"And scripture cannot be broken" : the form and function of the early Christian Testimonia collections /

"And scripture cannot be broken" : the form and function of the early Christian Testimonia collections /

This work argues that many early Christian quotations of the Old Testament derive not from scriptural manuscripts, but rather from authoritative written testimonia collections developed to support basic Christian beliefs. Combining recent patristic studies (notably on Justin and Barnabas ) and evide...

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Main Author: Albl, Martin C.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999.

Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements 96.
Novum Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264557.

Subjects:

Bible. > Old Testament > Quotations in the New Testament.
Bible. > Old Testament > Quotations, Early.
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > Early church, approximately 30-600.
Bible. > New Testament > Relation to the Old Testament.
Christian literature, Early > History and criticism.
Apologetics > History > Early church, approximately 30-600.

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Call Number: BS2387 .A43 1999

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Review of the Scholarly Literature on the Testimonia Hypothesis
  • The Literary Background to Christian Testimonia Collections: Ancient Greco-Roman and Jewish Extract Collections and their Functions
  • Christian Testimonia Collections in the Patristic Period
  • Testimonia in the New Testament: Paul's Writings; Matthew's Formula Citations; Speeches in Acts; and Hebrews 1-2
  • Five Testimonia Traditions in the New Testament
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Indices.