The New Testament in Comparison: Validity, Method, and Purpose in Comparing Traditions

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Translations -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 'O wad some Pow'r the gift ie gie us, To see oursels as others see us!' 1 -- Josephus and the procedures and goals of...

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Main Author: Barclay, John M. G. (Author)
Contributors: White, Benjamin G. (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2020
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: The New Testament in comparison : validity, method, and purpose in comparing traditions] (2021) (Ridlehoover, Charles Nathan)
[Rezension von: The New Testament in comparison : validity, method, and purpose in comparing traditions] (2022) (Bissell, Jonah)
Series/Journal:The Library of New Testament Studies v.600
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Barclay, John M. G: The New Testament in Comparison : Validity, Method, and Purpose in Comparing Traditions. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,c2020. - 9780567684783
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Summary:Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Translations -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 'O wad some Pow'r the gift ie gie us, To see oursels as others see us!' 1 -- Josephus and the procedures and goals of comparison -- Coming back to ourselves from a different direction -- 3 Making Friends and Comparing Lives -- Narrative -- Disagreement and difference -- Opacity and understanding -- A scholarly work: friendship and patience -- Conclusion -- 4 The Past Is a Foreign Country -- Description -- Justification -- Purposes -- 5 The Possibility of Comparison, the Necessity of Anachronism and the Dangers of Purity -- Jonathan Z. Smith and Drudgery Divine -- C. Kavin Rowe compared to Jonathan Z. Smith -- Other problems with One True Life -- Anachronism -- A return to Jonathan Z. Smith and C. Kavin Rowe -- 6 Beyond Compare -- Introduction -- On Larry Hurtado, Destroyer of the Gods -- On Kavin Rowe, One True Life -- Stategies for not comparing -- 7 On Comparing, and Calling the Question1 -- Clement of Alexandria, Προτρεπτικὸς πρὸς Ἕλληνας -- Propositions on comparison in the study of the New Testament and ancient Christianity -- C. Kavin Rowe's One True Life -- 8 A Response to Friend-Critics -- Some direct replies -- 9 Relational Hermeneutics and Comparison as Conversation -- Relational hermeneutics with J. G. Hamann -- Engaged exegetical eavesdropping: comparison as conversation -- Wisdom and Romans (and me) in conversation -- 10 Comparing Like with Like? -- Apocalypse of Peter -- The Ascension of Isaiah -- The First Apocalypse of James -- 11 Resemblance and Relation -- Introduction -- The resemblance/relation distinction -- Previous claims of John's relation or resemblance to Thomas -- The products of comparison: similarities, differences and absences.
Case studies of relations and resemblances: Gnostic and Valentinian Gospels -- Comparing and relating Mark, John and Thomas -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Subjects.
ISBN:0567684792