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Jesus the Epic Hero

The Theology of Empress Eudocia’s Homeric Gospel

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

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Jesus the Epic Hero

The Theology of Empress Eudocia’s Homeric Gospel

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

The ancient cento-genre was prone to be used on all kinds of subjects. New texts were created out of the classical epics. Empress Eudocia followed this practice and composed the story of Jesus in lines lifted almost verbatim from Homer’s epics. Jesus and his relevance to her audience is thus presented within the confines of style and vocabulary offered by the Iliad and Odyssey. The lines picked to convey her theology are often clustered around key Homeric motifs or type scenes, such as warfare, homecoming, feast, reconciliation, hospitality. Jesus waging war against all evil and Hades in particular runs throughout this Homeric and simultaneously biblical epic. The story starts in the Old Testament which is conceived as a divine counsel on Mt. Olympus where a plan to save sinful humanity is presented. The narrative then follows the biographic lines of the canonical gospels, with John’s Gospel holding pride of place in the way she renders and interprets the Jesus-story. The story told suspends both the geography and time of Jesus. Eudocia preaches the story she tells. She emerges in this poem as one of the most, if not the most prolific female theologian and preacher in the first Christian centuries.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666908630

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Paul Perceived

An Interactionist Perspective on Paul and the Law

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

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Paul Perceived

An Interactionist Perspective on Paul and the Law

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

An epicenter in present-day Pauline scholarship is the issue of the Law. The interpretation of this contentious issue started before Paul's letters and found its way into them by his citing how others perceived of his theology, and in Paul rendering rumors and criticism, and also interacting with them. To this reception-oriented perspective belong also punitive actions taken against Paul by synagogues. As a reception of Paul, Acts is included, leaving a more complex picture than argued by advocates of Paul within Judaism. Thus Karl Olav Sandnes uncovers the first interpretation or reception of Paul's view on Torah. It is limited in its scope, but provides a critical and necessary view on common trends in Pauline scholarship. Paul's decentering of the Torah was considered endangering for morality, for Jews and Gentiles alike. Perceptions of Paul's theology must be accounted for in Pauline studies.

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161561015

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Belly and Body in the Pauline Epistles

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

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Belly and Body in the Pauline Epistles

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

The belly is today a matter of much concern. Modern cultures, particularly in the West, have developed means to cultivate this part of the body: corsets, exercises, revealing fashions. In this compelling exploration of the 'belly' motif, Karl Olav Sandnes asks whether St Paul might be addressing a culture in which the stomach is similarly high on the agenda. The result is a surprising new insight into his writings. Paul twice mentions the enigmatic phrase 'belly-worship' (Phil 3; Rom 16). The proper context for these texts is the moral philosophy debate about mastering the desires, and the reputation of Epicurus' philosophy as promoting indulgence. The belly became a catchword for a life controlled by pleasures. Belly-worship was not only pejorative rhetoric, but developed from Paul's conviction that the body was destined to a future with Christ.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139434721

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Early Christian Discourses on Jesus’ Prayer at Gethsemane

Courageous, Committed, Cowardly?

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

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Early Christian Discourses on Jesus’ Prayer at Gethsemane

Courageous, Committed, Cowardly?

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

From early on, Christians passed down the account of Jesus’s agony at the prospect of his own death and his prayer that the cup should pass from him (Gethsemane). Yet, this is a troublesome aspect of Christian tradition. Jesus was committed to his death, but as it approached, he prayed for his escape, even as he submitted himself to God’s will. Ancient critics mocked Jesus and his followers for the events at Gethsemane. The ‘hero’ failed to meet the cultural standards for noble death and masculinity. As such, this story calls for further reflection and interpretation. The present book unfolds discourses from the earliest centuries of Christianity to determine what strategies were developed to come to terms with Gethsemane.

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The Gospel 'According to Homer and Virgil'

Cento and Canon

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

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The Gospel 'According to Homer and Virgil'

Cento and Canon

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

In the fourth century C.E. some Christians paraphrased the stories about Jesus' life in the style of classical epics. Imitating the genre of centos, they stitched together lines taken either from Homer (Greek) or Virgil (Latin). They thus created new texts out of the classical epics, while they still remained fully within the confines of their style and vocabulary. It is the aim of this study to put these attempts into a historical and rhetorical context. Why did some Christians rewrite the Gospel stories in this way, and what came out of this? On the basis of these Christian centos, it is natural to address the view held by some scholars, namely that New Testaments narratives are imitations of the epics.

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9004194428

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Resurrection

Texts and Interpretation, Experience and Theology

By: Karl Olav Sandnes,Jan-Olav Henriksen

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Resurrection

Texts and Interpretation, Experience and Theology

By: Karl Olav Sandnes,Jan-Olav Henriksen

Christian faith depends upon the resurrection of Jesus, but the claim about Jesus' resurrection is, nevertheless, disputed. This book, written by a New Testament scholar and a systematic theologian in conjunction, develops the conditions for the claim. It carefully analyzes the relevant texts and their possible interpretations and engages with New Testament scholarship in order to show nuances and different trajectories in the material. The picture emerging is that the New Testament authors themselves tried to come to terms with how to understand the claim that Jesus had been resurrected from the dead. But the book does not stop there: by also asking for the experiential content that gave rise to the belief in the resurrection. Sandnes and Henriksen argue that there is no such thing as an experience of the resurrection reported in the New Testament--only experiences of an empty tomb and appearance of Jesus, interpreted as Jesus resurrected. Hence, resurrection emerges as an interpretative category for post-Easter experiences, and is only understandable in light of the full content of Jesus' ministry and its context.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532695896

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Jesus as Healer

A Gospel for the Body

By: Jan-Olav Henriksen ,Karl Olav Sandnes

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Jesus as Healer

A Gospel for the Body

By: Jan-Olav Henriksen ,Karl Olav Sandnes

Healings and miracles play a prominent role in the New Testament accounts of Jesus' life and ministry. In the Western Christian tradition, however, Jesus' works of healing tend to be downplayed and understood as little more than a demonstration of his divine power. In this book Jan-Olav Henriksen and Karl Olav Sandnes draw on both contemporary systematic theology and New Testament scholarship to challenge and investigate the reasons for that oversight. They constructively consider what it can mean for Christian theology today to understand Jesus as a healer, to embrace fully the embodied character of the Christian faith, and to recognize the many ways in which God can still be seen to have a healing presence in the world.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802873316

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The Challenge of Homer

School, Pagan Poets and Early Christianity

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

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The Challenge of Homer

School, Pagan Poets and Early Christianity

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

Homer was the gateway to education, to the skills of reading and writing. These skills were necessary for the nascent Church. Knowledge of Homer's writings was a sign of Greekness, of at-home-ness in the society. Education was embedded in the mythology, immorality and idolatry of these writings. This challenged the Christians. This study presents how Christians responded to this. The opinions varied from rejection of Homer and all pagan literature, considering them works of the Devil, to critical involvement with this literature. This study attempts to trace the discourse on Homer and education among the Christians back to the New Testament. The topic does not come to the surface, but it is argued that in Paul's letters contrasting attitudes towards the propaideutic logic and the philosophical principle of usus (making right use of) are present. He opposed a logic wherein Christian faith represented the peak of education, the culmination of liberal studies. In his instruction on how to relate to the pagan world, Paul argues in accordance with the principle of usus. The New Testament is not so dependent upon the Homeric poems, as assumed by some scholars. The first Christians faced two hermeneutical challenges of fundamental importnce: that of interpreting the Old Testament and how to cope with the Greek legacy embedded in Homer. The latter is not explicitly raised in the New Testament. But since the art of interpreting any text, presupposes reading skills, conveyed through liberal studies, the Homeric challenge must have been of outmost importance.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567601110

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Experiencing Irony in the First Gospel

Suspense, Surprise and Curiosity

By: Karl McDaniel

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Experiencing Irony in the First Gospel

Suspense, Surprise and Curiosity

By: Karl McDaniel

The Gospel of Matthew is both deliberately deceptive and emotionally compelling.Karl McDaniel explores ways in which the narrative of the Gospel of Matthew elicits and develops the emotions ofsuspense, surprise, and curiosity within its readers. While Matthew 1:21 invites readers to expect Jewish salvation, progressive failure of the plot's main characters to meet Jesus' salvation requirements creates increasing suspense for the reader. How will Jesus save 'his people'? The commission to the Gentiles at the Gospel's conclusion provokes reader surprise, and the resulting curiosity calls readers back to the narrative's beginning.Upon rereading with a retrospective view, readers discover that the Gentile mission was actually foreshadowed throughout the narrative, even from its beginning, and they are invited to partake in Jesus' final commission.

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A&C Black

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0567180042

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Attraction and Danger of Alien Religion

Studies in Early Judaism and Christianity

By: Karl-Gustav Sandelin

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Attraction and Danger of Alien Religion

Studies in Early Judaism and Christianity

By: Karl-Gustav Sandelin

Early Judaism and early Christianity emerged during the Hellenistic and early Roman imperial era. They were, naturally, confronted with the Hellenistic and the Roman religion. The question therefore arose as to whether Jews or Christians were free to participate in religious activities alien to the religious heritage of their own. In his articles, Karl-Gustav Sandelin presents documentary material showing that this problem was a burning issue within Judaism from the beginning of the Hellenistic period until the end of the first century C.E. Several Jewish individuals converted to the Hellenistic or the Roman religion. Such behavior was also discussed and generally condemned, for example by the Books of Maccabees and authors such as Philo of Alexandria and Flavius Josephus. A similar problem is to be found in the New Testament, notably in the letters of Paul, especially in the first letter to the Corinthians and in the Revelation of John.

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3161517423

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Paul Perceived

An Interactionist Perspective on Paul and the Law

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

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An Interactionist Perspective on Paul and the Law

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Early Christian Discourses on Jesus’ Prayer at Gethsemane

Courageous, Committed, Cowardly?

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

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Resurrection

Texts and Interpretation, Experience and Theology

By: Karl Olav Sandnes,Jan-Olav Henriksen

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Texts and Interpretation, Experience and Theology

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Jesus as Healer

A Gospel for the Body

By: Jan-Olav Henriksen,Karl Olav Sandnes

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Jesus as Healer

A Gospel for the Body

By: Jan-Olav Henriksen,Karl Olav Sandnes

Healings and miracles play a prominent role in the New Testament accounts of Jesus’ life and ministry. In the Western Christian tradition, however, Jesus’ works of healing tend to be downplayed and understood as little more than a demonstration of his divine power. In this book Jan-Olav Henriksen and Karl Olav Sandnes draw on both contemporary systematic theology and New Testament scholarship to challenge and investigate the reasons for that oversight. They constructively consider what it can mean for Christian theology today to understand Jesus as a healer, to embrace fully the embodied character of the Christian faith, and to recognize the many ways in which God can still be seen to have a healing presence in the world.

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The Challenge of Homer

School, Pagan Poets and Early Christianity

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School, Pagan Poets and Early Christianity

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The Gospel 'According to Homer and Virgil'

Cento and Canon

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

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The Gospel 'According to Homer and Virgil'

Cento and Canon

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

This study investigates the phenomenon of Christian centos, i.e. attempts at rewriting the Gospel stories in both the style and vocabulary of either Homer (Greek) or Virgil (Latin). Out of the classical epics an entirely new text emerged.

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Paul, One of the Prophets?

A Contribution to the Apostle's Self-understanding

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

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Paul, One of the Prophets?

A Contribution to the Apostle's Self-understanding

By: Karl Olav Sandnes

It should be emphasized that Paul never calls himself a prophet, nor is he titualted so by Luke. This fact, though very important, does not do away with the quest for prophetic elements and features in Paul's ministry. It is in fact a commonplace in Pauline scholarship that Paul's apostolate was more or less marked by prophetic features. This agreement is based upon several, but also different kinds of observations" -- Introduction, p. 2.

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