Bøger af Bruce D. Chilton

Investigates the Easter event of Jesus. Bruce Chilton undertakes his close reading of the New Testament texts without privileging the exact nature of the resurrection, but rather begins by situating his study of the resurrection in the context of Sumerian, Egyptian, Greek, and Syrian conceptions of the afterlife.

John's Revelation has led to countless diverse and divergent interpretations. Bruce Chilton maps the ways in which the text has been read through the centuries and introduces the main interpretations of Revelation.

Seeks to identify the recurrent tensions, the blatant points of emphasis, the recurring indications of conflict and polemic. Framing the issue of the disposition of the Scriptural heritage in broad terms, this book says that the answer is self-evident.

An accompaniment to "Trading Places", this sourcebook contains critical passages from primary sources within each tradition, along with insightful commentaries by Professors Chilton and Neusner. Designed for classroom use.

Numerous scholars have argued that the histories of early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism run parallel. In this book, the authors suggest precisely the opposite. By demonstrating that these two great traditions intersected and ultimately traded places during the first four centuries of the Common Era. The authors argue that Judaism and Christianity exchanged positions on other communal and institutional levels as well. Designed for classroom use.

Guides readers in understanding the development of the targums, their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, their dates, their language, their place in the history of Christianity and Judaism, and their theologies and methods of interpretation.