English summary: The authority, task, structure and implementation of New Testament theology are the subject of current debates. Some authors look for alternatives in terms of a history of early Christian religion or theology, whereas others search for the unity of New Testament theology within the diversity of early Christian concepts. The articles in this volume focus on these crucial issues. They deal with aspects of the history of scholarship, include ecumenical perspectives and open the debate in the direction of systematic theology. The discussion focuses on the recent two-volume work...

The Gospel of John is well-known for its wealth and depth of figurative language, metaphors and symbols. These articles, written by some of the leading scholars in Johannine exegesis and particularly in the debate on Johannine imagery, utilize a broad variety of methods of interpretation. The authors provide an in-depth discussion of the variety of terms and forms of figurative speech and explore the conceptual and traditio-historical background of central motifs. Some of the most prominent Johannine images (lamb, king, bread, shepherd, vine, eating and drinking and others) are discussed with...

English summary: Apocryphal Jesus traditions form a specific area of multifaceted interpretations of Jesus' activity. Quite often, these traditions are only preserved in unfamiliar languages and fragmentary manuscripts. This volume presents a comprehensive survey of important texts from this area from the perspective of well-known specialists in these texts. It collects a range of studies of Jesus traditions outside the New Testament from diverse languages and cultural traditions. Widely discussed texts such as the Gospels of Thomas, Peter and Mary are considered, but also texts from less...

English summary: Since the classic studies of early Christian pseudepigraphy in the 1960s and 70s, pseudonymity has been a vital question of New Testament scholarship. Yet no comprehensive, new work taking into consideration the many recent developments in the field has been published. Today scholarship demands exacting discussions of ancient parallels, categorizing method and type of authorial fiction and addressing respective functions and legacies. The present volume meets this demand through its examination of a wide range of pseudonymous authorial constructions from Early Judaism to the...

Der Band enthalt unter anderem Studien uber die judisch-vorchristliche Schriftauslegung, uber Jerusalem als hellenistische Stadt und uber den judischen Hintergrund der Bergpredigt und des Johannes-Evangeliums. Aus Rezensionen: Der vorliegende zweite Band der 'Kleinen Schriften' enthalt acht teils umfangreiche Studien des emeritierten Tubinger Neutestamentlers. Gegenuber dem ersten Band ( Judaica et Hellenistica ) wurde der Titel um Christiana erweitert durch die Aufnahme von vier Studien, die 'unter ganz verschiedenen Aspekten den bleibenden engen Zusammenhang zwischen dem fruhen Christentum...

English summary: Among the most controversial issues in Johannine interpretation are the quest for the religio-historical background of the Fourth Gospel and the debate on its relationship to other early Christian traditions. In comprehensive studies and detailed analyses, the volume discusses the relationship of the Fourth Gospel to the Old Testament, Qumran, Philo, Pagan Hellenism, the Synoptics, Paul and Ephesians, the Gospel of Thomas, the Apocryphon of John and Irenaeus. In dealing with these subjects, the volume provides a compendium of the relevant contexts of John from Judaism,...

English summary: The collected essays in this volume deal with the current discussion on the meaning of Jesus' death. The authors look at this topic from various perspectives: the question of pagan, Old Testament, Jewish background, and different interpretations in the New Testament, reception in the early church and in the Gospel of Thomas, and systematic theological contributions. The volume makes a significant contribution to the ongoing debate on the interpretation of Jesus' death and its meaning for Christian theology. German description: In diesem Sammelband wird die gegenwartige...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2000 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,3, Technische Universitat Dortmund (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsangabe: Einleitung: Der Entwicklungstrend in der Industrie ist: Immer grosser, immer schneller, immer innovativer. Genau dieser Trend geht auch nicht spurlos an den steuer- und wirtschaftsberatenden Berufen vorbei. Immer grosser werdender Beratungsbedarf der am Wirtschaftsablauf beteiligten Akteure stellt eine immer grossere Herausforderung fur den Berufsstand der Steuerberater und Wirtschaftsprufer dar....