The use of sacred books in the ancient world
By: L.V. Rutgers, (ed.) ... [et al.].
Contributors: Rutgers, Leonard Victor.
Series: Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology ;; 22
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Leuven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Sacred books -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Text in English; one contribution in German.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Papers from a conference organized by members of a research unit of Utrecht University in Jan. 1998.
Table of contents: title: The Christian hermeneutical revolution and its double helix / Guy G. Stroumsa; title: The brother of Jesus and the interpretation of Scripture / Bruce Chilton; title: Remarks on quotation formulas in Gospels and Acts / Gerard Mussies; title: Isaiah and the 'hidden things' : the quotation from Psalm 78:2 in Matthew 13:35 / Maarten J.J. Menken; title: A critical contribution to the Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti : Jude and Hesiod / Bert Cozunsen; title: The Sarah imagery in 1 Peter / Magda Misset van de Weg; title: 'Homer the prophet of all' and 'Moses our teacher' : late antique exegesis of the Homeric epics and the Torah of Moses / Philip S. Alexander; title: Sortes : sacred books as instant oracles in late antiquity / Pieter W. van der Horst; title: Nullus disciplinae expers : Virgil's authority in (late) antiquity / Jan den Boeft; title: Concern for the unity of Tenakh in the formation of Aggadat Bereshit / Lieve Teugels; title: "I said, you are gods..." : the significance of Ps. 82 for some early Christian authors / Annewies van de Hoek; title: The use of Scripture in the Coptic Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter (NHC VII, 3) / Henriëtte W. Havelaar; title: Jacob of Edessa and the text of Scripture / Alison Salvesen; title: Inscriptions in Mosaic pavements in Byzantine Palestina/Arabia quoting texts from the Old Testament / Karel J.H. Vriezen; title: Die Codexillustration als neuer Kunstzweig : Spiegel einer geänderten Funktion des Buches in der Spätantike? / Barbara Zimmermann; title: The importance of Scripture in the conflict between Jews and Christians : the example of Antioch / Leonard V. Rutgers.