This dissertation examines the commentaries of Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria on the Binding of Isaac in Genesis 22, the similarities and differences between the two commentaries, and the ways that these commentaries adapt and transform their rabbinic and patristic or Carolingia…
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Previous studies of Jacob's story in Genesis have treated Jacob's vow to God in one of two general ways. One way sees Jacob's vow to God in Gen 28:20-22 as a consistent but isolated moment in the series of tricks Jacob plays on other characters. He makes his acceptance of Yahweh…
This dissertation argues that the textual community of fourth or fifth century monastic Egypt read Testament of Isaac as an ascetical regimen in order to transform themselves into children of Isaac. T. Isaac highlights three particular dimensions of Isaac's character from the re…
Over the past century, the phrase πίστις Χριστοῦ has become a point of contention in Pauline scholarship. The traditional objective genitive interpretation, “faith in Christ,” has increasingly been viewed as inadequate, with many opting for the revisionist subjective genitive, “…