Craig A. Evans, PhD, is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is a frequent contributor to scholarly journals and the author or editor of numerous publications.
"This volume explores recent understanding of the way in which the
early Jewish and Christian communities of faith functioned and how
they defined themselves, as well as how they interpreted their
scriptures. The collected essays encompass archaeological,
sociological, economic, ritual, and textual discoveries; shed light
on these communities of faith; and draw out implications for both
the academy and the church today. John Collins, Margaret Y.
MacDonald, Larry Hurtado, and James A. Sanders are among the 13
contributors."
--"Interpretation"
"After Evans's six-page introduction, this volume presents seven
essays on identity in Jewish and Christian communities of faith: J.
J. Collins on the site of Qumran and the sectarian communities in
the Dead Sea scrolls; T. Elgvin on from the earthly to the heavenly
temple--lines from the Bible and Qumran to Hebrews and Revelation;
D. M. Peters on the scrolls and the Scriptures on the
margins--remembered in canons or forgotten in caves; M. A. Chancey
on disputed issues in the study of cities, villages, and the
economy in Jesus' Galilee; M. Y. MacDonald on children in house
churches in light of new research on families in the Roman world;
Evans on the family buried together stays together--on the burial
of the executed in family tombs; and S. Gibson on the trial of
Jesus at the Jerusalem praetorium--new archaeological evidence.
Then there are six papers on interpreting the Scriptures in Jewish
and Christian communities: G. 1. Brooke on the Dead Sea scrolls and
the interpretation of Scripture; K. Bodner on excavating ideas- the
Qumran scrolls of Samuel; S. J. Andrews on the oldest attested
Hebrew Scriptures and the Khirbet Qeiyafa inscription; J. A.
Sanders on "Biblia Hebraica Quinta"; L. Hurtado on what the
earliest Christian manuscripts tell us about their readers; and P.
Foster on bold claims, wishfhl thinking, and lessons about dating
manuscripts from Papyrus Egerton 2."
--"New Testament Abstracts"
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