Jesus and the Scriptures

Problems, Passages and Patterns

Tobias Hägerland

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9780567685018
• eBook ISBN: 9780567665034
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

The four Gospels unanimously present Jesus as someone who quoted from, commented on, and engaged with the Scriptures of Israel. Whether this portrayal goes back to the historical Jesus has been a hotly debated issue among scholars. In this book, eleven expert researchers from four different continents tackle the question anew. This is done through detailed study of specific themes and passages from the Scriptures which Jesus, according to the Gospels, quoted or alluded to. Among the various topics investigated are Jesus' use of Genesis 2 to bolster his teaching on divorce, his reference to the Queen of Sheba story in 1 Kings, the significance of the Book of Zechariah for Jesus' self-understanding, and his enigmatic quotation of Psalm 22 on the cross. These and other contributions result in a common understanding of Jesus' use of the Scriptures. Not only did Jesus engage with the Scriptures, according to these scholars, but his mode of engagement has to be placed within the early Jewish interpretative framework within which he lived.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Contributors
• INTRODUCTION
• Part A -- PROBLEMS OF METHOD FOR STUDYING JESUS AND THE SCRIPTURES
• JESUS AND THE SCRIPTURES: PROBLEMS OF AUTHENTICATION AND INTERPRETATION -- Tobias Hägerland
• Part B -- PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE IN THE JESUS TRADITION
• GENESIS 2:24 AND THE JESUS TRADITION -- William Loader
• THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND THE JESUS TRADITIONS -- Kim Huat Tan
• JESUS’ EXORCISTIC IDENTITY RECONSIDERED: THE DEMISE OF A SOLOMONIC TYPOLOGY -- Jennifer Nyström
• BEING “GOD-TAUGHT”: ISAIAH 54:13 AS PROLEGOMENA TO THE TEACHING MINISTRY OF JESUS -- Jonathan A. Blanke
• THE DAY OF THE LORD IS COMING: JESUS AND THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH -- Fernando Bermejo-Rubio
• JESUS AND THE DEVOUT PSALMIST OF PSALM 22 -- Ville Auvinen
• Part C -- PATTERNS IN JESUS’ USE OF SCRIPTURE
• A SERVANT LIKE THE MASTER: A JEWISH CHRISTIAN HERMENEUTIC FOR THE PRACTICE OF THE TORAH -- Edwin K. Broadhead
• JESUS THE SAGE AND HIS PROVOCATIVE PARABLES -- Ben Witherington III
• A SIGN FROM HEAVEN AND THE WORD OF SCRIPTURE: JESUS’ MIRACLES AT STAKE -- Jan Roskovec
• RE-EXAMINING THE LAST SUPPER SAYINGS IN LIGHT OF THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES -- Mary J. Marshall
• Bibliography
• Index of References
• Index of Authors