Harvard Theological Review articles from January 2006

Harvard Theological Review archives from January 2006

Strangers and aliens no longer: negotiating identity and difference in Ephesians 2.
January 1, 2006... Issues of identity and difference in the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians have provoked a long history of scholarly debate, particularly around the narrative of Jews and Gentiles becoming "one new humanity out of two" in 2:15, [TEXT NOT...

The loss of center: changing attitudes towards the Temple in aggadic literature.
January 1, 2006... * The Loss of the Temple The destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E., and the concurrent loss of formal independence, was arguably the single most fundamental event affecting the future of the Jewish people during the subsequent...

Creatio ex nihilo theology in Genesis Rabbah in light of Christian exegesis *.
January 1, 2006... "The Ways that Never Parted" is the title of a recently published collection of articles that reflects an increasing tendency in scholarship. (1) A significant number of scholars no longer interpret the emergence of Christianity from Judaism...

Shades of grace: Origen and Gregory of Nyssa's soteriological exegesis of the "black and beautiful" bride in Song of Songs 1:5 *.
January 1, 2006... Patristic exegesis soared to sublime heights with the allegorical interpretation of the Song of Songs. (1) This nuptial tale, replete with evocative imagery and multivalent symbolism, supplied fertile ground for the mystical musings of Origen...

Athanasius, the psalms, and the reformation of the self.
January 1, 2006... Shortly after his death, the influential fourth century bishop, Athanasius of Alexandria, was recognized for introducing the contemplative traditions of the Egyptian monks to the urban Christians of Alexandria and for bringing the desert...

An Ordinal of Christ in Medieval Catalan.(Notes and Observations)
January 1, 2006... In the later Middle Ages, scholars frequently translated ancient and medieval Latin texts into various vernacular languages, and the text studied here provides an example of this. Widely copied and modified throughout the Middle Ages, the...

A review of Christlicher Glaube im pluralismus. Studien zu einer theologie der kultur by Christoph Schwobel.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... The key question that Christoph Schw6bel raises in Christlicher Glaube im Pluralismus is one that has emerged as an imperative. A Christian theology responsible to the contemporary realities of pluralism must enter its theological analysis of...

Books received.
January 1, 2006... Allison, Dale C., Jr. Studies in Matthew: Interpretation Past and Present. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2005. 282 pp. $34.99 hb. Ateek, Naim, Cedar Duaybis, and Maurine Tobin, eds. Challenging Christian Zionism: Theology, Politics...