The Concept of the Covenant in the Second Temple Period

by Stanley E Porter (Editor), Jacqueline C R de Roo (Editor)

Overview

Taking the concept of the covenant as one of the changing modes of thought during Second Temple Judaism, religious scholars from Europe and anglophone North America explore its manifestation in the Old Testament, major Qumran documents, the Pseudepigrapha and Targums, Hellenistic Jewish literature, and the New Testament. Specific topics include the relationship between the Abrahamic, the Davidic, and the new covenants; the covenant of the Qumran sectarians; covenantal nomism in the Psalms Targum; Philo and Jesephus in the context of Second Temple Judaic religion; and what Romans 9.4 and 11.27 can reveal about whether Paul had a covenant theology. Only ancient sources and modern authors are indexed. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589832909
Publisher:	Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Series:	Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism (Formerl
Edition description:	New ed.
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Stanley E. Porter, Ph.D. (1988) in Biblical Studies and Linguistics, University of Sheffield, is Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Canada. He has written or edited over forty books, and he has published over a hundred articles and chapters on various topics in New Testament.
Jacqueline C.R. de Roo, Ph.D. (2002) in Theology (Biblical Studies), University of Surrey (London), is a Research Associate for at the University of Sheffield. She has published several articles in the area of Biblical Studies, including Was the Goat for Azazel Destined for the Wrath of God?, (Biblica 81, 2000).