Early Christian readings of Paul on moral regeneration by Rowse, P

Creatio ex nihilo in Palestinian Judaism and early Christianity by Bockmuehl, M

The Antichrist tradition in Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity by Kusio, MK

“…<p>My thesis, entitled “The Antichrist Tradition in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity”, answers the following research question: in ancient Jewish and early Christian thought, what is the function of antimessianism in relation to messianism? …”

Combining gospels in early Christianity: the one, the many, and the fourfold by Rodriguez, JA

1 Peter and Christ’s descent to the dead in its early Christian reception by Lei, C-K

“…Chapter 2 begins with a brief survey of twenty early Christian sources which speak about the <em>descensus</em> from a variety of traditions outside 1 Peter, ranging retrospectively from third-century Origen to first-century Paul. …”

"'As I said to you before': Paul's witness to formative early Christian instruction by Edsall, B

“…<p>This study addresses the question of formative early Christian preaching and teaching. Unlike previous approaches, I eschew synthesis across a broad range and focus instead on the earliest extant Christian source: the letters of Paul.…”

Book review: Ancient Jewish and Christian Education: Karina Martin Hogan, Matthew Goff &amp; Emma Wasserman (eds), Pedagogy in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity by Bockmuehl, M

Conflicting criminal jurisdictions in the New Testament and the early Church by Bockmuehl, M

“…The early Christians engaged Jewish and Roman criminal jurisdictions as two distinct instantiations of a legal Other, sometimes set in deliberate contrast, and in addition to emerging internal processes of Christian jurisdiction. …”

THE SON OF DAVID AND HIS MOTHER by Bockmuehl, M

“…Contrary to the surface impression that the New Testament attaches Jesus' descent by adoption exclusively to the patrilinear genealogy of Joseph, this study proceeds to show that Jesus' Davidic identity in fact came in early Christian writings to be linked overwhelmingly to his mother Mary-a view closely relevant to christological developments and aided in part by a surprising (but not altogether implausible) exegesis of Luke 1:27. © The Author 2011. …”

Peter's death in Rome? Back to front and upside down by Bockmuehl, M

“…Contrary to periodic challenges from a viewpoint of historical scepticism or relativism, Jerome's late fourth-century description of Simon Peter may be said to represent a critical and consensual account of the Apostle's demise in Rome as this was reflected in early Christian memory of the first two centuries, both in the East and in the West. …”

"Not to offer himself again and again": an exegetical and theological study of repetition in the letter to the Hebrews by Moore, NJ

“…The uniqueness of Christ and of his death construed as a sacrifice, developed from concepts of singularity in Day of Atonement and early Christian crucifixion traditions, forms a unifying strand in the letter’s Christology. …”

Aesthetic piety and the infant Christ: seeing and hearing in infancy traditions from the New Testament to Origen by Kozitza, EM

“…A concluding chapter examines what this range of ‘aesthetic response’ to impulses present within the infancy narratives themselves can contribute to the study of ancient aesthetic piety and the interpretation of the infancy of Jesus in early Christianity. </p>…”

Weeping and tears in Luke’s Gospel narratives: between ancient and modern commentators by Mak, SA

“…I employ a reception historical approach to observe how early Christian authors read these weeping passages in Luke, to gain an understanding of what ancient interpreters thought about the significance of crying. …”

Paul’s approach to death in his letters and in early Pauline effective history by Kirk, AN

“…Although touching upon three areas of recent scholarly interest (Paul’s theology of death and beyond; Paul’s religious experience; and Pauline reception), this thesis sets forth a new research question and fresh interpretations of early Christian and Pauline texts.</p>…”