By: H Daniel Zacharias, Craig A Evans (Editor), Daniel H Zacharias (Editor)

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These essays explore new methods and overlooked traditionsthat appear to shed light on how the founders of the Christian movementunderstood the older sacred tradition and sought new and creative ways to letit speak to their own times. Gurtner discusses the Matthean version of the temptation narrative. Chandlerinvestigates the exhortation to 'love your neighbour as yourself' from Lev.19.18b. Talbot re-examines Jesus' offer of rest in Mt. 11.28-30. Myers exploresthe ways Matthew's appeal to Isa. 42.1-4 in Mt. 12.17-21 affects thecharacterization of Jesus in his Gospel. Hamilton explores 1 Enoch 6-11 as aretelling of Genesis 3-6. Herzer seeks to explain varuiys aspects of Mt.27.51b-53. McWhirter explores the citation of Exod 23.20, Mal. 3.1, and Isa. 40.3in Mk 1.2-3. Hopkins investigates the manner in which Jesus engages questionsand persons regarding purity and impurity. Miller notes that victory songs area generally acknowledges category of Hebrew poetry. Gregerman argues thatstudies of early Christian proselytism to Gentiles are largely focussed onmissionary methods of converts.

List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction
"`Fasting' and `Forty Nights': The Matthean Temptation Narrative (4.1-11) and Moses Typology"
"`Love your neighbor as yourself' (Lev. 19.18b) in Early Jewish-Christian Exegetical Practice and Missional Formulation"
"Rest, Eschatology, and Sabbath in Matthew 11.28-30"
"Jesus as Ideal King: Isaiah 42 and the Characterization of Jesus in Matthew 12.17-21"
"Blood and Secrets: The Re-telling of Genesis 1-6 in 1 Enoch 6-11 and its Echoes in Susanna and the Gospel of Matthew"
"The Riddle of the Holy Ones in Matthew 27.51b-53: A New Proposal for a crux interpretum"
"Messianic Exegesis in Mark 1.2-3"
"Levitical Purification in the New Testament Gospels"
"A Different Kind of Victory: 4Q427 7 I-II and the Magnificat as Later Developments of the Hebrew Victory Song"
"Biblical Prophecy and the Fate of the Nations in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretations of Isaiah"
Name Index
Subject Index
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ISBN: 9780567383501
ISBN-10: 0567383504
Series: Library of New Testament Studies
Audience: General
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 288
Published: 8th March 2012
Dimensions (cm): 24.0 x 16.1  x 2.794
Weight (kg): 0.6