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Can we psycho-analyze Jesus? What benefits might such analysis have for Historical Jesus Research? This title examines the key problems which surround writing a 'phsycho-biography' of Jesus - lack of data from his childhood, or information on his sexual identity - and goes on to apply psycho-analytical theory to the evidence we do have.

This study covers the Johannine Christian response to the fall of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE. A crucial text is John 2.13-22 and its context, which provide a lens through which other texts in John are viewed. The book also examines the Temple festivals of Passover, Tabernacles and Dedication.

This book maps the relationship between Matthew's Gospel and the Didache. No consensus regarding the nature of this relationship has yet been achieved; nor has serious consideration been given to the possibility that Matthew depended directly on the Didache.

Presents an investigation, which builds upon developments in the study of Paul's use of Scripture that centre around the concept of 'intertextuality.' This book also finds that many of the themes Paul deals with in "Romans 9-11" are also present in ancient Jewish and Christian interpretive traditions surrounding the passages he invokes.

A comprehensive study of the literary function of prayer in "Luke-Acts", employing narrative critical methodology and focusing on the theme's relation to Luke's historiographical aims. It asserts that the distribution of strategically-placed prayer notices and prayers throughout "Luke-Acts" serves a twofold purpose.

Provides a study to Paul's use of enthymemes as a rhetorical and argumentative tool and evaluates what this reveals about his thought, his teaching, and his social world. This study begins with a discussion of the problem of enthymeme definition, followed by a clarification of criteria for identifying enthymemes in texts.

Acts 1-2 shows the apostles' change of status from followers to leaders. This book uses the model of a modern day ritual in examining the stages of this transformation.

This study applies linguistic research on discourse markers to sentence conjunctions in Matthew's Gospel, examining in detail Matthew's use of kai, de and similar conjunctions in narrative passages. It also has a verse by verse commentary on the structure of the "miracle chapters", Matthew 8-9.

The fifth in a series exploring the use of rhetoric in the study of biblical literature, this volume has essays on the theory of rhetoric and biblical interpretation and the rhetorical interpretation of Luke's Gospel and Acts, Paul's writings, Hebrews and Ignatius.

The similarities and difference of arrangement and order of episodes in the gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke have always been one of the major criteria for resolving the Synoptic Problem. Here Neville reviews these issues in detai.

Tricia Gates Brown employs the methodology of socio-scientific biblical criticism to investigate the pneumatology of John and 1 John. She argues that the meaning of spirit in John and 1 John is best understood using the anthropological model of brokerage.

Challenging gnosticizing interpretations of the letter, Terry Griffith explores how the polemic against idols was variously used in Jewish and Christian circles to define self-identity and the limits of community. He shows that the rhetoric of 1 John is not polemical, but pastoral.