The Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 114
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- Lengthy book review section which covers the latest and most important publications from around the world
- Annual index
- Contributions from top scholars on the latest research in biblical scholarship
Top Highlights
“But the message of the parable is that the community will remain a mixture of good and evil until the time of separation at the last judgment, and that the responsibility for the separation of good and evil belongs to God and his agents, not individual members of the community.” (Page 649)
“But the popular notion of a hypocrite as someone who says one thing and does another has no support in Matthew’s Gospel even though, ironically, it probably derives from mistranslations and misrepresentations of this Matthean text (23:2–3).” (Page 423)
“Understood as such, the Corinthians would have considered it ideally suited to assist the deceased community member to leave the world of the living and to enter the world of the dead. Baptism for the dead would have alleviated any apprehension the Corinthian Christians might have had about the destiny of the newly deceased, because the ritual allowed them to enact, and thus to be assured of, the departed one’s transition to the next world.” (Page 677)
“Interpreters following the universalist interpretation frequently take as their starting point the phrase ‘the field is the world’ (13:38). The parable thus has a worldwide, or universal, scope. This viewpoint fits naturally with understanding the kingdom of heaven in terms of God’s reign on earth which, in any event, is the concept of the kingdom of God2 as understood by the majority of scholars.” (Page 644)
“We would have to assume that Jesus regards the teaching of the scribes and the Pharisees concerning such matters as the sabbath (12:1–14), ritual hand washings (15:1–2, 10–20), offerings (15:3–9), and divorce (19:3–9) as correct.” (Page 421)
- Title: The Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 114
- Editor: Jouette M. Bassler
- Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
- Publication Date: 1995
- Pages: 774