Ḥesed and the New Testament
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Ḥesed and the New Testament

An Intertextual Categorization Study

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Ḥesed and the New Testament

An Intertextual Categorization Study

About this book

In the Hebrew Bible, ?esed (steadfast love, loyalty, devotion) denotes an important concept that is relevant to interpersonal relationships in every generation. In this book, Karen Nelson investigates New Testament engagement with that concept and the exegetical value of recognizing such engagement.

This investigation employs an original hybrid of two methodological approaches: intertextuality, used to consider how New Testament authors appropriate texts that evoke ?esed or ??sîd, and categorization, used to analyze and compare instances of the categories ?sd and ?syd within the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Nelson's work challenges assertions that the New Testament equivalent of ?esed is agap? (love) or charis (grace). Rather, she contends that ?esed and ??sîd are more likely to be evoked by the terms with which they are most often rendered in the Septuagint: eleos and hosios, respectively. Nelson rereads selected New Testament pericopes in light of ?esed, highlighting points about ongoing devotion to kinship and covenantal relationships often overlooked in those contexts and showing how New Testament authors and figures utilize the ?esed tradition to critique the contemporary socioreligious situation and encourage belief, enduring commitment, and appropriately changed lifestyles.

Addressing a topic that spans the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, this study will be of value to biblical scholars, especially those who are interested in semantics.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chapter 1: Ḥesed and the New Testament: Goal, Obstacles, and Responses
  6. Chapter 2: An Intertextual Categorization Study: Methodological Approaches
  7. Chapter 3: Interpersonal Relationships in Ancient Israel: The Domain of Ḥesed
  8. Chapter 4: Ḥsd in the Hebrew Bible and Other Literature of the Second Temple Period
  9. Chapter 5: Ḥsyd in the Hebrew Bible and Other Literature of the Second Temple Period
  10. Chapter 6: Greek Words That Evoke Ḥsd or Ḥsyd
  11. Chapter 7: Eleos in Matthew’s Gospel: A Weighty Matter of the Law
  12. Chapter 8: Eleos in Paul’s Letters: The Reason for Gentiles Glorifying God
  13. Chapter 9: Eleos in Luke’s Gospel: A Basis for Remembered Promises and Neighborly Actions
  14. Chapter 10: Eleos in Other New Testament Books: Characteristic of God, Reason for Hope
  15. Chapter 11: Hosios in Acts: A Gift and Promises Concerning David and His Descendant
  16. Chapter 12: Hosios in Other New Testament Books: A Description of the One Who Makes Faithful and Righteous Judgments
  17. Chapter 13: ḥsd, hsyd, Eleos, and Hosios in the New Testament
  18. Chapter 14: Ḥesed and the New Testament: Conclusions and Outlook
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index