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The Oxford handbook of early Christian biblical interpretation / edited by Paul M. Blowers and Peter W. Martens.

Contributor(s): Blowers, Paul M, 1955- [editor.] | Martens, Peter W. (Peter William) [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford handbooks: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: xxix, 754 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 019871839X; 9780198718390Subject(s): Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Part I: Scripture -- Scripture as artefact / Lincoln H. Blumell -- The Septuagint and other translations / Reinhart Ceulemans -- Canons and rules of faith / Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ -- Divine discourse: scripture in the economy of revelation / Frances Young -- Part II: Interpreters and interpretation -- Greco-Roman literary criticism / Peter Struck -- Early Christian handbooks on interpretation / Tarmo Toom -- From Letter to Spirit: the multiple senses of scripture / John C. Cavadini -- Ideal interpreters / Peter W. Martens -- Part III: Settings and genres of scriptural interpretation -- I. Exegetical genres -- Commentaries / Josef Lössl -- Scholia / Eric Scherbenske -- Questions and responses / Lorenzo Perrone -- Paraphrase and metaphrase / Andrew Faulkner -- Catenae / Richard A. Layton -- Sentences / Luke Dysinger, OSB -- II. Liturgical interpretation -- Catecheses and homilies / Wendy Mayer -- Poetry and hymnody / Jeffrey Wickes -- Liturgy as performative interpretation / L. Edward Phillips -- III. Narrative and visual interpretation -- Christian apocrypha / Stephen J. Shoemaker -- Novels / F. Stanley Jones -- Hagiography / Bronwen Neil -- Early Christian visual art as biblical interpretation / Robin M. Jensen -- Part IV: Communities and criteria -- Christianity and Judaism / James Carleton Paget -- Christians and pagans / John Granger Cook -- Marcion and his critics / H. Clifton Ward -- Gnostics and their critics / David Brakke -- Manichaean biblical interpretation / Jason BeDuhn -- Part V: Scripture in the life of the church -- Scripture and martyrdom / Johan Leemans and Anthony Dupont -- Scripture in the trinitarian controversies / Lewis Ayres -- Scripture in the christological controversies / Andrew Hofer, OP -- Scripture and a Christian empire / Michael Hollerich -- Scripture and asceticism / Elizabeth A. Clark -- VI: Scriptural figures and motifs -- Creation / Paul M. Blowers -- Adam and Eve / Peter C. Bouteneff -- Covenants / Everett Ferguson -- Exodus / Michael Graves -- Law / B. Lee Blackburn, Jr -- Psalms / Michael Cameron -- Semon on the Mount / Mark Elliott -- The Gospel of John / C.E. Hill -- Paul the Apostle / Judith L. Kovacs -- The cross / John Behr -- Heaven and hell / Jeffrey A. Trumbower -- VII: Retrievals and criticisms -- Medieval Latin reception / Franklin T. Harkins -- Byzantine reception / Mary B. Cunningham -- Reception in the Renaissance and Reformation / Esther Chung-Kim -- Modern biblical criticism and the legacy of pre-modern interpretation / Michael C. Legaspi -- Retrievals in contemporary Christian theology / Matthew Levering.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I: Scripture -- Scripture as artefact / Lincoln H. Blumell -- The Septuagint and other translations / Reinhart Ceulemans -- Canons and rules of faith / Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ -- Divine discourse: scripture in the economy of revelation / Frances Young -- Part II: Interpreters and interpretation -- Greco-Roman literary criticism / Peter Struck -- Early Christian handbooks on interpretation / Tarmo Toom -- From Letter to Spirit: the multiple senses of scripture / John C. Cavadini -- Ideal interpreters / Peter W. Martens -- Part III: Settings and genres of scriptural interpretation -- I. Exegetical genres -- Commentaries / Josef Lössl -- Scholia / Eric Scherbenske -- Questions and responses / Lorenzo Perrone -- Paraphrase and metaphrase / Andrew Faulkner -- Catenae / Richard A. Layton -- Sentences / Luke Dysinger, OSB -- II. Liturgical interpretation -- Catecheses and homilies / Wendy Mayer -- Poetry and hymnody / Jeffrey Wickes -- Liturgy as performative interpretation / L. Edward Phillips -- III. Narrative and visual interpretation -- Christian apocrypha / Stephen J. Shoemaker -- Novels / F. Stanley Jones -- Hagiography / Bronwen Neil -- Early Christian visual art as biblical interpretation / Robin M. Jensen -- Part IV: Communities and criteria -- Christianity and Judaism / James Carleton Paget -- Christians and pagans / John Granger Cook -- Marcion and his critics / H. Clifton Ward -- Gnostics and their critics / David Brakke -- Manichaean biblical interpretation / Jason BeDuhn -- Part V: Scripture in the life of the church -- Scripture and martyrdom / Johan Leemans and Anthony Dupont -- Scripture in the trinitarian controversies / Lewis Ayres -- Scripture in the christological controversies / Andrew Hofer, OP -- Scripture and a Christian empire / Michael Hollerich -- Scripture and asceticism / Elizabeth A. Clark -- VI: Scriptural figures and motifs -- Creation / Paul M. Blowers -- Adam and Eve / Peter C. Bouteneff -- Covenants / Everett Ferguson -- Exodus / Michael Graves -- Law / B. Lee Blackburn, Jr -- Psalms / Michael Cameron -- Semon on the Mount / Mark Elliott -- The Gospel of John / C.E. Hill -- Paul the Apostle / Judith L. Kovacs -- The cross / John Behr -- Heaven and hell / Jeffrey A. Trumbower -- VII: Retrievals and criticisms -- Medieval Latin reception / Franklin T. Harkins -- Byzantine reception / Mary B. Cunningham -- Reception in the Renaissance and Reformation / Esther Chung-Kim -- Modern biblical criticism and the legacy of pre-modern interpretation / Michael C. Legaspi -- Retrievals in contemporary Christian theology / Matthew Levering.

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