Reception of Jewish Tradition in the Social Imagination of the Early Christians

John M.G. Barclay is Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham, UK.Kylie Crabbe is Senior Research Fellow in biblical and early Christian studies at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia.

• Preface AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction – John Barclay, University of Durham, UK and Kylie Crabbe, Australian Catholic University, AustraliaI. The Reception of Jewish Texts Chapter One. The Early Christian Reception of the Legend of the Greek Translation of the Scriptures – Judith Lieu, University of Cambridge, UKChapter Two: The Law and Prophets as Origen’s Gospel – Devin White, Australian Catholic University, AustraliaChapter Three: The Reception of the Watchers in Tertullian with regard to 1 Cor 11:2-16 – Stephen Carlson, Australian Catholic University, AustraliaII. The Reception of Jewish Themes, Images, and CategoriesChapter Four: ‘Not Like the Gentiles Who Do Not Know God’ (1 Thess 4:5). The Function of Othering and Anti-Pagan Stereotypes of Sexual Wrongdoing in Early Jewish and Christian Texts – Christine Gerber, University of Hamburg, GermanyChapter Five: Patterns of Christian Reinterpretations of the Maccabean Martyrs – Jan Willem van Henten, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsChapter Six: ‘The Blind and the Lame’: An Adapted Category in Early Christian Communal Self-understanding – Kylie Crabbe, Australian Catholic University, AustraliaChapter Seven: The Ethics of Eden: Luxury, Banqueting, and the New Jerusalem – Candida Moss, University of Birmingham, UKChapter Eight: Scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees, and Trypho: Jewish Leadership and Jesus Traditions in Justin’s Construal of Christian and Jewish Identity – Benjamin Edsall, Australian Catholic University, AustraliaIII. The Reception of Jewish PracticesChapter Nine: Denial of Forgiveness and the Spirit: ‘Anxiety of Influence’ and the Christian Demotion of John’s Baptism – Joel Marcus, Duke Divinity School, USAChapter Ten: Tradition and Authority in Scribal Culture: A Comparison Between the Ya?adic Dead Sea Scroll texts and the Gospel of Matthew – Loren Stuckenbruck, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, GermanyChapter Eleven: Remember the Poor: Early Christian Refocusing of a Jewish Communal Responsibility – John M.G. Barclay, University of Durham, UKBibliography Indexes

This collection of essays makes a significant contribution to the study of Jewish traditions’ influence on Christian thought by presenting a dynamic and interdisciplinary framework … The volume is a valuable addition to scholarship on Jewish-Christian interactions, offering deep insights into adaptation and identity formation processes.