TY - BOOK AU - Cullen,Robert C. AU - Kloppenborg,John S. AU - Vaage,Leif E. TI - Semeia: an experimental journal for biblical criticism SN - 0095571X U1 - 220.66/SEM PY - 1972///-2002> CY - Atlanta, GA PB - Scholars KW - Bible KW - criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Literary criticism KW - Church history KW - Apostolic period KW - Primitive and early church KW - sources N1 - Semeia, an experimental journal devoted to the exploration of new and emergent areas and methods of biblical criticism, was published from 1972 through 2002. Each issue was devoted to a particular theme, and articles explored the methods, models, and findings of linguistics, folklore studies, contemporary literary criticism, structuralism, social anthropology, and other such disciplines. After 2002, the journal Semeia was replaced by the book series Semeia Studies; Includes bibliographical references; Vol 36 : Early Christian Apocalypticism : Genre and Social Setting. Introduction : Early Christian Apocalypticism / Adela Yarbro Collins -- Part 1 : Studies in Genre. The problem of apocalyptic genre and the Apocalypse of John / David Hellholm -- The Apocalypse of John and the problem of genre / David E. Aune -- The experience of the visionary and genre in the scension of Isaiah 6-11 and the Apocalypse of Paul / Martha Himmelfarb -- Part 2 : Studies in Social Setting and Function. The genre and function of the Shepherd of Hermas / Carolyn Osiek -- The followers of the Lamb: visionary rhetoric and social-political situation / Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza -- A sociological analysis of tribulation in the Apocalypse of John / Leonard Thompson ; Vol 55 : Early Christianity, Q and Jesus. Preface / John S. Kloppenborg. 1. Early Christianity, Q and Jesus : the sayings gospel and method in the study of Christian origins / Leif E. Vaage and John S. Kloppenborg -- Early Christianity. 2. Q and the Gospel of Mark: revising christian origins / Burton L. Mack -- 3. The sayings Gospel Q and the quest for Aramaic sources : Rethinking Christian origins / Heinz O. Guenther -- The Sayings Gospel Q. 4. Literary convention, self-evidence and the social history of the Q people / John S. Kloppenborg -- 5. The Son of Man sayings in Q: stratigraphical location and significance / Leif E. Vaage -- 6. Blessings and boundaries: interpretations of Jesus' death in Q / David Seeley -- 7. The mission charge in Q / David R. Catchpole Jesus and Q. 8. Q and Jesus: assumptions, approaches and analyses / Richard A. Horsley/ Responses / Christopher M Tuckett, Harold W. Attridge, John Dominic Crossan ER -