This book identifies occasions in the New Testament where Scripture is interpreted as though its meaning depends upon its author or time of writing. Focusing upon Hebrews, Acts and the 'Davidssohnfrage' in the Synoptic Gospels, it argues that this 'historical' approach to interp…
This book examines Luke's depiction of the Roman provincial governors in his narrative, interpreted in terms of his Greco-Roman literary context. Luke's portrait of these Roman authority figures is relatively critical, and demonstrates his preoccupation with Rome's judgment of t…
Speech and silence are inseparably linked. Still, few scholars have explored how narrative intersections of speech and silence function rhetorically in the Gospel of Luke. Using conceptual tools from narratology and reader-response criticism, this study demonstrates how speech a…
In the Gospel according to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, speakers are often interrupted by emotional audiences (Luke 4:28; Acts 4:1; 7:54-57; 13:48; etc.). A comparative study of other Greek authors, from Homer to Josephus, reveals the high frequency and unique form of inte…
Main description: This study examines the systematic adoption of modern thought by Protestant theology. It discusses theological models which not only topicalise new age themes on a theological level, but translate them directly into a draft programme. The external characteristi…
Das HBH umfasst ca. 90 deutschsprachige, englische und französische Beiträge und wird von einem internationalen und interkonfessionellen Herausgebergremium verantwortet. Bibelhermeneutik als die Theorie und Methodik der Auslegung der zweitei. Die Auslegung der Bibel ist für das…
***Angaben zur beteiligten Person Lesemann: Dr. theol. Sven Lesemann ist Vikar in der Lippischen Landeskirche und Mitglied im Deutschen Verein zur Erforschung Palästinas.
The author here presents an attempt to understand four especially puzzling chapters of late Old Testament prophets (Isaiah 24?27). He interprets Isaiah 24?27 as a component of the final redaction of the book of Isaiah. The so-called "Isaiah apocalypse" is understood as a fruit o…
The author analyzes the literary structure of Proverbs 1?9 and delineates how this first "collection" of the book of Proverbs came about. One emphasis of the volume is its classification of the stages of growth in regard to the history of wisdom in Israel.
Review text: "Studie ... mit Intensität und auf hohem Niveau. Die von Watson geführte Auseinandersetzung geschieht materialreich und profund. Die Studie von Watson bildet eine Vorgabe, um die ... künftige Exegese und Theologie des Alten Testaments nicht herumkommen werden."Beat …
