05607cam a2200577Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040005700111020003500168020003200203035002100235035001800256050002400274072002500298082002000323049000900343100002400352245015900376260003400535300003400569336002600603337002600629338003600655505059800691505059701289505059401886505056702480505052303047505009903570520060603669588004704275650003404322650002604356650002704382630002204409630005304431650004204484655002204526776013904548856008104687856010504768938004204873938004104915938002804956910001604984994001205000999001705012ocn856870049OCoLC20200709055932.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu130824s2013    enk     o     000 0 eng d  aEBLCPbengepncEBLCPdOCLCQdYDXCPdHF7dOCLCOdN$T  a9789990800371 (electronic bk.)  a9990800375 (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)856870049  a635043b(N$T) 4aBM720.N6 .N384 2013 7aRELx0400002bisacsh04a296.3909014222  aN$TA1 aNkhoma, Jonathan S.10aSignificance of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Essaysh[electronic resource] :bBiblical and Early Christianity Studies from Malawi /cJonathan S. Nkhoma.  aOxford :bMzuni Press,c2013.  a1 online resource (200 pages)  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aCover; Copyright page; Title page; Contents; Abbreviations for Qumran Literature; Preface; Chapter One -- Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls: History andPractice of the Qumran Community; Introduction; The History of the Qumran Community; The Practical Religious Life of the Qumran Community; The Biblical Exegesis of the Qumran Community; The Exegetical Practice; Conclusion; Chapter Two -- Significance of the Ddead Sea Scrolls: Theologyof the Qumran Community; Introduction; IDualism; II Eschatology; III Sacramental Aspects; IV. Messianic Expectations; V. The End-Time and the After-Life.8 aVI. Language and Thought: Some Common Theological ConceptsConclusion; Chapter Three -The Old Testament and Jewish Hermeneutics; Introduction; The Text-Form of Old Testament Quotations; 1. Textual Variations in Old Testament Quotations; 2 The Problem of the First Century Biblical Text; 3 Jewish Literary Methods and Exegetical Practices in First CenturyAD; Conclusion; Chapter Four -- New Testament Exegesis of theOld Testament; Midrash; Midrash in the New Testament; Pesher; Allegory; Allegory in the New Testament; Typology; Typology in the New Testament; Fulfilment of Predictive Prophecy.8 aNew Testament Presuppositions in Old Testament InterpretationConclusion; Chapter Five -- Discipleship in Matthew: A Redaction -- Critical Study; Introduction; Sermon on the Mount; The Mission Discourse; Matthean Redaction of the Central Markan Discipleship Section; The Healing Miracles; The Great Commission; Conclusion; Chapter Six -""Love Your Enemies"": A Study of Luke 6:27-36; Introduction; Textual Context; ""Love"" and ""Enemy"" in the History of Ancient Israel; Love and Enemy in the New Testament Context; The Command to Love Enemies in the History of Interpretation; Conclusion.8 aChapter Seven -Table Fellowship in the Gospel of LukeIntroduction; Meals in the Greco-Roman World; Luke 5:27-32: The Meal at the House of Levi; Jesus' First Meal at a Pharisee's Invitation, Luke 7:36-50; A Second Meal at a Pharisee's Invitation, Luke 11:37-54; Jesus' Third Meal with a Pharisee, Luke 14:1- 24; Conclusion; Chapter Eight -Acts as History in Ancient Historiography; Introduction; Acts in Current Debate; Historiography in Antiquity; Luke-Acts, Josephus and Historiography; The Preface in Luke-Acts and Josephus; Speeches in Luke-Acts and Josephus.8 aLuke-Acts, Josephus as Jewish HistoriographyOther Historiographical Aspects; Conclusion; Chapter Nine -- History of the Johannine Community: Its Possibility and Legitimacy; Literary Confirmation of a Historical Portrait; Historical Reconstruction of the Johannine Community; Textual Evidence for a Johannine Community; Conclusion; Chapter Ten -Water as Revelatory Symbol in John 1-12; Introduction; Water as Symbol of Transformation by the Spirit; Water as Symbol of the Revelatory Truth Embodied in Jesus; Conclusion.8 aChapter Eleven -- Ignatius: Martyrdom or Suicide? A Study inLight of His Letter to the Romans.  aJonathan Nkhoma, in this scholarly collection of essays, enriches the reader with different interesting windows on how one can unearth the riches contained in some of the New Testament writings. The first two essays underscore the importance of placing the New Testament in a proper context and attempt to construct this context by discussing the historical background and the theological understanding of the Qumran Covenanters as derived from the Dead Sea Scrolls. Jonathan Nkhoma treats many aspects touching the proper interpretation of the New Testament writings. 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