Searching the Scriptures: Studies in Context and Intertextuality

371 Pages·2015·2.287 MB·English

by  Craig A. Evans, Jeremiah J. Johnston

STUDIES IN SCRIPTURE IN EARLY JUDAISM
AND CHRISTIANITY

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Editor
Craig A. Evans

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LIBRARY OF NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES

543

Formerly Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series

Editor
Chris Keith

Editorial Board
Dale C. Allison, John M.G. Barclay, Lynn H. Cohick, R. Alan Culpepper,
Craig A. Evans, Robert Fowler, Simon J. Gathercole, John S. Kloppenborg,
Michael Labahn, Love L. Sechrest, Robert Wall, Steve Walton,
Catrin H. Williams
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SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES

Studies in Context and Intertextuality

Edited by

Craig A. Evans
Jeremiah J. Johnston

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Searching the scriptures : studies in context and intertextuality /
edited by Craig A. Evans, Jeremiah J. Johnston.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-567-66382-5 (hardback)
1. Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Bible--Hermeneutics. I. Evans, Craig A., editor.
BS511.3.S43 2015
220.6--dc23
2015018738

Series: Library of New Testament Studies, volume 543

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CONTENTS

Preface ix
Abbreviations xi
List of Contributors xv

INTRODUCTION
Craig A. Evans and Jeremiah J. Johnston xvii

Part 1
GENERAL STUDIES

1 SINGING WOMEN AND PROMISED SEED:
ISAIAH 54:1-3 AS CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURE
Mark S. Gignilliat 3

2 GENESIS RABBAH 48:1-6:
REFLECTIONS ON THEMATIC UNITY
AND EXEGETICAL METHOD
Jeremy F. Hultin 16

Part 2
STUDIES IN THE GOSPELS

3 METAPHORTY-TWO?
THE WILDERNESS AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD
IN MATTHEW 1:1-17
Jason B. Hood 29

4 “THE REJECTION OF WISDOM’S CALL”:
MATTHEW’S USE OF PROVERBS 1:20-33
IN THE PARABLE OF CHILDREN IN THE MARKETPLACE
(MATTHEW 11:16-19//LUKE 7:31-35)
Brian C. Dennert 46
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5 JOHN THE BAPTIST, ELIJAH AND NABOTH:
WHAT DOES 1 KINGS 21 HAVE TO DO WITH MATTHEW 14?
Jesse Rainbow 64

6 JESUS AS A NAZIRITE IN MARK 14:25 PAR.,
AND JOSEPH’S REUNION MEAL IN JUDAIC TRADITION
Roger D. Aus 81

7 THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES IN THE THIRD GOSPEL
R. Steven Notley and Jeffrey P. García 128

8 INTERTEXTUAL WISDOM:
LUKE 12:13-34 AND THE SAPIENTIAL CONVERSATION
ON DEATH AND POSSESSIONS
Matthew S. Rindge 148

9 JESUS SAID “KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS”
AND THE RICH MAN ASKED, “WHICH ONES?”:
THE DECALOGUE AS A LAW SUMMARY IN THE STORY
OF THE RICH MAN
Diane Hakala 171

10 THEY SHALL LOOK UPON THE ONE THEY HAVE PIERCED:
INTERTEXTUALITY, INTRA-TEXTUALITY
AND ANTI-JUDAISM IN JOHN 19:37
Ruth Sheridan 191

Part 3
STUDIES IN THE LETTERS

11 TOWARD A THEORY OF NARRATIVE TRANSFORMATION:
THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH CONTEXTS IN PAUL’S SCRIPTURAL
CITATIONS
J. R. Daniel Kirk 213

12 DOMINICAL SHAME TRADITION IN PAUL:
AN ALLUSION (ROMANS 1:16) TO JESUS’ USE
OF SHAME LANGUAGE (MARK 8:38)
FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL
Yongbom Lee 234

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13 “WE KNOW THAT WHATEVER LAW SAYS…”:
ROMANS 3:9–20 AS A NARRATIVE UTILIZATION
OF INTERTEXTUALITY DEVELOPING ITS OWN THEORY
OF INTERTEXTUALITY
Alain Gignac 246

14 CRUSHING SATAN:
GENESIS 2–3 IN ROMANS 16:17-20A
Brian LePort 265

15 THE CONVERGENCE OF ADAMIC AND MERKABAH TRADITIONS
IN THE CHRISTOLOGY OF HEBREWS
Silviu N. Bunta 277

Bibliography 297
Index of References 319
Index of Authors 342
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PREFACE

Most of the studies included in this volume were originally presented at
the 2010–2012 Annual Meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature.
They have been revised and updated. The Editors thank the contributors
for their willingness to allow them to be published in the Studies in
Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity series. This year marks the
twenty-(cid:191)fth anniversary of the founding of the Scripture in Early
Judaism and Christianity program unit in the Society of Biblical
Literature and the series, originally published by Shef(cid:191)eld Academic
Press, later T&T Clark International, and now Bloomsbury T&T Clark.
Searching the Scriptures: Studies in Context and Intertextuality makes
up the nineteenth volume to appear in the series. The papers are grouped
under three headings: (1) general studies, (2) studies in the Gospels,
and (3) studies in the Letters. Appended to this volume is a selected
bibliography. The Editors are grateful to the many participants and
contributors through the years, whose work has made both the program
unit and the published volumes a success.

Craig A. Evans
Acadia Divinity College

Jeremiah J. Johnston
Houston Baptist University