Papers by Craig A . Evans
The Proclamation of Jesus seeks to place Jesus in the context of first-century Palestinian Judais... more The Proclamation of Jesus seeks to place Jesus in the context of first-century Palestinian Judaism. The authors hope to discern the essence of his preaching, his concept of the kingdom of God, and the place of purity in his teaching and activities. Better methods for assessing not simply the authenticity of reported sayings and deeds, but for tracing the development of tradition are considered. The authors are convinced that most of the Synoptic tradition is authentic, but that much of it has been reinterpreted and recontextualized. Herein lies the real challenge for those investigating the historical Jesus. The Proclamation of Jesus opens up new avenues of study and makes new proposals for understanding Jesus in the context of his place and time.
... from the Pauline evidence, to be what the earliest Christians regarded as gospel. Bringing ... more ... from the Pauline evidence, to be what the earliest Christians regarded as gospel. Bringing Paul ... and a good deal of clarity regained, if, instead of referring to Thomas, and indeed ... this meta-level, encouraging the reading public to think that the old Enlightenment bandwagon is ...
... 12 297 BRUCE CHILTON Shebna, Eliakim, and the Promise to Peter 319 BRUCE CHILTON A Coin of Th... more ... 12 297 BRUCE CHILTON Shebna, Eliakim, and the Promise to Peter 319 BRUCE CHILTON A Coin of Three Realms (Matthew 17:24 ... The Hebrew Bible attests, then, that the single covenant with Israel was consistent with varying emphases and practices within the conception of ...
Page 1. Studying the Historical Jesus Evaluations of the State of Current Research Edited by Bruc... more Page 1. Studying the Historical Jesus Evaluations of the State of Current Research Edited by Bruce Chilton & Craig A. Evans RILL Page 2. Page 3. STUDYING THE HISTORICAL JESUS This One DTJ7-UL7-61X2 Page 4. NEW ...
A Comparative Handbook to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, 2021
Studying the Historical Jesus, 1994
This volume o fers critical assessments of Life of Jesus research in the last generation, with sp... more This volume o fers critical assessments of Life of Jesus research in the last generation, with special emphasis on work that is quite recent. It will introduce graduate students to the eld and will provide the veteran scholar with current bibliography and discussion of the issues. Topics treated include Jesus and Palestinian politics, Jesus tradition in Paul, Jesus in extracanonical Gospels, and Jesus' parables, miracles, death, and resurrection. The contributors are among the most widely recognized and respected Life of Jesus scholars. They include
The consultation on James, Jesus' brother, emerged out of interactive scholarship and discussion ... more The consultation on James, Jesus' brother, emerged out of interactive scholarship and discussion which has been pursued at Bard College over the past four years. Since 1996, aseries of international meetings has focused on the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, especially during their formative periods. A conference at Bard in 1997, entitled "The Missing Jesus -Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament," found that James was a particularly fruitful focus of inquiry. As a result, Mr. Frank T. Crohn, the principal supporter of our work, suggested that a consultation specifically devoted to James might be productive. The itinerary and method of the consultation are described in this volume, and the principal contributors have prepared their work for publication. We are indebted to Mr. Crohn, to the contributors, and to Miss Theresa Oesmond, our conference officer. Audio and videotapes of our discussion have also been produced, and are available from Bard College. The approach and level of our interaction have been developed within the Institute for Advanced Theology at Bard, which is dedicated to comparative study and cooperative scholarship. The Institute sponsored the consultation by means of grants from Mr. Crohn and the Pew Charitable Trusts, and is engaged to pursue this and similar initiatives. As our volume attests, we aim to continue investigating the seam which the study of James has opened up for uso The authors are grateful to the editorial board of Supplements to Novum Testamenturn for accepting this collection of studies for publication, to Or. Theo Joppe of E. J. Brill for his guidance during the publication process, and to Ginny Evans for preparing the indexes. All of the essays are in English, but contributors were free to follow either British or American style.
Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, 2008
It becomes possible to trace the history of exegetical study which has produced the forms in whic... more It becomes possible to trace the history of exegetical study which has produced the forms in which they are used in the New Testament. To do this is a valuable task, because it takes us behind our written sources to see the actual process of the Church's exegetical labours. So a window is opened for a glimpse into the doctrinal workshop. It may be hoped that the view of the process may point the way back to the origins of doctrinal formulation. 6 Several key areas are investigated, three of which will be reviewed here. First and foremost was the early Church's exploration of the Old Testament to understand and defend the resurrection of Jesus. Lindars begins with the sermon ascribed to Peter in Acts 2, rightly asserting that "traditions of exegesis are often much more primitive than their context, or their actual form, seems to suggest" (p. 34). The publication of the remainder of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as a host of new pseudepigraphal texts, has provided several supporting examples of this phenomenon. 7 Lindars believes that the appeals to Joel 2:28-32 and Psalms 16 and 110 in the Pentecost sermon reflect early Christian interpretation and apologetic and not simply a distinctly Lukan formulation. These texts 3 B. Lindars, New Testament Apologetic: The Doctrinal Significance of the Old Testament Quotations (London: SCM Press; Philadelphia: Westminster, 1961). 4 An important part of the backdrop to this study was the interesting and highly speculative thesis of "testimonies" or "testimony books," proposed by J. Rendel Harris, Testimonies (2 vols., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1916-20). Lindars later returned to this question in "Second Thoughts IV. Books of Testimonies," ExpTim 75 (1964), pp. 173-75. The perspective of Lindars here is consistent with and in fact dependent on those of his older colleague, who addressed the same subject: C. H. Dodd, According to the Scriptures: The Sub-Structure of New Testament Theology (London: Nisbet, 1952). 6 Lindars, New Testament Apologetics, p. 17. 7 For example, the cultic interpretation of Isa 5:1-7 seen in the Targum and in rabbinic literature (cf. t. Sukk. 3.15; t. Me'il. 1.16), sources that post-date the New Testament by two centuries, is now attested at Qumran, in a text that dates from the first century BC (cf. 4Q500). This early attestation is of great importance for assessing the authenticity and meaning of the allusions to Isaiah 5 in Jesus' parable of the Vineyard (Mark 12:1-12 and parallels). It is only fitting that the importance of this attestation has been clarified by the current occupant of the Rylands Chair; cf.
This book is a verse-by-verse analysis of the New Testament Gospel of Matthew. It provides a comp... more This book is a verse-by-verse analysis of the New Testament Gospel of Matthew. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the Gospel, which describes the world of Jesus and his first followers. This commentary explores the historical, social and religious contexts of Matthew and examines the customs, beliefs and ideas that inform the text. Unfamiliar to many readers of the New Testament, this background will help readers fully understand the text of Matthew, which focuses on what Jesus taught and why the religious authorities in Jerusalem rejected his message and gave him up to the Roman governor for execution. This book will be an important tool for the clergy, scholars and other interested readers of Matthew.
BRILL eBooks, 1995
The topic for the 1992 annual Institute for Biblical Research (IBR) meeting in San Francisco focu... more The topic for the 1992 annual Institute for Biblical Research (IBR) meeting in San Francisco focused on the Jewish matrix of early Christianity. My assignment was to speak on Jesus. Don Hagner's was to speak on Paul. He approached his subject broadly, addressing the larger question of Paul's understanding of God's covenant with Israel and the Gentiles. I approached my subject much more narrowly, focusing on the meaning of Jesus' action in the temple precincts. I chose this narrower topic for three reasons. First, prior to 70 CE the religious center of the Jewish people was the temple. Various groups and individuals may have been critical of the temple's caretakers, but they were loyal to the institution itself and to what it stood for. The large sums of money that poured into its coffers, both from Palestine and from the diaspora, testify to this deeply felt loyalty. Accordingly, investigation of Jesus' action in the temple has the potential of taking us to the heart of the larger question of Jesus' relationship to Judaism. Second, Jesus' action in the temple has drawn considerable scholarly attention in recent life of Jesus research. This is because interpreters have rightly sensed that this action, if understood correctly, potentially clarifies Jesus' mission with respect to Israel and makes intelligible his execution at the hands of the Romans, Israel's overlords. Third, study of Jesus' action in the temple precincts brings into focus the larger question of what Judaism was and with what features of this faith and practice Jesus either agreed, disagreed, or thought was in need of revision. Therefore, although the
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