Israel's Scriptures in Early Christian Writings
The Use of the Old Testament in the New
Edited by Matthias Henze & David Lincicum ISBN 9780802874443 Binding Trade Paper Publisher WM B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Publication Date July 20, 2023 Size 156 x 235 mmHow did New Testament authors use Israel’s Scriptures?
Use, misuse, appropriation, citation, allusion, inspiration—how do we characterize the manifold images, paraphrases, and quotations of the Jewish Scriptures that pervade the New Testament? Over the past few decades, scholars have tackled the question with a variety of methodologies. New Testament authors were part of a broader landscape of Jewish readers interpreting Scripture. Recent studies have sought to understand the various compositional techniques of the early Christians who composed the New Testament in this context and on the authors’ own terms.
In this landmark collection of essays, Matthias Henze and David Lincicum marshal an international group of renowned scholars to analyze the New Testament, text-by-text, aiming to better understand what roles Israel’s Scriptures play therein. In addition to explicating each book, the essayists also cut across texts to chart the most important central concepts, such as the messiah, covenants, and the end times. Carefully constructed reception history of both testaments rounds out the volume.
Comprehensive and foundational, Israel’s Scriptures in Early Christian Writings will serve as an essential resource for biblical scholars for years to come.
Contributors: Garrick V. Allen, Michael Avioz, Martin Bauspiess, Richard J. Bautch, Ian K. Boxall, Marc Zvi Brettler, Jaime Clark-Soles, Michael B. Cover, A. Andrew Das, Susan Docherty, Paul Foster, Jörg Frey, Alexandria Frisch, Edmon L. Gallagher, Gabriella Gelardini, Jennie Grillo, Gerd Häfner, Matthias Henze, J. Thomas Hewitt, Robin M. Jensen, Martin Karrer, Matthias Konradt, Katja Kujanpää, John R. Levison, David Lincicum, Grant Macaskill, Tobias Nicklas, Valérie Nicolet, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, George Parsenios, Benjamin E. Reynolds, Dieter T. Roth, Dietrich Rusam, Jens Schröter, Claudia Setzer, Elizabeth Evans Shively, Michael Karl-Heinz Sommer, Angela Standhartinger, Gert J. Steyn, Todd D. Still, Rodney A. Werline, Benjamin Wold, Archie T. Wright
“A valuable resource for seminaries and schools of religious study. . . . Recommended.”
“The early Christians were scriptural thinkers. To the degree that we do not understand that, we do not understand them much at all. The basic importance of Henze and Lincicum’s comprehensive volume is thus hard to overestimate. The essays explore not only the remarkable dexterity with which the early Christians read Israel’s Scriptures but also the significance of their readings for understanding the Christian texts in the first place.”
—C. Kavin Rowe
Duke University
“Cutting edge and comprehensive, these essays by an international team of scholars show how indispensable and how malleable the Scriptures of Israel, broadly defined, were for the followers of Jesus. Brilliantly conceived, meticulously detailed, and engagingly presented.”
—Amy-Jill Levine
Vanderbilt University
David Lincicum is associate professor of New Testament and early Christian studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction, by Matthias Henze and David Lincicum
Part I: Contexts
1. What Were the “Scriptures” in the Time of Jesus?, by Edmon L. Gallagher
2. Israel’s Scriptures in the Hebrew Bible, by Marc Zvi Brettler
3. Israel’s Greek Scriptures and Their Collection in the Septuagint, by Martin Karrer
4. Israel’s Scriptures in Early Jewish Literature, by Grant Macaskill
5. Israel’s Scriptures in the Dead Sea Scrolls, by Susan Docherty
6. Israel’s Scriptures in Philo and the Alexandrian Jewish Tradition, by Michael B. Cover
7. Israel’s Scriptures in Josephus, by Michael Avioz
Part II: Israel’s Scriptures in the New Testament
A. The Gospels and Acts
8. Israel’s Scriptures in Matthew, by Matthias Konradt
9. Israel’s Scriptures in Mark, by Elizabeth Evans Shively
10. Israel’s Scriptures in Luke, by Martin Bauspiess
11. Israel’s Scriptures in John, by Jaime Clark-Soles
12. Israel’s Scriptures in Acts, by Dietrich Rusam
B. The Apostle Paul
13. Israel’s Scriptures in Romans, by Jens Schröter
14. Israel’s Scriptures in 1 and 2 Corinthians, by Katja Kujanpää
15. Israel’s Scriptures in Galatians, by A. Andrew Das
16. Israel’s Scriptures in Ephesians and Colossians, by Paul Foster
17. Israel’s Scriptures in Philippians and Philemon, by Angela Standhartinger
18. Israel’s Scriptures in 1 and 2 Thessalonians, by Todd D. Still
19. Israel’s Scriptures in the Pastoral Epistles, by Gerd Häfner
C. Hebrews and the Catholic Letters
20. Israel’s Scriptures in Hebrews, by Gabriella Gelardini
21. Israel’s Scriptures in James, by Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr
22. Israel’s Scriptures in 1 Peter, Jude, and 2 Peter, by Jörg Frey
23. Israel’s Scriptures in the Johannine Letters, by George Parsenios
D. The Book of Revelation
24. Israel’s Scriptures in the Revelation of John, by Ian K. Boxall
Part III: Themes and Topics from Israel’s Scriptures in the New Testament
25. God, by Archie T. Wright
26. Messiah, by J. Thomas Hewitt
27. Holy Spirit, by John R. Levison
28. Covenant, by Richard J. Bautch
29. Law, by Claudia Setzer
30. Wisdom, by Benjamin Wold
31. Liturgy and Prayer, by Rodney A. Werline
32. Eschatology, by Garrick V. Allen
Part IV: Tracing Israel’s Scriptures
33. Deuteronomy in the New Testament, by Gert J. Steyn
34. Isaiah in the New Testament, by Benjamin E. Reynolds
35. The Psalms in the New Testament, by Matthias Henze
36. Daniel in the New Testament, by Alexandria Frisch and Jennie Grillo
37. Figures of Ancient Israel in the New Testament, by Valérie Nicolet
Part V: Israel’s Scriptures in Early Christianity Outside the New Testament