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The Legal Precision of the Term ‘ko’ / Lochlan Shelfer in Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Volume 32/2 (2009)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 32/2 (2009) . - pp. 131-150. Titre : The Legal Precision of the Term ‘ko’ Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Lochlan Shelfer, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 131-150. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : The Greek term ko has often been loosely translated as ‘advocate’, with the assumption that it possesses a vague forensic quality. Hitherto, however, its precise meaning has been imperfectly understood, and there has been no cohesive legal definition for all of its appearances, especially those in the New Testament. This study examines all of the occurrences of the term ko, including previously overlooked attestations in the papyrological and epigraphical record. It argues that the term is a precise calque for the Latin legal term advocatus, meaning a person of high social standing who speaks on behalf of a defendant in a court of law before a judge. The article concludes by showing how this meaning is appropriate to the five appearances of ko in the Johannine corpus. [article] The Legal Precision of the Term ‘ko’ [texte imprimé] / Lochlan Shelfer, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 131-150. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 32/2 (2009) . - pp. 131-150. Résumé : The Greek term ko has often been loosely translated as ‘advocate’, with the assumption that it possesses a vague forensic quality. Hitherto, however, its precise meaning has been imperfectly understood, and there has been no cohesive legal definition for all of its appearances, especially those in the New Testament. This study examines all of the occurrences of the term ko, including previously overlooked attestations in the papyrological and epigraphical record. It argues that the term is a precise calque for the Latin legal term advocatus, meaning a person of high social standing who speaks on behalf of a defendant in a court of law before a judge. The article concludes by showing how this meaning is appropriate to the five appearances of ko in the Johannine corpus.

Reading and Hearing in Ancient Contexts / Rafael Rodríguez in Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Volume 32/2 (2009)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 32/2 (2009) . - pp. 151-178. Titre : Reading and Hearing in Ancient Contexts Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Rafael Rodríguez, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 151-178. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : This article clarifies a perennial problem relating to the concept of ‘orality’ in Gospels studies and attempts to provide some resolution to that problem. Specifically, Gospels criticism has struggled to conceptualize the relation between the Jesus tradition as it was orally performed and early textual (written) expressions of that tradition. The binary opposition ‘literacy/orality’ has failed to provide any help in this conceptualization, and this failure is rooted especially in the rather nebulous (yet widespread) concept of ‘orality’. New Testament scholarship requires a set of culturally specific models of textuality, including the non-communicative functions of written texts and the non-literate use of written traditions. Before we can develop the necessary models, however, we need to deal with the problems we have created by appealing to ‘orality’. [article] Reading and Hearing in Ancient Contexts [texte imprimé] / Rafael Rodríguez, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 151-178. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 32/2 (2009) . - pp. 151-178. Résumé : This article clarifies a perennial problem relating to the concept of ‘orality’ in Gospels studies and attempts to provide some resolution to that problem. Specifically, Gospels criticism has struggled to conceptualize the relation between the Jesus tradition as it was orally performed and early textual (written) expressions of that tradition. The binary opposition ‘literacy/orality’ has failed to provide any help in this conceptualization, and this failure is rooted especially in the rather nebulous (yet widespread) concept of ‘orality’. New Testament scholarship requires a set of culturally specific models of textuality, including the non-communicative functions of written texts and the non-literate use of written traditions. Before we can develop the necessary models, however, we need to deal with the problems we have created by appealing to ‘orality’.

The Synoptic Problem and the Field of New Testament Introduction / POIRIER John C. in Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Volume 32/2 (2009)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 32/2 (2009) . - pp. 179-190. Titre : The Synoptic Problem and the Field of New Testament Introduction Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : POIRIER John C., Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 179-190. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : The synoptic problem is an important and visible subfield within NT studies, yet, for some reason, almost every NT introduction written in the past forty or so years has passed on a defective understanding of that subfield. Two problems in particular plague these NT introductions: (1) their discussions of the synoptic problem tend to rely on a logical argument disproven almost sixty years ago, and (2) they tend to misrepresent the current state of the question by marginalizing the Farrer hypothesis, which today is the Two-Source Theory’s leading competitor. [article] The Synoptic Problem and the Field of New Testament Introduction [texte imprimé] / POIRIER John C., Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 179-190. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 32/2 (2009) . - pp. 179-190. Résumé : The synoptic problem is an important and visible subfield within NT studies, yet, for some reason, almost every NT introduction written in the past forty or so years has passed on a defective understanding of that subfield. Two problems in particular plague these NT introductions: (1) their discussions of the synoptic problem tend to rely on a logical argument disproven almost sixty years ago, and (2) they tend to misrepresent the current state of the question by marginalizing the Farrer hypothesis, which today is the Two-Source Theory’s leading competitor.

The Eschatological Tradition behind 1 Thessalonians: Didache 16 / Alan J.P. Garrow in Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Volume 32/2 (2009)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 32/2 (2009) . - pp. 191-215. Titre : The Eschatological Tradition behind 1 Thessalonians: Didache 16 Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Alan J.P. Garrow, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 191-215. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : The tradition delivered by the missionaries at the foundation of the Thessalonian church had been received as authoritative but had, at the same time, caused the new converts to grieve hopelessly over fellow believers who had died. In response to this situation Paul could not simply abrogate the founding tradition in favour of some new and more palatable ‘word of the Lord’. However, he could perhaps guide the Thessalonians towards an alternative interpretation of the authority they had already embraced. This observation enables the isolation of two distinctive properties of the founding tradition: it caused the Thessalonians’ grief, while also being open to Paul’s alternative reinterpretation. These two features, in combination with other indicators in 1 Thessalonians, provide a means of rigorously testing Didache 16 as a potential candidate for the role of the eschatological tradition behind 1 Thessalonians. [article] The Eschatological Tradition behind 1 Thessalonians: Didache 16 [texte imprimé] / Alan J.P. Garrow, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 191-215. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 32/2 (2009) . - pp. 191-215. Résumé : The tradition delivered by the missionaries at the foundation of the Thessalonian church had been received as authoritative but had, at the same time, caused the new converts to grieve hopelessly over fellow believers who had died. In response to this situation Paul could not simply abrogate the founding tradition in favour of some new and more palatable ‘word of the Lord’. However, he could perhaps guide the Thessalonians towards an alternative interpretation of the authority they had already embraced. This observation enables the isolation of two distinctive properties of the founding tradition: it caused the Thessalonians’ grief, while also being open to Paul’s alternative reinterpretation. These two features, in combination with other indicators in 1 Thessalonians, provide a means of rigorously testing Didache 16 as a potential candidate for the role of the eschatological tradition behind 1 Thessalonians.

Rereading the Story of Abraham, Isaac, and ‘Us’ in Romans 4 / Joshua W. Jipp in Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Volume 32/2 (2009)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 32/2 (2009) . - pp. 217-242. Titre : Rereading the Story of Abraham, Isaac, and ‘Us’ in Romans 4 Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Joshua W. Jipp, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 217-242. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : Interpretations of Rom. 4 have often been subordinated to a single theme from Rom. 3.21-31, such as justification by faith, the inclusion of the Gentiles, or Paul’s demonstration that his gospel is in continuity with the Torah. While there is undeniable merit in these contentions, this article argues that Paul invokes Abraham for multiple purposes in order to answer his interlocutor’s charges against his gospel (Rom. 3.27—4.1). Paul’s argument is multifaceted and cannot be reduced to a single overarching theme. The second half of the article provides an exegesis of the oft-neglected 4.16-25 and argues that Paul crafts a reading of the Abraham story, a reading which is indebted to his prior Christological commitments, which answers the interlocutor’s question from 4.1 as to how Abraham can be the forefather of both Jews and Gentiles. [article] Rereading the Story of Abraham, Isaac, and ‘Us’ in Romans 4 [texte imprimé] / Joshua W. Jipp, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 217-242. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 32/2 (2009) . - pp. 217-242. Résumé : Interpretations of Rom. 4 have often been subordinated to a single theme from Rom. 3.21-31, such as justification by faith, the inclusion of the Gentiles, or Paul’s demonstration that his gospel is in continuity with the Torah. While there is undeniable merit in these contentions, this article argues that Paul invokes Abraham for multiple purposes in order to answer his interlocutor’s charges against his gospel (Rom. 3.27—4.1). Paul’s argument is multifaceted and cannot be reduced to a single overarching theme. The second half of the article provides an exegesis of the oft-neglected 4.16-25 and argues that Paul crafts a reading of the Abraham story, a reading which is indebted to his prior Christological commitments, which answers the interlocutor’s question from 4.1 as to how Abraham can be the forefather of both Jews and Gentiles.