Biographical note: Ulrich Volp, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Der Publikation der Apokritikosauszüge "eines griechischen Philosophen des 3. Jahrhunderts0 (Adolf von Harnack 1911) folgt ein Jahrhundert später hiermit in derselben Reihe eine vollständige zweisprachige Aus…
RGVV (History of Religion: Essays and Preliminary Studies) brings together the mutually constitutive aspects of the study of religion(s)-contextualized data, theory, and disciplinary positioning-and engages them from a critical historical perspective. The series publishes monogr…
Defining the relationship between Priests and Levites is a critical element in reconstructing the history of religious leadership in the Old Testament, and is regarded as a key element for understanding the literary history of the Hebrew Bible. The present study undertakes a cri…
Biographical note: Wendy L. Widder, Logos Bible Software, Bellingham, WA, USA. Numerous studies have sought to understand the nature ofeducation and the extent of literacy in ancient Israel, but none has asked what the ancient Israelites thought about teaching. This study is th…
The Genre of the Book of Revelation from a Source-critical Perspective.
Main description: This monograph examines the problem of universally inclusive language in the book of Revelation and the resulting narrative tension created by narrowly exclusive language. Analysis is conducted by placing relevant texts within their literary-narrative context a…
Main description: The vision of the millennium in the Book of Revelation is not intended to offer comfort to Christians in a time of persecution, but to serve as a warning to them not to be too ready to participate in the life of their pagan environment, for such participation i…
Review text: " ... an important book that deserves to be considered carefully."Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer in: Svensk Exegetisk Arsbook 73/2008.
Review text: "This book is like an archaeological dig. All is laid out in meticulous detail, and we are amazed that there could be so much of value in so few verses."Anthony Saville in: NewDirections April 2006.
1 Thessalonians 4:13?18 has long been the quintessential Pauline text on the parousia of Christ. Nowhere else does Paul reveal a more vivid picture of Christ?s coming. The apostle Paul employs a number of images to describe the parousia to the Thessalonian congregation who have …
After a survey of recent approaches to the study of Paul's use of Scripture, the four main chapters explore the use of Isa. 54:1 in Gal. 4:27, the catena of scriptural texts in 2 Cor. 6:16-18, Hos. 1:10 and 2:23 in Rom. 9:25-26 and Isa. 57:19 in Eph. 2:17. In each case, the anci…
Im 4. Jahrhundert gewinnt das Askeseideal im Christentum deutlich an Bedeutung: Es entwickelt sich zu einem entscheidenden Kriterium bei der Bewertung christlichen Lebens. Bischöfe wie Ambrosius, Basilius und Johannes Chrysostomus verfassen Werbeschr. Im 4. Jahrhundert gewinnt …
Rationalism is a cornerstone of the modern Occident's conception of itself. However, as shown by the post-colonial reading of the term found in Max Weber's comparative studies of religion, the concept of rationalism is also an instrument for hierarchization and essentialization …
Mit dem „cultural turn" hat die Religionsforschung eine erhebliche disziplinäre Erweiterung erfahren. In den Kulturwissenschaften hat sich ein weites Spektrum von Theorien und Methoden entwickelt, mit denen die Rolle der Religion in der modernen Welt vermessen wird. Auf der eine…
