Jewish-Christian Gospel Tradition

The utility of adoptionism as a heuristic category: The baptism narrative in the Gospel of the Ebionites as a test case

“…58 A. F. J. Klijn suggests that Epiphanius may have had the text before his eyes when reciting this passage the second time because of his use of 'and so on' (καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς), but he concedes that this may not be a strong argument. 59 The parallels with the Lukan material are unmistakable, but James Edwards challenges the majority view that the Gospel of the Ebionites was dependent on Luke's Gospel, arguing that the reverse is more likely. 60 Boismard narrows in on the points where its wording may be more primitive than Luke's wording.…”

Philo of Alexandria: an annotated bibliography, 1987-1996: with addenda for 1937-1986

“…Studien zu Geschichte, Kultur und Religion Agyptens und des Alten Testaments 14 (Wiesbaden 1988) 18-53, esp. 26-31. Starting from the views of H. Windisch, Betz examines the parallels between the second letter of Peter (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)2:15f. ) and with regard to the figure of Balaam.…”

“…the word in Greek antiquity, in the Septuagint, and in Hellenistic Judaism (pp. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. The second part of the book analyzes the concept in Philo, with special reference to the relationship between grace and creation (pp.…”

“…The author is sceptical about trying to determine differing audiences for Philo's various kinds of works: 'the particular characteristics of individual works does not help to locate them in relation to an external context, but merely to characterize the various aspects of the intellectual activity of a culturally complex and original personality (p. 168) .' (DTR; based on a summary in Adamantius 2 (1996) [17][18] 9535. A. J. GuERRA, Romans and the Apologetic Tradition: The Purpose, Genre and Audience of Paul's Letter, SNTSMS 81 (Cambridge 1995),esp.58-59,62-63, 76-83,108-110. The chief thesis of this work is that Romans is a an apologetic writing of the protreptic kind, seeking to affirm Paul's ministry and the gospel which he preached-not a self-apology wherein Paul defends his apostleship, as others have argued.…”

“…Finally he returns to Philo and re-examines the texts, with particular emphasis on Opif 7-12, Aet. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19]Prov. 1.…”