Understanding, Studying and Reading

New Testament Essays in Honour of John Ashton

Christopher Rowland, Crispin H. Fletcher-Louis, Christopher Rowland, Crispin H. Fletcher-Louis

• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Year: 1998
• Print ISBN:
  9781850758280
• eBook ISBN:
  9780567554901
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

This collection of essays, largely written by members of the Oxford theological community, was presented to John Ashton on his 65th birthday in 1996. The essays deal with Elijah in Mark, a Q passion narrative, the Gospel thief saying, John's Beloved Disciple, the temple incident (Jn 2.13-25) and history and theology. Outside of the Gospels, they discuss God's wrath in Romans 1, Philippians 1.1-11, Hebrews 4.13, Peter and Paul behind Revelation, and hermeneutical method. Specialists from outside the New Testament field contribute studies of the patristic doctrine of Scripture, the Syriac Diatessaron, William Tyndale, the theology of the resurrection and the Byzantine understanding of John. John Ashton was, before his retirement, Lecturer in New Testament and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Editorial Board
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• List of Contributors
• CHRISTINE E. JOYNES A Question of Identity: 'Who Do People Say that I Am?' Elijah, John the Baptist and Jesus in Mark's Gospel
• ERIC FRANKLIN A Passion Narrative for Q?
• CRISPIN H.T. FLETCHER-LOUIS The Gospel Thief Saying (Luke 12.39-40 and Matthew 24.43-44) Reconsidered
• DAVID CATCHPOLE The Beloved Disciple and Nathanael
• LARRY J. KREITZER The Temple Incident of John 2.13-25: A Preview of What is to Come
• DAVID WENHAM The Enigma of the Fourth Gospel: Another Look
• ALAN LE GRYS The Wisdom of Too Much Eschatology
• STEVE FlNAMORE The Gospel and the Wrath of God in Romans 1
• PETER OAKES Jason and Penelope Hear Philippians 1.1-11
• JOHN MUDDIMAN Wrestling with Hebrews A Note on τετραχηλισμένα at Hebrews 4.13
• MARK EDWARDS Authorship and Canonicity: Some Patristic Evidence
• SEBASTIAN BROCK What's in a Word? An Intriguing Choice in die Syriac Diatessaron
• HENRY WANSBROUGH William Tyndale—A Martyr for the Bible?
• IANBOXALL Tor Paul' or Tor Cephas'? The Book of Revelation and Early Asian Christianity
• TREVOR WILLIAMS The Trouble with the Resurrection
• CHRISTOPHER ROWLAND 'Ιωάννηζ συγκοινωνός...
• JOSEPH A. MUNITIZ Nikephoros Blemmydes on John: A Byzantine Scholar's Reactions to John's Prologue
• Index of References
• Index of Authors