Retelling Scripture: “The Jews” and the Scriptural Citations in John 1:19‐12:15. By RuthSheridan. Biblical Interpretation Series 110. Leiden: Brill, 2012. Pp. xvi + 294. Cloth, $151.00.

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Starling's book is aimed at a high level of research and offers critical analysis of several key Pauline issues rather than general discussion.

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Waetjen brings Romans into dialogue with contemporary political philosophers such as Derrida, Žižek, Badiou, and Agamben.

“Waetjen brings Romans into conversation with contemporary political philosophers, such as Derrida, Z ˇiz ˇek, Badiou, and Agamben.”

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Ware's book is an unchanged paperback reprint of his 2005 volume.

“This book is an unchanged paperback reprint of Ware's 2005 volume, The Mission of the Church in Paul's Letter to the Philippians in the Context of Ancient Judaism (NovTSup 120; Leiden: Brill).”

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Katos's book is the first monograph devoted to the life, work, and thought of Palladius of Helenopolis.

“This is the first monograph devoted to the life, work, and thought of the Christian bishop and author, Palladius of Helenopolis (c.363-430).”

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Waetjen's approach leads him to attend to readers' subjective experiences of the text.

“Doing so causes Waetjen to pay attention to readers' subjective experiences in engaging the text.”

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Most of Heil's subdivisions rest on linguistic usage, with repetition of particular words determining the arrangement.

“Most of the subdivisions are based on linguistic usage where the repetition of particular words determines the arrangement.”

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Heil sets nine criteria that the macro- and micro-chiasms must meet.

“He holds himself to a high standard, setting nine rigorous criteria to which the macroand micro-chiasms must conform if the perceived chiasms are to be anything more than a subjective arrangement of the text.”

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Heil proposes three macrochiastic structures for Hebrews.

“He offers three macrochiastic structures.”

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Schenke and his doctoral students published numerous important editions and monographs that are standard to this day.

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The second part of Wischmeyer's volume contains chapters that examine the context, structure, content, audience, and impact of 1 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, Philemon, and Romans.

“Part 2 is the backbone of the book, with chapters analyzing the context, structure, content, audience, and impact of 1 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, Philemon, and Romans.”

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Sheridan's study does not give full weight to the passages in John where 'Jews' respond positively to Jesus (8:30-31; 11:45), and this gap weakens the book's overall argument.

“Unfortunately, Sheridan does not fully consider the presence of those “Jews” who respond positively to Jesus in the Johannine narrative (8:30-31; 11:45), a deficiency that nags the overall argument of the volume.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: A study of the characterization of 'the Jews' in John 1:19-12:15 should account for the passages where 'Jews' respond positively to Jesus.

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Waetjen's commentary combines historical-critical, social-scientific, and postmodern hermeneutical approaches in its reading of Romans.

“The commentary combines a historical-critical, social-scientific, and a specifically postmodern hermeneutic in its reading of Romans.”

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She presupposes that the audience of Hebrews is Jewish and fits his interpretation to that assumption without arguing for it from Hebrews itself.

“Presupposing that the audience of Hebrews is Jewish, he fits his interpretation of the sermon to that assumption without making the case for it from exegesis of Hebrews itself.”

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McNicol reads Revelation as a unity and favors a 'plain' reading, which leads him to overlook scholars such as Tina Pippen.

“McNicol tends to argue for a “plain,” “ordinary,” or “standard” reading of the text, which suggests that other readings are obtuse or abnormal and assumes unity in Revelation, which causes him to ignore some recognized Revelation scholars like Tina Pippen.”

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The scholars involved in the Infancy Gospels project promote the use of the term 'infancy gospels' to designate the entire corpus of stories relating to Jesus's birth and childhood.

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As an English translation of a German original, Wischmeyer's volume makes the perspectives of several German scholars available to students who do not read German.

“As an English translation of the German original, another key benefit is that it makes available the perspectives of a number of German scholars to non-German speaking students.”

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Stevick treats John 13-17 as the literary unit of the Farewell Discourse, even though Johannine scholars do not agree on what material constitutes it.

“Yet Stevick assumes the Farewell Discourse as a literary unit to be contained in chapters 13-17, but since Johannine scholars are not unified on what material constitutes John's Farewell Discourse, this choice is interesting.”

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Wischmeyer's volume is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

“It is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and will be most useful in courses on the life and letters of Paul.”

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Svendsen's work posits that Philo's influence on Hebrews extended to hermeneutics, specifically scriptural exegesis.

“Unlike previous studies of the Philonic influence on Hebrews, which restrict themselves to Philo's language, cosmology, and theology, Svendsen's work posits that the influence extended to hermeneutics, specifically scriptural exegesis.”

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In the past two decades, scholarly interest in Palladius and his writings has grown, especially after the critical editions of his History and Dialogue.

“In the past two decades, scholarly interest in Palladius and his writings has grown, especially after the critical editions of his History and Dialogue, works that heavily influenced subsequent Christian historiography and ascetical literature.”

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Chamberlain's lexicon treats transliterations, proper names, and place names that the main LXX lexicons of Lust, Eynikel, and Hauspie and of Muraoka do not cover.

“His treatment of this last category of words is helpful because he deals with transliterations, proper names, and place names, which the main LXX lexicons by Lust, Eynikel, and Hauspie, and by Muraoka, do not cover.”

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Almost every page of Reynolds's book contains block quotes, often of works unavailable in English.

“Almost every page contains block quotes, often of works unavailable in English.”

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Wischmeyer's volume is organized in three parts and offers a comprehensive introduction to Paul's life and work.

“This book, divided into three parts, provides a thorough introduction to Paul's life and work.”

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Waetjen argues for an early dating of Romans, treating it as the first of Paul's extant letters.

“More controversial is Waetjen's arguments for an early dating of Romans, especially as the first of Paul's extant letters.”

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Palladius is a key source of information for early Christian asceticism, spirituality, and pilgrimage, and for the lives of John Chrysostom, Theophilus of Alexandria, and Evagrius of Pontus.

“Palladius is a key source of information for early Christian asceticism, spirituality, and pilgrimage, and for the lives of John Chrysostom, Theophilus of Alexandria, and Evagrius of Pontus.”

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There is little evidence of Jewish mission consciousness.

“A strength of the book is the way it deals with questions raised by the well-known phenomenon of Gentile conversion even though there is little evidence of Jewish mission consciousness.”

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Bird has applied aspects of feminist, postcolonial, and materialist interpretation to 1 Pet rather than developing a new methodology.

“Bird's new approach is eclectic, and although she claims to have developed a new methodology out of three previously employed methods, she has actually applied aspects of feminist, postcolonial, and materialist interpretation to 1 Pet.”

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Modern Orthodox conceptions of the doctrine of deification, beginning with Meyendorff, presuppose a distinction between God's essence and energy.

“Beginning with J. Meyendorff, modern Orthodox conceptions of the doctrine of deification presuppose a distinction between God's essence and energy.”

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Given the variety of proposed arrangements for Hebrews, the subjective element in discovering chiasms likely cannot be fully eliminated.

“Given the variety of arrangements for Hebrews that have been proposed in the past, it is likely that one cannot completely eliminate the subjective element in discovering chiasms.”

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Young's thesis that oral tradition is the source of Jesus traditions in the Apostolic Fathers may be unfalsifiable.

“To put it a bit differently, Young's thesis may be unfalsifiable.”

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She overvalues Exodus texts such as 3:14 and 31:18-34:35 in Hebrews, giving them a greater role than the author of Hebrews does.

“He also overvalues Exodus texts like 3:14 and 31:18-34:35 in Hebrews, giving them a greater role than the author of Hebrews does.”

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Alonso is right that the Syrophoenician woman pericope (Mk 7:24-30) belongs within Mark's larger 'bread section' (6:31-8:26).

“He is certainly correct that this encounter must be situated and viewed within the larger “bread section” of the Markan narrative (6:31-8:26).”

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Stevick's exegesis rests on a revised form of Martyn's two-level reading of John.

“This exegetical decision shows Stevick's reliance upon a modified version of Martyn's two-level reading of John.”

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Philip's critique of Kristeva is really a critique of biblical scholars who adopt her methodology rather than of Kristeva's methodology itself.

“The critique of Kristeva, however, is really a critique of biblical scholars who adopt her methodology rather than Kristeva's methodology itself.”