This volume, which emerges from an SNTS seminar in 1985 1986, analyses one of the best-known, but also one of the most intriguing, of Jesus' discourses within the Fourth Gospel. Previous studies of the Shepherd Discourse have concentrated either on its historical setting in the life of Jesus (Simonis) or on the prehistory of its text (Bullmann and his school). The present study, consisting of essays written by an international team of specialists, adopts a more contextual approach. The Shepherd Discourse is here situated in the text of the Fourth Gospel, with particular emphasis on the...
This volume, which emerges from an SNTS seminar in 1985 1986, analyses one of the best-known, but also one of the most intriguing, of Jesus' discourse...
This volume introduces readers to the current scholarly debate over the earliest extant document of Christianity. Largely collected from presentations to the International New Testament Society, these essays discuss the exegetical challenges that 1 Thessalonians poses to modern interpreters and expl
This volume introduces readers to the current scholarly debate over the earliest extant document of Christianity. Largely collected from presentations...
