Monthly Archives: December 2012

Pauline Hermeneutics (Part 1)

Posted on December 31, 2012 by krhughes14

Paul would have made a poor evangelical. As it is commonly described, the early church was divided between those who interpreted the Bible literally and those who interpreted it allegorically. In their day, and even more in ours (poor Augustine gets … Continue reading →

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Jesus’ Exodus: Christological Exegesis in Jude

Posted on December 21, 2012 by krhughes14

The new edition of the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament that came out this fall features a major revision of the apparatus in the Catholic epistles as the result of intensive text-critical research on those letters in recent years. Accordingly, there … Continue reading →

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In Layman’s Terms: Christological Exegesis

Posted on December 18, 2012 by krhughes14

Previously on this page, I referenced a famous passage from early Christian literature in which Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, describes a debate he had with some members of a Judaizing party who refused to accept Ignatius’ teaching regarding Jesus because … Continue reading →

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Imaging the Gospel Evangelists

Posted on December 10, 2012 by krhughes14

In my seminar on the Theology of the Middle Ages, I came across a beautiful poem by Adam of St. Victor (d. 1146) on the Four Evangelists that draws on the rich Christian tradition of identifying the Gospel writers with … Continue reading →

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A “Noun-Epithet” Formula for Judas Iscariot?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by krhughes14

I’m currently researching Judas Iscariot from the perspective of orality and memory study, which has recently been influential in historical Jesus circles (e.g., James Dunn, Dale Allison, and Anthony Le Donne, to name a few). These scholars have analyzed how … Continue reading →

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