Reception and Interpretation of the Bible in Late Antiquity

Lorenzo DiTommaso (Ph.D. in Religion, McMaster University, 2002) is Assistant Professor at Concordia University, Montréal. Among his other books are The Dead Sea New Jerusalem Text (Mohr Siebeck, 2005) and The Book of Daniel and the Apocryphal Daniel Literature (Brill, 2005).Lucian Turcescu (Ph.D. in Theology, University of Toronto, 1999) is Associate Professor at Concordia University, Montréal, and President of the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies. He has written on Greek patristics, including Gregory of Nyssa and The Concept of Divine Persons (Oxford University Press, 2005), as well as religion and politics.Contributors include: Pablo Argárate, Herbert W. Basser, Pamela Bright, Theodore de Bruyn, Marie-Pierre Bussières, Tony Chartrand-Burke, J. Kevin Coyle, Lorenzo DiTommaso, David G. Hunter, Shawn W.J. Keough, Robert A. Kitchen, Jean-Michel Lavoie, Paul-Hubert Poirier, Thomas S. Schmidt, Richard A. Layton, Jack N. Lightstone, Sara Parvis, Anne Pasquier, Lorenzo Perrone, Timothy Pettipiece, Pierluigi Piovanelli, Gary G. Porton, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Stephen J. Shoemaker, Lucian Turcescu, Robert Louis Wilken, and Charles Kannengiesser

• Abbreviations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: The Reception and Interpretation of the Bible in Late Antiquity LORENZO DITOMMASO AND LUCIAN TURCESCUCongratulatory Letter THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROWAN WILLIAMS, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURYKEYNOTE ADDRESSThe Novelty and Inescapability of the Bible in Late Antiquity ROBERT LOUIS WILKENPAPERSCar mes iniquités dépassèrent ma tête. Les fonctions du texte biblique dans la section katanyktique du Logos Asketikos de Maxime le Confesseur PABLO ARGÁRATEWhat Makes Exegesis either Christian or Jewish? HERBERT W. BASSERAugustine and the Ethics of Reading the Bible PAMELA BRIGHTAppeals to Jesus and the One ‘Who Heals Every Illness and Every Infirmity’(Matt 4:23, 9:35) in Amulets in Late Antiquity THEODORE DE BRUYNLe commentaire au 4e s. ou, pour reformuler le dicton, ancienneté a-t-elle toujours autorité? MARIE-PIERRE BUSSIERESCompleting the Gospel: The Infancy Gospel of Thomas as a Supplement to theGospel of Luke TONY CHARTRAND-BURKEGood Tree, Bad Tree: The Matthean/Lukan Paradigm in Manichaeism and Its Opponents J. KEVIN COYLEBiblical Form, Function, and Genre in the Post-Biblical Historical Apocalyptica LORENZO DITOMMASOThe Reception and Interpretation of Paul in Late Antiquity: 1 Corinthians 7and the Ascetic Debates DAVID G. HUNTERThe Eternal Gospel: Origen’s Eschatological Exegesis SHAWN W.J. KEOUGHMaking the Imperfect Perfect: The Adaptation of Hebrews 11 in the 9th Mēmrā of the Syriac Book of Steps ROBERT A. KITCHENLes Homélies sur l’Évangile de Luc de Titus de Bostra JEAN-MICHEL LAVOIE, PAUL-HUBERT POIRIER ET THOMAS S. SCHMIDTHearing Love’s Language: The Letter of the Text in Origen’s Commentaryon the Song of Songs RICHARD A. LAYTONThe Early Rabbinic Refashioning of Biblical Heilsgeschichte, the Fashioning of the Rabbinic Canon of Scriptures, and the Formation of the Early Rabbinic Movement JACK N. LIGHTSTONE‘Ta__ ti&nwn a!ra r(h&mata qeologei=?’: The Exegetical Relationship between Athanasius’ Orationes contra Arianos I-III and Marcellus of Ancyra’s Contra Asterium SARA PARVISPrésupposés herméneutiques de la lecture de la Bible juive chez les gnostiques. Étude de quelques procédés exégétiques dans un traité de Nag Hammadi (NH 2, 4) ANNE PASQUIERScripture for a Life of Perfection. The Bible in Late Antique Monasticism:The Case of Palestine LORENZO PERRONESeparating Light from Darkness: Manichaean Use of Biblical Traditionsin the Kephalaia TIMOTHY PETTIPIECEThe Reception of Early Christian Texts and Traditions in Late AntiqueApocryphal Literature PIERLUIGI PIOVANELLIMethods of Early Rabbinic Biblical Exegesis GARY G. PORTONPseudepigraphy, Authorship, and the Reception of ‘the Bible’ in Late Antiquity ANNETTE YOSHIKO REEDBetween Scripture and Tradition: The Marian Apocrypha of Early Christianity STEPHEN J. SHOEMAKERGregory of Nyssa’s Biblical Hermeneutics in De opificio hominis LUCIAN TURCESCUSPECIAL GUEST PAPERScripture as a Legacy of the Fathers CHARLES KANNENGIESSERBibliography of the Works of Charles Kannengiesser Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors