Patrick Gray, Ph.D. (2002) in Religion, Emory University, is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College. He is the author of Godly Fear: The Epistle to Hebrews and Greco-Roman Critiques of Superstition (Brill/SBL, 2003). Gail O'Day, Ph.D. (1983) in Religion, Emory University, is Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs and A. H. Shatford Professor of Preaching and New Testament at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. She is the author of John: Introduction, Commentary, and Reflections, NIB IX (Abingdon, 1995), and several other works on the Gospel of John.Contributors include Abraham J. Malherbe, John T. Fitzgerald, L. L. Grabbe, Gregory Sterling, William Adler, Luke Timothy Johnson, and Thomas H. Olbricht.

• PrefaceAbbreviationsList of ContributorsI. Hellenistic JudaismN. CLAYTON CROYDisrespecting Dionysus: 3 Maccabees as Narrative Satire of the God of WineLESTER L. GRABBEJewish Identity and Hellenism in the Fragmentary Jewish Writings in GreekWALTER T. WILSONThe Constitution of Compassion: Political Reflections on Philo’s De humanitateWILLIAM ADLERMoses, the Exodus, and Comparative Chronology II. The New Testament in ContextGREGORY STERLINGTurning to God: Conversion in Greek-Speaking Judaism and Early ChristianityMARK BLACKThe Messianic Use of Zechariah 9-14 in Matthew, Mark, and the Pre-Markan TraditionMICHAEL JOSEPH BROWNPerformance Anxiety: The Use of UPOKRITHS in Matthew 6:1-18SHARYN DOWDIs Matthew 18:15-17 about “Church Discipline”?JOHN B. WEAVERThe Noble and Good Heart: Kaloka\gaqi/a in Luke’s Parable of the SowerSCOTT SHAUFThe “Word of God” and Retribution Theology in Luke-ActsALLEN BLACK“Your Sons and Your Daughters Will Prophesy . . .”: Pairings of Men and Women in Luke-Acts GAIL R. O’DAYThe Citation of Scripture as a Key to Characterization in ActsDAVID P. MOESSNERLuke’s “Plan of God” from the Greek Psalter: The Rhetorical Thrust of “The Prophets and the Psalms” in Peter’s Speech at PentecostSTEVEN J. KRAFTCHICKSelf-Presentation and Community Construction in PhilippiansABRAHAM J. MALHERBEHow to Treat Old Women and Old Men: The Use of Philosophical Traditions and Scripture in 1 Timothy 5JOHN T. FITZGERALDProverbs 3:11-12, Hebrews 12:5-6, and the Tradition of Corporal PunishmentIII. The History of InterpretationPATRICK GRAYThe Early Reception of Hebrews 6:4-6JUAN HERNÁNDEZ JR.The Apocalypse in Codex Alexandrinus: Its Singular Readings and Scribal HabitsTHOMAS H. OLBRICHTExegetical and Theological Presuppositions in Nineteenth-Century American Commentaries on ActsLUKE TIMOTHY JOHNSONNarrative Criticism and Translation: Luke-Acts and the Case of the NRSVBRAD R. BRAXTON Paul and Racial Reconciliation: A Postcolonial Approach to 2 Corinthians 3:12-18TODD PENNERDie Judenfrage and the Construction of Ancient Judaism: Toward a Foregrounding of the Backgrounds Approach to Early ChristianityPublications of Carl R. HolladayScripture IndexIndex of Modern Authors