Conceptions of "Gospel" and Legitimacy in Early Christianity
- Autores: Matthew V. Novenson (res.)
- Localización: Journal of early Christian studies: Journal of the North American Patristic Society, ISSN 1067-6341, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 297-298
- Idioma: inglés
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Conceptions of "Gospel" and Legitimacy in Early Christianity
James A. Kelhoffer
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Resumen
Part I, "Methodological Observations," comprises three essays: (1) the author's inaugural lecture from his induction to the chair of New Testament at Uppsala; (2) a programmatic essay on the discipline of early Christian studies using the author's monograph The Diet of John the Baptist as a test case; and (3) a response to Jack Dean Kingsbury on the Christology of the gospel of Matthew. Part III, "Struggles for Legitimacy," at seven essays, comprises the largest part of the book by far: (1) a comparison of the ideologies of the prayers in 1 Maccabees on the one hand and 2 Maccabees on the other; (2) a study of the apostle Paul's appeals to suffering as a means of validating his authority; (3) a comparison of Paul and Justin Martyr on miracles and the significance thereof; (4) an essay on Luke's strategy in portraying Paul as a persecutor in the Acts of the Apostles; (5) an argument in favor of a late date (90-110 c.e. or later) for the Apocalypse on John on the grounds of the persecutions described in Rev 1-3; (6) an essay on Hippolytus's Elenchos and its familiarity with Greek magical practices; and (7) a skeptical reassessment of the evidence for the prominence of maimed confessors at the Council of Nicaea. There is, however, some variation in the relative creativity and importance of the respective essays, or so it seems to the present reviewer. [...]Kelhoffer's inaugural lecture from Uppsala (Chapter One) is an incisive, creative explication of the task of New Testament exegesis, while his response to Kingsbury on the Christology of Matthew (Chapter Three) is very well done but not groundbreaking.
