Early Christian Literature and

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Craig A. Evans is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. H. Daniel Zacharias is a Lecturer at Acadia Divinity College, Nova Scotia, Canada.

List of Abbreviations	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xxvi
Introduction	p. 1
The Evolution of Genre in the Hebrew Anthology	p. 10
Concepts of Scripture in 1 Maccabees	p. 24
A Jewish Canon before 100 BCE: Israel's Law in the Book of Aristeas	p. 42
Ben Sira and Papyrus Insinger	p. 54
Refractions of Daniel in the Gospel of Matthew	p. 65
Diarchic Symbolism in Matthew's Procession Narrative: A Dead Sea Scrolls Perspective	p. 87
Allusion to and Expansion of the Tree of Life and Garden of Eden in Biblical and Pseudepigraphal Literature	p. 96
Aseneth as the 'Type of the Church of the Gentiles'	p. 109
Beyond Revealed Wisdom and Apocalyptic Epistemology: Early Christian Transformations of Enochic Traditions about Knowledge	p. 138
The Influence of the Septuagint on the New Testament: Toward a More Objective Assessment	p. 165
How Does Paul Read Scripture?	p. 184
The Crises at Corinth and Paul's Use of Numbers in 1 Corinthians	p. 197
From Ruler to Teacher: The Extending of the Shepherd Metaphor in Early Jewish and Christian Writings	p. 208
The Nuptial Imagery of Christ and the Church in Augustine's Enarrationes in psalmos	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 236
Index of References	p. 267
Index of Authors	p. 280
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Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality Volume 1: Thematic Studies

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