Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church (Academic Paperback)

471 Pages·2004·28.64 MB·English

by  Richard Bauckham

Jude and
the
Relatives
of Jesus in the
Early Church
JUDE AND THE RELATIVES OF JESUS
IN THE EARLY CHURCH

JUDE AND THE
RELATIVES OF JESUS
IN THE EARLY CHURCH
RICHARD BAUGKHAM
T &T CLARK INTERNATIONAL
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First published I990
This edition published 2004
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To Charlie Moule
who by his generous encouragement
and his example
introduced me to New Testament scholarship

Contents
introduction I
Chapter One: Who Were the Relatives of Jesus? 5
I Who's who in the Gospels 5
I1 What kind of brothers? 19
111 Judas Thomas the twin brother of Jesus? 3 2
Additional Note on the Names of the Sisters ofJesus 37
Chapter Two: The Relatives ofJesus in the Early Church 45
I TheGospels 46
I1 Travelhg missionaries 5 7
111 The Jerusalem bishops list 70
IV Symeon the son of Clopas 79
V The grandsons off ude 94
VI Jacob of Sikhnin 106
VII Conon the martyr 121
VIII A Christian caliphate? 125
IX Conclusions 131
Chapter Three: The Letter ofJude: A Survey of Research 134
I Textual criticism I3 5
I1 Literary Relationships 136
111 Literary form and structure I49
IV Theological character. 155
V The opponents 162
VI Date I 68
VII Authorship 171
viii Jude and the Relatives ojJesus in the Early Church
Chapter Four: Jude's Exegesis
I The structure of Jude's commentary
I1 Exegesis of Jude's exegesis
111 Exegetical formulae
IV Exegetical techniques
V Jude's Exegetical Links
VI Hermeneutical presuppositions
VII For comparison: I Peter z:4-10
VIII Jude's use of apocryphal literature
IX Conclusion
Chapter Five: Jude and the Testament of Moses
I Reconstructing the story Jude knew
I1 The evidence for the story Jude knew
111 The Assumption of Moses
IV The exegesis of Jude 9
V Other possible allusions to the Testament of
Moses in Jude
VI Implications of Jude's use of the Testament
of Moses
Chapter Six: Jude's Christology
I The christological titles
I1 Jude 14
111 Jude q
IV Jude 5
V Conclusion
Chapter Seven: The Lukan Genealogy of Jesus
I The Enochic Dimension
I1 The Davidic Dimension
111 The genealogy and the relatives of Jesus
IV The genealogy and the Duvidssohnfrage
(Mark I 2: 3 5-37)
V The genealogy in Luke
Additional Note on the Text of the Lukan Genealogy
Contents
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index of Passages Cited
Index of Ancient Persons and Places
Index of Modern Authors