Drawing and Transcending Boundaries in the New Testament and Early Christianity

Drawing and Transcending Boundaries in the New Testament and Early Christianity
Author: Jacobus Kok,Martin Webber,Jemo van Nes
Publsiher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre: Church history
ISBN: 9783643911155

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The construction of early Christian identity was a dynamic process in which social boundaries were drawn but also transcended. The source documents of Christianity bear witness to the process and dynamics involved in the construction of insiders and outsiders - determining who is to be included and who excluded. In the super-diverse and super-mobile time in which we live, identity boundaries are often drawn. This volume explores not only New Testament and Early Christian texts to investigate these dynamics, but also how contemporary ideology can shape the reading of scripture to exclude or include others.

Deacons The diakon word group in the New Testament and the ministry of the deacon

Deacons  The diakon word group in the New Testament and the ministry of the deacon
Author: Gert Breed
Publsiher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2022-08
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9783643913210

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Deacons:The diakon-words in the New Testament and the ministry of the deacon offers an in depth analysis of the concept of `deacon' in the New Testament and its significance for present day congregational practices. The essence and content of the service of the deacon within the community of God forms the focus of the study. Significant passages in the New Testament are considered in fine exegetical manner to determine the guidelines offered within the context of these NT texts. In this way different perspectives are highlighted that enrich the overall understanding of the concept of `deacon'. Obviously, this challanges some of the views held on this topic (that even influence the way several churches organise their diaconal service) and suggests some novel ideas related to the topic. Certain focal points are described, for instance, the centrality of the covenant and Kingdom in exercising diaconal service, or the interrelatedness of koinonia, diakonia and worship. This book offers a rich and responsible study of the concept of deacons in congregations, both on theoretical and practical levels. Prof Dr Jan van der Watt

And God Saw That It Was Good Gen 1 12

And God Saw That It Was Good  Gen 1 12
Author: Ilse Capek,Petr Sláma
Publsiher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2021-01-25
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9783643911858

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In this volume, the concept of quality is discussed both in the Bible and in the scholarship that evolved around the Bible. Scholars of various backgrounds analyse the Bible and its narrative and enumerative (or legal) way of qualifying the world around. According to the intrinsic theological view of the Bible, it is God himself who is the touchstone of any qualitative judgement. From literary and historical point of view though, we can - and we often do - judge Bible and things around us differently. The volume presents an intersection of biblical theology, biblical criticism and biblical archaeology in their quest for (their respective renditions of) quality.

Off the Beaten Path

Off the Beaten Path
Author: Jacobus Kok,Martin Webber (Eds., in collaboration with Jeremy Otten and Mark Paridaens)
Publsiher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2024
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9783643914651

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In this book, the academic colleagues of Prof. Dr. Gie Vleugels, who turned 65 in 2021, celebrate his life by contributing chapters in his honor. Several chapters are innovative in nature, including Clemens Wassermann's comparative analysis of 1 John and the Fourth Gospel, which utilizes insights from Semitic syntax and shows how spoken Semitic dialects help us to unearth new perspectives on the relationship between John's Gospel and 1 John. The chapter on the Didache by Martin Webber makes innovative use of Social Identity Complexity Theory. Other contributions come from the fields of New Testament, Old Testament, Historical Theology, and Systematic Theology. Prof. Dr. Dr. Jacobus Kok is Professor and Department Chair of New Testament Studies and Co-Director of RCEC at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven in Belgium, as well as Professor Extraordinarius and NRF B3 rated scholar in the Department of New Testament and Related Literature, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria in South Africa.

Temples in Transformation

Temples in Transformation
Author: Filip Čapek
Publsiher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2023-04
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9783643913982

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The focus of this book is on temples in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age (ca. 1200-600 BC) and their transformations. In order to capture the long-term context, some significant sites with temples from the Late Bronze Age are also presented and discussed. The author traces both material culture related to the temples and the way in which the same themes are treated in Old Testament texts concentrated primarily on Israel and Judah. From the analysis of these texts, he deduces a threefold transformation of the form of memory in relation to the temples and the cult. The first concerns a contrastive reshaping (Philistia and other neighbouring political entities), the second an external (Israel) and the third an internal (Judah) silencing of the actual form of religious practice in the Iron Age.

Revenge Compensation and Forgiveness in the Ancient World

Revenge  Compensation  and Forgiveness in the Ancient World
Author: Thomas Kazen,Rikard Roitto
Publsiher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2024-03-21
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9783161624650

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The Gospel of Luke as Masterpiece

The Gospel of Luke as Masterpiece
Author: Nico Riemersma
Publsiher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2024
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9783643916433

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This volume offers fifteen studies on the Gospel of Luke by Nico Riemersma, who specialized in this gospel. It contains both articles in which special pericopes from the Gospel of Luke are central (Mary’s visit to Elizabeth in Luke 1,39-56; the twelve-year-old Jesus in de temple, in Luke 2,40-52; the baptism of Jesus in 3,21-23 and his testing in 4,1-13; the Fernheilung of a centurion’s slave in 7,1-10 and the raising of a young man at Naïn in 7,11-17) and studies on details (καθεξῆς in Luke 1,3; ἐν τοῖς τοῦ πατρός μου in Luke 2,49; ἐγέρθητι in 7,14 and ὁ ἐρχόμενος in 7,19.20). In addition, there are thematic studies (the parallelism between John and Jesus, Elijah in relationship with John and Jesus; the travelling motif in Luke-Acts) and articles with an eye for the structure (of the overture, 1,5-2,52 and of the whole book, 1,1-24,53). Through ‘close reading’, the book reveals Luke’s high-quality literary form and rich theological content. This meticulous way of reading allows for a deeper understanding of the text, giving this gospel extra shine. This method is extremely helpful in solving text problems that the reader(s) will face.

Ritual Emotion and Materiality in the Early Christian World

Ritual  Emotion  and Materiality in the Early Christian World
Author: Soham Al-Suadi,Richard S. Ascough,Richard E. DeMaris
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2021-12-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781000534740

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This volume advances our understanding of early Christianity as a lived religion by approaching it through its rites, the emotions and affects surrounding those rites, and the material setting for the practice of them. The connections between emotions and ritual, between rites and their materiality, and between emotions and their physical manifestation in ancient Mediterranean culture have been inadequately explored as yet, especially with regard to early Christianity and its water and dining rites. Readers will find all three areas—ritual, emotion, and materiality—engaged in this exemplary interdisciplinary study, which provides fresh insights into early Christianity and its world. Ritual, Emotion, and Materiality in the Early Christian World will be of special interest to interdisciplinary-minded researchers, seminarians, and students who are attentive to theory and method, and those with an interest in the New Testament and earliest Christianity. It will also appeal to those working on ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman religion, emotion, and ritual from a comparative standpoint.