From Judaism to Christianity :

From Judaism to Christianity : tradition and transition : a festschrift for Thomas H. Tobin, S.J., on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday / edited by Patricia Walters. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - xxxii, 336 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 25 cm. - Supplements to Novum testamentum, v. 136. 0167-9732 ; . - Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 136. .

Includes a biographical note on Thomas H. Tobin and a bibliography of his works (p. [xvii]-xxxii)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-311) and indexes.

Interpretive disagreements and the ontology of a text : scandal or possibility? / Qārāʼ and ʻānâ in the Hebrew scriptures / The Dead Sea scrolls and Jewish-Christian dialogue / Artapanus revisited / Exegetical building blocks in Philo's interpretation of the patriarchs / Exegetical traditions in Alexandria : Philo's reworking of the Letter of Aristeas 145-149 as a case study / The Second Temple and the arts of resistance / Mammona iniquitatis : can we make sense of the parable of the dishonest steward? / Galatians 3:28 and the problem of equality in the church and society / "Welcome him as you would welcome me" (Philemon 17) : does Paul call for virtue or the actualization of a vision? / The god transformed : Greco-Roman literary antecedents to the incarnation / The Johannine literature and Gnosticism : new light on their relationship? / The Acts of John and the Fourth Gospel / Christ, the church, and the shape of Scripture : what we can learn from patristic exegesis / Robert A. Di Vito -- Pauline A. Viviano -- Eileen Schuller -- John J. Collins -- Ellen Birnbaum -- Hans Svebakken -- Adela Yarbro Collins -- Edmondo Lupieri -- David E. Aune -- Wendy Cotter -- Lawrence DiPaolo, Jr. -- Urban C. von Wahlde -- Harold W. Attridge -- Brian E. Daley.

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Philo, of Alexandria.
Tobin, Thomas H., 1945-


Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History.


Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity and culture--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
Christianity and other religions--Gnosticism.


Rome--Religion.

BR166 / .F76 2010

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