The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church and Its Background in Early Judaism

1988 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 384
Author(s):  
R. P. Gordon ◽  
R. T. Beckwith
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Early Judaism ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Church

The Jewish Roots of Christology: The Discovery of the Hypostatic Voice

1986 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-41
Author(s):  
J. H. Charlesworth
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Garden City ◽  
Early Judaism ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Book Of Daniel ◽  
The Continuum ◽  
Apocalypse Of John

The Christian canon contains only two apocalypses: the Book of Daniel and the Apocalypse of John. Today no less than 19 apocalypses and closely related documents are gathered together in The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (2 volumes; Garden City, New York, 1983–1985). In light of these apocalypses and apocalyptic writings new possibilities for interpreting the documents in the New Testament can be seen. Only one example can be chosen now; it is a significant one, revealing the indebtedness of the Apocalypse of John to the continuum of Jewish apocalyptic thought and clarifying the roots of Christology in Early Judaism.

The Psalms of Praise in the Worship of the New Testament Church

1985 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hughes Oliphant Old
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Presence Of God ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Church

The Old Testament psalms of praise, which expressed the awe and joy of being in the presence of God, presented the early Christians both text and model for the expression of their joy that in Jesus Christ God had revealed himself.

Idolatry In The New Testament

2006 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Marcus
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Pluralistic Society ◽  
Early Judaism ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Sexual Immorality

The New Testament inherits its attitude toward idolatry from the Old Testament and early Judaism. In all three, idolatry is the primal sin and is connected with sexual immorality and avarice. Both Jesus, in his response to the question about tribute, and Paul,* in his treatment of food sacrificed to idols, reflect the conflict between revulsion against idolatry and the need to survive in an idolatrous world. Moreover, Paul and the Johannine literature respond to the Jewish charge that Christianity itself is idolatrous. Appropriation of New Testament attitudes toward idolatry for our own pluralistic society is complicated by their variety and their apparent caricature of pagan religion.

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