| Lifting the Veil: 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 in Light of Jewish Homiletic and Commentary Traditions Contributor(s): Cover, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110374315 ISBN-13: 9783110374315 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $169.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - Paul's Letters - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament |
| Dewey: 227.3 |
| LCCN: 2015008064 |
| Series: Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Für die Neutestamentliche Wissensch |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.61 lbs) 361 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What accounts for the seemingly atypical pattern of scriptural exegesis that Paul uses to interpret Exodus 34 in 2 Cor 3:7-18? While previous scholars have approached this question from a variety of angles, in this monograph, Michael Cover grapples particularly with the evidence of contemporaneous Jewish and Greco-Roman commentary traditions. Through comparison with Philo of Alexandria's Allegorical Commentary, the Pseudo-Philonic homilies De Jona and De Sampsone, the Anonymous Theaetetus Commentary, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Seneca's Epistulae morales, and other New Testament texts, Paul's interpretation of Exodus emerges as part of a wider commentary practice that Cover terms "secondary-level exegesis." This study also provides new analysis of the way ancient authors, including Paul, interwove commentary forms and epistolary rhetoric and offers a reconstruction of the context of Paul's conflict with rival apostles in Corinth. At root was the legacy of Moses and of the Pentateuch itself, how the scriptures ought to be read, and how Platonizing theological and anthropological traditions might be interwoven with Paul's messianic gospel. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cover, Michael: - Michael Cover, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA. |
