particular contexts can signific... Details...

The Melchizedek Tradition: A Critical Examination of the Sources to the Fifth Century A.D. and in the Epistle to the Hebrews — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 30): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This monograph seeks to answer the question why Melchizedek, who is a minor figure in the Old Testament, is selected by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews to represent the priesthood of Christ. In the course of his study, Professor Horton surveys the ... Details...