Troubling Texts in the New Testament: Essays in Honour of Rob Van Houwelingen (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology, 113)

✍ Scribed by A. Den Heijer (editor), M. Klinker-de Klerck (editor), J. Van Nes (editor)

• Publisher: Peeters Pub & Booksellers
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 501
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume offers a collection of twenty-two essays on "troubling texts" in the New Testament. They are troubling for several reasons, ranging from linguistic problems to a clash of worldviews. Each author studies one troubling text from a New Testament document that is close to their own area of scholarly expertise. Authors explain why they regard the chosen text as troubling, deal with possible textual problems, and highlight relevant historical and/or theological contexts. All essays conclude with a fresh interpretation of the text and a reflection on its contemporary significance.

✦ Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
GOSPELS AND ACTS
THUNDERBOLT FROM THE OPEN SKY: JESUS’ CLAIM ON REVELATION
A TROUBLING INSTRUCTION FROM JESUS IN MATTHEW 23:3?
AN UNCOMFORTABLE STORY FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT: ABOUT MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE MAMMON (LUKE 16:1–13)
THINKING TWICE: RECONSIDERING THE JOHANNINE PRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE INCIDENT (JOHN 2:13–15)
IN THE
(JOHN 7:53–8:11): A LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF JOHANNINE VOCABULARY
WAS JOHN’S JESUS ANTI-JEWISH AND ANTI-SEMITIC? FRESH PERSPECTIVES ON JOHN 8:44
THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT “ON ALL PEOPLE”: ACTS 2:17–18 AS KEY TO EXPLICATING INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE
AN UNBEARABLE YOKE? THE VIEW OF THE LAW IN THE LAST WORDS OF PETER IN ACTS (ACTS 15:7–11)
ACTS 23:27 AND ACTS 16:6: TWO PROBLEM PASSAGES THAT REQUIRE BETTER EXPLANATIONS
EPISTLES
HOW TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? FIRST CORINTHIANS 6:1–11 AND KENOTIC SUFFERING THROUGH THE LENS OF HONOUR DISCOURSE
UNAVOIDABLE
IN THE CHURCH: 1 CORINTHIANS 11:19 IN PATRISTIC RECEPTION BETWEEN 350 AND 450 AD
GOD’S ELECTION OF THE
IN EPHESIANS 1:4
GENDER TROUBLE IN 1 TIMOTHY 2:8–15
SAVING WEALTHY EPHESIAN WOMEN FROM A SELF-CENTERED WAY OF LIFE (1 TIM 2:15): SALVATION BY CHILDBEARING IN THE CONTEXT OF ANCIENT
PAUL’S PLEA TO PHILEMON: THE SOCIETAL AND RHETORICAL CONTEXT OF AN UNSTATED REQUEST
“ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR”: HEBREWS 8:13 AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE
“THROUGH THE ETERNAL SPIRIT” (HEB 9:14): THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND IMPLICATIONS OF INTERPRETING THE PHRASE AS A REFERENCE TO THE HOL
IMAGERY, INTRATEXTUALITY AND SEXUAL IMPURITY IN JUDE 22–23
REVELATION
COPING WITH REVELATION 2:20–23
WHO CAN THIS BE? RECONSIDERING THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE (REVELATION 6:2)
DEATH AS THE ULTIMATE ENEMY OF GOD AND CREATION: THE KEY TO THE INTERPRETATION OF THE FOUR HORSEMEN IN REVELATION 6:1–81
IDENTITY MATTERS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION: THE RHETORICAL DEVICE OF
AS A KEY TO ITS STRUCTURE AND MESSAGE
INDICES
TABULA GRATULATORIA
PERSONALIA – ABOUT THE AUTHORS