Skip to main content

Phillip Munoa

Hope College, Religion, Emeritus

Followers

55

Following

0

Public Views

MA Classics (Michigan)
PhD Near Eastern Studies (Michigan)
Supervisors: Doctoral Director: Jarl Fossum

less

Australian Catholic University

Cristiana Facchini

Università di Bologna

Marquette University

Nicholas A Meyer

McMaster University

Jan N . Bremmer

University of Groningen

University of Chicago

Wojciech Kosior

Jagiellonian University

King's College London

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Santiago Guijarro

Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca

InterestsView All (6)

Uploads

Papers by Phillip Munoa

Azariah of Nineveh and Jesus of Nazareth: How the Book of Tobit made Jesus possible

Paper being prepared for 2025 journal publication

Apocalyptic Story-telling: Tobit’s narrative disclosure of God’s saving ways and angel

Publication pending in "The Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha" (2025) Originally presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Denver, CO (November 2022). Revised and scheduled for publication in 2025 , 2025

"Who lies beneath?: Revising Paul Holloway's angelic interpretation of Phil 2.6-11." Publication pending in the Journal of Biblical Literature (2025)

Paper originally read at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (San Diego... more

The Son of Man and the Angel of the Lord: Daniel 7 and Israel's Angel Traditions. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. Volume 28.2 (2019): 145-169

The Good Angel That Delivered the Jews: How 2 Maccabees Adapted Daniel 7 and the Angel of the Lord Tradition. Published in "Wisdom Poured Out Like Water: Studies on Jewish and Christian Antiquity in Honor of Gabriele Boccaccini." J. Harold Ellens, et al (eds). DCLS 38 (De Gruyter 2018): 314-332

Raphael the Savior: Tobit's Adaptation of the Angel of the Lord Tradition. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. Volume 25.3 (2016): 228-243

Attention has been given in recent scholarship to Tobit's use of Israel's angel tradition in its ... more Attention has been given in recent scholarship to Tobit's use of Israel's angel tradition in its depiction of Raphael, but the exodus account and the role of the angel of the the Lord has been overlooked. This article argues that Tobit adapts that account to depict a 'micro' exodus with a ground breaking portrayal of the angel of the Lord, who condescends as an Israelite to deliver suffering exiles. In doing so, Tobit bears witness to a belief in a condescending heavenly savior that is found in several other sects of Second Temple Judaism.

Before Mary and Jesus there was Raphael: An Antecedent to the Angelic "Incarnations" of Jewish Christianity and Its Gospels. Published in "The Open Mind: Essays in Honour of Christopher Rowland." Edited by Jonathan Knight and Kevin Sullivan. LNTS (JSNTS) 522. (T & T Clark, 2014): 165-182

Raphael, Azariah and Jesus: Tobit's Significance for Early Christology. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. Volume 22.1 (2012): 3-39

John, Jesus, and Metatron: Mediators, Knowledge, and the Importance of a Neglected Interpretation. Published in "With Wisdom as a Robe: Qumran and Other Jewish Studies in Honor of Ida Fröhlich." Edited by Karoly Daniel Dobos and Miklos Koszeghy. HBM 21. (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2009): 415-437

Love at First Sight: Aseneth's Love for Joseph in Joseph and Aseneth. Published in "Studies in Jewish Civilization: Love, Ideal and Real, in the Jewish Tradition from the Hebrew Bible to Modern Times." Leonard J. Greenspoon, Editor. SJC 18. (Creighton University Press: Omaha, 2008): 55-66

Jesus, the Merkavah, and Martyrdom in Early Christian Tradition. Journal of Biblical Literature. Volume 121, No. 2 (2002): 303-325

Article on "Ascension" published in Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. David Noel Freedman, Editor. (William B Erdmans Publishing Company: Grand Rapids, 2000): 109-110

Books by Phillip Munoa

Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction to Gospel Literature and Jesus Studies. Jarl Fossum and Phillip Munoa. 324 pgs. Wadsworth~Thomson Learning, 2004.

Four Powers in Heaven: The Interpretation of Daniel 7 in the Testament of Abraham. Phillip B. Munoa III. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series 28. Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.

Azariah of Nineveh and Jesus of Nazareth: How the Book of Tobit made Jesus possible

Paper being prepared for 2025 journal publication

Apocalyptic Story-telling: Tobit’s narrative disclosure of God’s saving ways and angel

Publication pending in "The Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha" (2025) Originally presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Denver, CO (November 2022). Revised and scheduled for publication in 2025 , 2025

"Who lies beneath?: Revising Paul Holloway's angelic interpretation of Phil 2.6-11." Publication pending in the Journal of Biblical Literature (2025)

Paper originally read at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (San Diego... more

The Son of Man and the Angel of the Lord: Daniel 7 and Israel's Angel Traditions. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. Volume 28.2 (2019): 145-169

The Good Angel That Delivered the Jews: How 2 Maccabees Adapted Daniel 7 and the Angel of the Lord Tradition. Published in "Wisdom Poured Out Like Water: Studies on Jewish and Christian Antiquity in Honor of Gabriele Boccaccini." J. Harold Ellens, et al (eds). DCLS 38 (De Gruyter 2018): 314-332

Raphael the Savior: Tobit's Adaptation of the Angel of the Lord Tradition. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. Volume 25.3 (2016): 228-243

Attention has been given in recent scholarship to Tobit's use of Israel's angel tradition in its ... more Attention has been given in recent scholarship to Tobit's use of Israel's angel tradition in its depiction of Raphael, but the exodus account and the role of the angel of the the Lord has been overlooked. This article argues that Tobit adapts that account to depict a 'micro' exodus with a ground breaking portrayal of the angel of the Lord, who condescends as an Israelite to deliver suffering exiles. In doing so, Tobit bears witness to a belief in a condescending heavenly savior that is found in several other sects of Second Temple Judaism.

Before Mary and Jesus there was Raphael: An Antecedent to the Angelic "Incarnations" of Jewish Christianity and Its Gospels. Published in "The Open Mind: Essays in Honour of Christopher Rowland." Edited by Jonathan Knight and Kevin Sullivan. LNTS (JSNTS) 522. (T & T Clark, 2014): 165-182

Raphael, Azariah and Jesus: Tobit's Significance for Early Christology. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. Volume 22.1 (2012): 3-39

John, Jesus, and Metatron: Mediators, Knowledge, and the Importance of a Neglected Interpretation. Published in "With Wisdom as a Robe: Qumran and Other Jewish Studies in Honor of Ida Fröhlich." Edited by Karoly Daniel Dobos and Miklos Koszeghy. HBM 21. (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2009): 415-437

Love at First Sight: Aseneth's Love for Joseph in Joseph and Aseneth. Published in "Studies in Jewish Civilization: Love, Ideal and Real, in the Jewish Tradition from the Hebrew Bible to Modern Times." Leonard J. Greenspoon, Editor. SJC 18. (Creighton University Press: Omaha, 2008): 55-66

Jesus, the Merkavah, and Martyrdom in Early Christian Tradition. Journal of Biblical Literature. Volume 121, No. 2 (2002): 303-325

Article on "Ascension" published in Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. David Noel Freedman, Editor. (William B Erdmans Publishing Company: Grand Rapids, 2000): 109-110

Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction to Gospel Literature and Jesus Studies. Jarl Fossum and Phillip Munoa. 324 pgs. Wadsworth~Thomson Learning, 2004.

Four Powers in Heaven: The Interpretation of Daniel 7 in the Testament of Abraham. Phillip B. Munoa III. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series 28. Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.