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Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries
This monograph provides an alternative model for looking at the old question about Paul and the mysteries in a new light. Specifically, this study compares rituals—baptism in the Pauline communities and the initiation rituals of the mysteries—through the lens of cultural anthropology and the sociology of religion. Three research questions lead the project: What benefits does each initiation ritual promise its participants? What are the underlying messages or structures that guarantee the efficacy of those rituals? How and to what extent is the initiation ritual connected to the participants’ cognition and ethics beyond initiation itself? Taking those questions as the analytical framewo...
The Beginning of Paul’s Gospel
The Epistle to the Romans remains the centerpiece of all serious Pauline theological research. Each of the major sections of Romans has received significant attention in recent scholarship, yet no consensus has emerged about how to read the opening chapters of Paul's most important letter, Romans 1-4. This collection of essays returns to the beginning of Paul's theological masterpiece to probe longstanding puzzles and to offer new readings and fresh insights on some of the most cherished chapters in the entire Pauline corpus.
Exploring Sublime Rhetoric in Biblical Literature
In scholarly study of the New Testament and early Christian rhetoric, one key element is often overlooked: the sublime. To address this omission, contributors to this volume explore how the awe-inspiring, dislocating, and sometimes horrifying language that characterizes sublime rhetoric exerts cognitive, emotional, and physiological force on its audiences, transporting them to new realities as they go along. The essays lay a foundation for scholars and students to identify and interpret sublime rhetoric in biblical literature. Contributors include Murray J. Evans, Alan P. R. Gregory, Christopher T. Holmes, Roy R. Jeal, Harry O. Maier, Erika Mae Olbricht, Thomas H. Olbricht†, Vernon K. Robbins, and Jonathan Thiessen.
Liars, Brutes, and Gluttons
Did the author of Titus consider Cretans to be liars, brutes, and gluttons, or was he confronting bigotry head-on? Isaiah Allen revisits long-held, conventional interpretations of Titus 1:12 that maintain that the author, using Paul’s name, considered Cretans to be crude, vicious, and worthy of rebuke. Based on insights from the cognitive linguistics approach of relevance theory, Allen contends that the way Titus’s original first-century audience would have engaged the text is quite different from how many modern interpreters read it. Additionally, Allen proposes that the letter’s context corresponds more closely to the situation of the early church during the lifetime of Paul than many conventional interpretations suggest. Allen concludes that Paul was not participating in bigotry but instead exposed and rebuked it in his letter to Titus. Allen examines linguistic evidence that reveals an ancient biblical antibigotry message that presages modern sensibilities about ethnic prejudice and racism.
Review of Biblical Literature, 2023
The annual Review of Biblical Literature presents a selection of reviews of the most recent books in biblical studies and related fields, including topical monographs, multi-author volumes, reference works, commentaries, and dictionaries. RBL reviews German, French, Italian, and English books and offers reviews in those languages.
Die Entstehung des frühen Christentums
In sechs bisher unveröffentlichten Aufsätzen behandelt der international anerkannte Neutestamentler Udo Schnelle zentrale Fragen der Entstehung des frühen Christentums, wobei das Verhältnis zum Judentum im Mittelpunkt steht. Die historischen Entwicklungen werden aus verschiedenen Richtungen mit einer Vielzahl methodischer Fragestellungen in den Blick genommen und einlinige, ideologisch orientierte Globalthesen vermieden. Dabei zeigt sich, dass vor allem mit Paulus und seinen Gemeinden ab ca. 60 n. Chr. von einer relativen Eigendynamik und Eigenständigkeit der neuen Bewegung ausgegangen werden kann, die auch von den Römern und Juden wahrgenommen wurde. Sichtbar wird sie besonders auf de...
Immunological Aspects of Emerging and Re-emerging Zoonoses
Zoonosis is an infectious disease that has jumped from non-human animals to humans. To date, more than 200 known types of zoonoses have been identified, and 60% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic. It is estimated that zoonoses are responsible for 2.5 billion cases of human illness and 2.7 million human deaths worldwide each year, and 50-60% of the global population (5–6 billion) are projected to be at risk of zoonotic infections. Emerging and re-emerging zoonoses, such as monkeypox, Ebola, SARS, MERS, Zika, Rickettsia, and Mycobacteria, pose an immense and growing threat to global health, economy, and safety. As of September 26, 2022, there have been more than 600 million cases confirmed with COVID-19, and 6,514,397 deaths occurred due to this highly communicable disease. Identification of the immunological aspects of emerging and re-emerging zoonoses may facilitate the diagnosis, vaccine, and therapeutics development of emerging and re-emerging zoonoses.
Value of a multidisciplinary approach for modern diagnosis of infectious diseases
An early and accurate diagnosis plays a pivotal role in the successful management and treatment of infectious diseases. However, the traditional investigative methods used for detecting infections are often time-consuming, costly, and can lack sensitivity and specificity. Thus, there is a need for the development of new and more efficient diagnostic tools and techniques. This Research Topic aims to bring together research articles, reviews, and case studies that focus on the recent advancements in the diagnosis of infections from a multidisciplinary perspective: microbiological, clinical, molecular, and histopathological approaches to diagnosis will be collected, highlighting the importance of the collaboration among the specialists in the management of infectious diseases.
Research Focus on Natural Products and the Body's Immune and Inflammatory Systems
The definition of 'natural' is 'produced or existing in nature.' Natural products refer to as any natural constituents, natural substances, or a group of the secondary metabolites that derive from plants, insects, marine plants and animals through their own metabolic pathways. Natural products are usually of high value and small quantity, and they have a variety of biological activities. Extensive research has been performed to understand the effects of natural products on the immune and inflammatory systems. However, the results have been published individually focusing on a particular aspect of immunity or inflammation. The readers in this field may benefit from a comprehensive review book...
