Paul, Luke and the Graeco-Roman World - (Library of New Testament Studies) (Paperback)

About the Book

The quality of contributions in this volume reflects the eminence of Sandy Wedderburn, who taught at St Andrews before moving to Durham and finally to Munich to succeed Ferdinard Hahn. The topics addressed reflect Wedderburn's interests and include a comparison of the Lord's Supper with cultic meals in Qumran and in Hellenistic cults, glossolalia in Acts, the Lukan prologue, 'new creation' in Paul, and Adam and Christ in Romans. The contributors include David Aune, Richard Bauckham, Richard Bell, James Dunn, Ferdinand Hahn, Christina Hoegen-Rohls, Robert Jewett, Hans Klein, H.-W. Kuhn, David Moessner, Stanley Porter, Heikki Raisanen, Margaret Thrall, Oda Wischmeyer and Chrisitian Wolff.

Book Synopsis

The quality of contributions in this volume reflects the eminence of Sandy Wedderburn, who taught at St Andrews before moving to Durham and finally to Munich to succeed Ferdinard Hahn. The topics addressed reflect Wedderburn's interests and include a comparison of the Lord's Supper with cultic meals in Qumran and in Hellenistic cults, glossolalia in Acts, the Lukan prologue, 'new creation' in Paul, and Adam and Christ in Romans. The contributors include David Aune, Richard Bauckham, Richard Bell, James Dunn, Ferdinand Hahn, Christina Hoegen-Rohls, Robert Jewett, Hans Klein, H.-W. Kuhn, David Moessner, Stanley Porter, Heikki Raisanen, Margaret Thrall, Oda Wischmeyer and Chrisitian Wolff.

This is volume 217 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series.

Review Quotes

""It will mainly be of value to advanced students and fellow scholars - and thus the volume is a 'must' for libraries" ANVIL Vol.25 No.2 2008" --Walter Moberly

About the Author

Alf Christophersen is Research Assistant, Protestant Theological Faculty, University of Munich. Carsten Claussen is Research Assistant, Institute for New Testament Theology, University of Munich. Jorg Frey is Professor of Theology at the University of Munich. Bruce Longenecker is Lecturer in New Testament Studies at St Andrews University, Scotland.