Books in the The Library of New Testament Studies series

Examining how Matthew's gospel reflects the situation in which the community found itself after the fall of Jerusalem and the subsequent humiliation of Jews, this volume 276 in the "Journal for the Study of the New testament Supplement" series considers the extent to which he was seeking to oppose Rome's claims to authority and more.

This study covers the Johannine Christian response to the fall of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE. A crucial text is John 2.13-22 and its context, which provide a lens through which other texts in John are viewed. The book also examines the Temple festivals of Passover, Tabernacles and Dedication.

Presents an investigation, which builds upon developments in the study of Paul's use of Scripture that centre around the concept of 'intertextuality.' This book also finds that many of the themes Paul deals with in "Romans 9-11" are also present in ancient Jewish and Christian interpretive traditions surrounding the passages he invokes.

Provides a study to Paul's use of enthymemes as a rhetorical and argumentative tool and evaluates what this reveals about his thought, his teaching, and his social world. This study begins with a discussion of the problem of enthymeme definition, followed by a clarification of criteria for identifying enthymemes in texts.

Acts 1-2 shows the apostles' change of status from followers to leaders. This book uses the model of a modern day ritual in examining the stages of this transformation.

This study applies linguistic research on discourse markers to sentence conjunctions in Matthew's Gospel, examining in detail Matthew's use of kai, de and similar conjunctions in narrative passages. It also has a verse by verse commentary on the structure of the "miracle chapters", Matthew 8-9.

The fifth in a series exploring the use of rhetoric in the study of biblical literature, this volume has essays on the theory of rhetoric and biblical interpretation and the rhetorical interpretation of Luke's Gospel and Acts, Paul's writings, Hebrews and Ignatius.

Tricia Gates Brown employs the methodology of socio-scientific biblical criticism to investigate the pneumatology of John and 1 John. She argues that the meaning of spirit in John and 1 John is best understood using the anthropological model of brokerage.

Challenging gnosticizing interpretations of the letter, Terry Griffith explores how the polemic against idols was variously used in Jewish and Christian circles to define self-identity and the limits of community. He shows that the rhetoric of 1 John is not polemical, but pastoral.