Christology and Scripture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

237 Pages·2007·14.079 MB·English

by  Angus Paddison, Andrew Lincoln

Stephen Fowl
Stephen R. Holmes
Andrew T. Lincoln
Morwenna Ludlow
Walter Moberly
Robert Morgan
Paul T. Nimmo
Angus Paddison
Sara Parvis
Peter Manley Scott
John Webster
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INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES

EDITED BY
Andrew T. Lincoln
Angus Paddison
Christology and Scripture

Christology and Scripture
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Edited by
Andrew T. Lincoln
and
Angus Paddison
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Copyright © Andrew T. Lincoln and Angus Paddison and contributors, 2007
First published in hardback as volume 348 of the Library of New Testament studies, 2007
This edition published, 2008
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations vii
Contributors ix
ANDREW T. LINCOLN AND ANGUS PADDISON: Introduction 1
WALTER MOBERLY: "Who is Jesus Christ for Us Today?'
Peter's Confession (Matthew 16:13-28) Reconsidered 7
STEPHEN FOWL: Learning to be a Gentile: Christ's
Transformation and Redemption of our Past 22
ANGUS PADDISON: Christology and Jewish-Christian Understanding:
Reading the Fourth Gospel as Scripture 41
ROBERT MORGAN: Christology through Scriptural Interpretation
through New Testament Theology 58
ANDREW T. LINCOLN: 'Born of the Virgin Mary': Creedal Affirmation
and Critical Reading 84
MORWENNA LUDLOW: Suffering Servant or King of Glory?
Christological Readings of the Old Testament in
the Patristic Era 104
SARA PARVK: Christology in the Early Arian Controversy:
The Exegetical War 120
JOHN WEBSTER: Resurrection and Scripture 138
STEPHEN R. HOLMES: Christology, Scripture, Divine Action and
Hermeneutics 156
PAUL T. NlMMO: Exegesis, Ontology and Ethics: Karl Barth on
the Sermon on the Mount 171
PETER MANLEY Scorn Seasons of Grace? Christ's Cursing of a Fig Tree 188
Bibliography 207
Index of References 219
Index of Authors 225

ABBREVIATIONS
Throughout this volume all patristic references and translations are from the
ANF and NPNF series unless otherwise stated.
AB Anchor Bible
ANF Ante-Nicene Fathers
ASV American Standard Version
AV Authorized Version
BNTC Black's New Testament Commentaries
ET English Translation
ICC International Critical Commentary
IDB G. A. Buttrick (ed.), The Interpreter's Dictionary of the
Bible (4 vols; Nashville: Abingdon, 1962).
to Interpretation
JB Jerusalem Bible
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JRE Journal of Religious Ethics
JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Supplement
Series
JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
LCC Library of Christian Classics
NAB New American Bible
NASB New American Standard Bible
NCB New Century Bible
NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament
NIGTC New International Greek Testament Commentary
MV New International Version
NJB New Jerusalem Bible
NovT Novum Testamentwn
NPNF Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
NRSV New Revised Standard Version
NZSTh Neue Zeitschrift fur Systematische Theologie und
Religionsphilosophie
OBT Overtures to Biblical Theology
RAC Realkxikon fur Antike und Christentum
RSV Revised Standard Version
RV Revised Version
SBL Society of Biblical Literature
viii Abbreviations
SNTSMS Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
TDNT G. Kittel and G. Friedrich (eds), Theological Dictionary
of the New Testament (trans. G.W. Bromiley; 10 vols;
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964-)
TNTC Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
TPENTC Trinity Press International New Testament Commentary
TS Theological Studies
WBC Word Biblical Commentary
ZKG Zeitschrift fur Kirchengeschichte
CONTRIBUTORS
WALTER MOBERLY is Professor of Theology at Durham University. His
major books are The Old Testament of the Old
Testament (1992), The Bible, Theology, and Faith: A
Study of Abraham and Jesus (2000) and Prophecy
and Discernment (2006).
STEPHEN FOWL is Professor and Chair of the Department of Theology at
Loyola College in Maryland. He has written widely
on the theological interpretation of Scripture
including Engaging Scripture (1998) and a theological
commentary on Philippians (2005).
ANGUS PADDISON was Post-doctoral Research Assistant at the University
of Gloucestershire and is now Post-doctoral Research
Fellow at the University of Nottingham. His publi-
cations include Theological Hermeneutics and 1
Thessalonians (2005) and a number of articles, and he
is currently engaged in research on the theological
interpretation of the Fourth Gospel.
ANDREW LINCOLN is Portland Professor of New Testament at the
University of Gloucestershire. He was previously Lord
and Lady Coggan Professor at Wycliffe College,
University of Toronto. His publications include
Paradise Now and Not Yet (1981), Ephesians (1990),
Truth on Trial (2000), The Gospel according to St.
John (2005) and Hebrews: A Guide (2006).
MORWENNA LUDLOW was until recently A.G. Leventis Lecturer in Patristics at
Oxford University. She is now Lecturer in Patristics at the
University of Exeter. She works on recent theological
readings of the Church Fathers and is shortly to publish
Gregory of Nyssa - Ancient and (Post)Modern with
Oxford University Press. She has also published on the
history and theology of the concept of universal salvation.
ROBERT MORGAN is a Fellow of Iinacre College, Oxford and Priest-in-
Charge at Sandford-on-Thames. His publications
include The Nature of New Testament Theology (1973),
Biblical Interpretation (with John Barton, 1988),
Romans (1995) and (as editor) In Search of Humanity
and Deity: A Tribute to John Macquarrie (2006).