Books in the The Library of New Testament Studies series

Offers an understanding of the ways in which Isaiah's canonical voice constrained and informed Paul's understanding of himself and Christ's unique identity. This work argues that a theological approach to understanding Paul's appeal to and reading of the Old Testament, especially Isaiah.

Beliefs about land, or the Abrahamic land promise, were an important part of Second Temple Judaism. This book views religious space as having both sacred and social aspects and draws upon insights from sociology and social anthropology. It focuses on three main areas, which are relevant to beliefs about 'the land': temple, purity and the twelve.

The third volume in the four-volume commentary on the "Book of Acts", this work presents a fresh look at the text of "Codex Bezae" and compares its message with that of the more familiar Alexandrian text of which Codex Vaticanus is taken as a representative.

Looks at the question of Paul's use of power and authority as an apostle who understands himself as called to proclaim the Gospel among the gentiles. This book examines the range of perspectives on how this use of power should be evaluated. It enables insights into Paul's use of authority and power.

Discusses each of the New Testament books that contain quotations from "Deuteronomy" - "Matthew", "Mark", "Luke-Acts", "John", "Romans & Galatians", "1 & 2 Corinthians", "Hebrews", the "Pastoral Epistles" and "Revelation". This book provides an overview of the status, role and function of "Deuteronomy" in the first century.

Incorporates essays examining the impact of methodological advances in Testament studies of the letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter and Jude. This title includes rhetorical, social-scientific, socio-rhetorical, ideological and hermeneutical methods, as they contribute to understanding First Peter and its social context.

Explores the relation of theological thought to the reading of Scripture. This work reflects on how Christological models relate to contemporary cultural and political concerns.

"The Book of Psalms" is one of the most frequently cited books in the "New Testament". This book examines the topic within the broader use of the "Old Testament" in the "New Testament", that of the prophetic reading of the "Psalms" in the "Synoptic Gospels" and in the context of Second Temple Judaism.

References to "Isaiah" occur at key points in the narrative, typically introducing the mission of main characters and outlining or summarising the overall plot, suggesting that "Luke" utilises "Isaiah" as part of his interpretive framework. This book is an investigative study into where, how and why "Luke" interacts with "Isaiah".

Features the seven allegations proposed by Scot McKnight in his article 'Calling Jesus Mamzer'. This book contains essays that explore the historicity of each accusation and what they tell us about Jesus. It states that by examining these specific allegations, one can begin to comprehend a neglected dimension of historical Jesus studies.

A collection of articles and essays written by Kreitzer on the letter to the Ephesians and follows up a suggestion which he first put forward in 1997 as to the setting and provenance of the epistle. It also offers some archaeological, textual and numismatic evidence for scholarly consideration.

An examination of the way in which Frederick Douglass, the nineteenth-century abolitionist, used the epistle of James, particularly Jas 3:17, in his abolitionist speeches, to "read" the "darkness" of slavery and slaveholding Christianity.

Examines the tensions found in scholarly discussions of the ethical content of Ephesians 4.17-6.9, focusing on the inclusion, exclusion or integration of the reader into society's outside world.

Focuses on the historical-critical exploration of the post-New Testament career of the verse Galatians 3:28. This book reveals that early Christians did not always approach this verse with the same concerns as modern readers. It also reveals that writers treated Gal 3:28 as a statement about the identification of Christians with Christ.

Provides a study of how cosmological language and concepts interact with the New Testament. This book examines the New Testament (NT) documents to inquire as to how cosmological language and concepts inform, interact with, and contribute to the specific theological emphases of the various NT books.

Provides a look at purity language within the "Epistle of James", arguing against restricting the meaning of purity language to the individual moral sphere. This volume offers a taxonomy of purity language, applied as a heuristic guide to understand the function of purity and pollution in the epistle.

A collection of essays focusing the function of embedded biblical texts in Matthew's Gospel. It considers the function of embedded scripture texts in the context of the Gospels written and read/heard in their early Christian settings.

Examines the relationship between the Didache's meal ritual and the well-known tradition of Jesus' final meal. This book reassesses the various potential parallels to the Didache's prayers, and their degree of sympathy with this ritual form, to reconstruct a trajectory of the ritual's influence in early Christianity.

A study on the uses of the Old Testament in "Luke-Acts", focusing on the theme of the Gentile mission as it relates to the Old Testament. It argues that while there are similarities in the quotations in "Acts" with the Old Greek form of the cited texts, the argument never depends on distinctive readings of the Old Greek.

Paul is traditionally viewed as separating from the churches of Peter and of Jewish Christ-followers to promote his own mission, triumphing in the creation of a church with a gentile identity. This book argues that the Pauline mission represents only one strand of the Christ-movement that should not be universalized to signify the whole.

Explores how "Mark's Gospel" engages in its own effort of ritualization; a struggle in its need to make order out of experience, with out losing the truth of the experience itself.

Includes essays, which examine the impact of methodological developments in New Testament studies to "Jude", including, for example, rhetorical, social-scientific, socio-rhetorical, ideological and hermeneutical methods, as they contribute to understanding this letter and its social context.

Presents a discussion centred upon the audience of the gospels.

Offers analysis of intertexuality within Early Christian literature. This title includes essays that explore the use of Old Testament scripture in the Gospels and Acts. It examines the apostle Paul's interpretation of scripture in his letters, and looks at non-Pauline writings and their utilization of scripture.

Offers analysis of intertexuality within Early Christian literature. This collection of essays treats pre-Christian texts, as well as Christian texts, that make use of older sacred tradition. It analyzes the respective uses of scripture in diverse Jewish and Christian traditions.

A collection of research by scholars on the interpretation of embedded Jewish scripture texts (quotations or allusions) in "Luke's Gospel". It considers the function of embedded scripture texts in the context of the Gospel as a self-contained narrative written and read/heard in its early Christian setting.

Argues that Paul's acceptance of the role of a 'fool', and his evaluation of the message of the cross as 'foolishness', are understood against the background of the theatre and the fool's role in the mime. The author's investigation demonstrates that the term 'folly' (moria) was understood as a designation of the attitude.

Examines the role of the 'audience' in interpreting Luke's narrative in "Acts" with reference to ancient rhetorical, Jewish, Pagan and other early Christian writings. This book explores ancient rhetoricians' comments about 'the audience', and the kinds of audience participation they expected and the tools used to encourage such participation.

Offers an examination of Jesus' claims in the gospels to be 'God's Equal' with reference to the historical Jesus and the Christology of the early church. This title argues that Jesus implicitly claimed to be God's equal and that the Synoptic Gospels on the basis of these claims developed their Christology of Jesus as God's Son.

Argues that, in the Gospel of Mark, Gentiles are recipients of Jesus' compassion and are typically depicted as desperate individuals who exhibit faith and understanding. This work shows how the theological reversal gains clarity when the narrative shifts to Jerusalem.