The Open Mind: Essays in Honour of Christopher Rowland (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)
Overview
This Festschrift draws on the research interests of Christopher Rowland. The collection of essays comes from former doctoral students and other friends, many of whom shed light on the angelic contribution to the thought-world of developing Christianity. The significance of the Jewish contribution to developing Christian ideology is critically assessed, including the impact of the original Jewish sources on the earliest Christian belief. The distinguished contributors to this volume include April DeConick, Paul Foster, John Rogerson, Tobias Nicklas, and Andrei Orlov.
Key Features
- Honors the life and scholarship of Christopher Rowland
- Presents research contributes from form students and friends
- Examines the development of Christian thought within the early church
Contents
- On trees and visionaries: the role of the cosmic tree and related material in Baruch, Daniel and Pseudo-Danielic literature by Vincente Dobronruka
- Performing the Cosmic Mystery of the Church in the Communities of the Didache by Jonathan Draper
- The Similitudes of Enoch (1 En. 37-71): The Son of Man, Apocalyptic Messianism & Political Theology by Crispin Fletcher-Louis
- The Open Hell: A Study of the Apocalypse of Peter by Paul Foster
- The Descending Son of Man in the Gospel of John: A Polemic against Mystical Ascent to See God by Charles A. Gieschen
- Heavenly mysteries and earthly riches: an apocalyptic perspective on the proper use of wealth in the Gospel according to Luke? by Andrew Gregory
- “The Christology of The Ascension of Isaiah: docetic or polymorphic?” by Jonathan Knight
- “Before Mary and Jesus there was Raphael: An antecedent to the angelic “incarnations” of Jewish Christianity and its gospels” by Phillip Muñoa
- Drink the Cup which I promised you!” (Apocalypse of Peter 14.4) Peter's Death and the End of Times by Tobias Nicklas
- The Demise of the Antagonist in the Apocalyptic Scapegoat Tradition by Andrei A. Orlov
- Reading Leviticus Today by J. W. Rogerson
- Jesus, Angels and the Honeycomb in Luke 24:42 by Kevin P. Sullivan
- Escape from Time: The Cognitive Basis for Gnostic Ascent Practices by April deConick
- Title: The Open Mind: Essays in Honour of Christopher Rowland
- Authors: Jonathan Knight, Kevin Sullivan
- Series: Library of New Testament Studies
- Volume: 522
- Publisher: Bloomsbury
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Rowland, Christopher, 1947-; Bible. N.T. › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Rabbinical literature › History and criticism
- ISBNs: 9780567658517, 9780567658500, 9780567669544, 0567658511, 0567658503, 0567669548
- Resource ID: LLS:OPENMIND
- Resource Type: text.monograph.festschrift
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:03:26Z
About the Editors
Kevin Sullivan is associate professor and chair of the Religion Department at Illinois Wesleyan University, USA.
Jonathan Knight is research fellow of the Katie Wheeler Trust and Visiting Fellow in New Testament and Christian Ministry at York St John University. Previous appointments include lecturer and research fellow in Biblical Studies at Sheffield University, chaplain and research assistant to Stephen Sykes and chaplain of Worcester College, Oxford. He is the author of Jesus: An Historical and Theological Investigation (T&T Clark, 2004), Luke’s Gospel (Routledge, 1998), and The Ascension of Isaiah (Sheffield Academic Press, 1995), and editor, with Stephen Sykes and John Booty, of The Study of Anglicanism (SPCK, 1998).