Interpretation and the Claims of the Text: Resourcing New Testament Theology

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v Contents Preface vii 1 Interpreting the Claims of the New Testament: The Life and Scholarship of Charles H. Talbert 1 Sharyn Dowd and Alicia D. Myers Claims about God 2 The God Who Raised Jesus from the Dead: Toward a Theology of Resurrection 17 Lidija Novakovic 3 The “Glory of God” in Paul’s Letter to the Romans 29 Beverly Roberts Gaventa Claims about the Human Condition 4 “The World Was My Oyster but I Used the Wrong Fork” (Oscar Wilde): The Parable of the Pearl Reopened 43 Amy-Jill Levine 5 The Problem of Evil in the Gospel of John 59 R. Alan Culpepper vi contents 6 Placing Pain in a Pauline Frame: Considering Suffering in Romans 5 and 8 73 Todd D. Still Claims about Creation and Human Destiny 7 Endzeit als Urzeit: Mark and Creation Theology 89 C. Clifton Black 8 Conformed to the Image of God’s Own Son: The Goal of God’s Redemptive Plan according to the Pauline Epistles 103 Frank J. Matera 9 Cosmology and the Perfection of Humanity in Hebrews 117 Jason A. Whitlark Claims about the Christian Community 10 Luke and the Heritage of Israel 131 Mikeal C. Parsons 11 The Love of God (Romans 5:5): Expansive Syntax and Theological Polyvalence 145 Bruce W. Longenecker 12 Diakonia, the Ephesian Comma, and the Ministry of All Believers 159 Loveday Alexander 13 The Living Resources of Early Christology: Papias and the Gospel of Mark 177 David P. Moessner Claims about Empire 14 The Question of the State and the State of the Question: The Roman Empire and New Testament Theologies 197 Warren Carter Notes 213 Bibliography 259 List of Contributors 291 Index of Primary Sources 293 Index of Modern Authors 314 ...