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Jesus and Mary reimagined in early Christian literature / edited by Vernon K. Robbins and Jonathan M. Potter.

Contributor(s): Robbins, Vernon K. (Vernon Kay), 1939- [editor.] | Potter, Jonathan M [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series: no. 6.Publisher: Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: x, 351 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781628370638; 1628370637Subject(s): Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Jesus Christ -- Biblical teaching | Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Biblical teachingDDC classification: 225.6 LOC classification: BS2361.3 | .J48 2015Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction / Vernon K. Robbins and Jonathan M. Potter -- Luke-Acts -- Priestly discourse in Luke and Acts / Vernon K. Robbins -- Bodies and politics in Luke 1-2 and Sirach 44-50: men, women, and boys / Vernon K. Robbins -- Protevangelium of James -- Who am I to be blessed? Mary as Blessed Mother in the Protevangelium of James / Christopher T. Holmes -- Temple virgin and virgin temple: Mary's body as sacred space in the Protevangelium of James / Meredith Elliott Hollman -- From prophetic hymns to death at the altar: Luke 1-2 and Protevangelium of James / Michael K.W. Suh and Vernon K. Robbins -- Acts of John -- Naked divinity: the transfiguration transformed in the Acts of John / Jonathan M. Potter -- Christ as cosmic priest: a sociorhetorical examination of the crucifixion scenes in the Gospel of John and Acts of John / Thomas Jared Farmer -- Response essays -- Response: Luke and the Protevangelium of James / Ronald F. Hock -- Response: The Gospel of John and the Acts of John / Susan E. Hylen -- Rhetorical discourses in the Gospel of John and Acts of John: a response / L. Gregory Bloomquist.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Vernon K. Robbins and Jonathan M. Potter -- Part 1: Luke-Acts -- Priestly discourse in Luke and Acts / Vernon K. Robbins -- Bodies and politics in Luke 1-2 and Sirach 44-50: men, women, and boys / Vernon K. Robbins -- Part 2: Protevangelium of James -- Who am I to be blessed? Mary as Blessed Mother in the Protevangelium of James / Christopher T. Holmes -- Temple virgin and virgin temple: Mary's body as sacred space in the Protevangelium of James / Meredith Elliott Hollman -- From prophetic hymns to death at the altar: Luke 1-2 and Protevangelium of James / Michael K.W. Suh and Vernon K. Robbins -- Part 3: Acts of John -- Naked divinity: the transfiguration transformed in the Acts of John / Jonathan M. Potter -- Christ as cosmic priest: a sociorhetorical examination of the crucifixion scenes in the Gospel of John and Acts of John / Thomas Jared Farmer -- Part 4: Response essays -- Response: Luke and the Protevangelium of James / Ronald F. Hock -- Response: The Gospel of John and the Acts of John / Susan E. Hylen -- Rhetorical discourses in the Gospel of John and Acts of John: a response / L. Gregory Bloomquist.

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