Religious Studies

In twelve revised and expanded essays on the Johannine writings, Michael Theobald takes up central debates - the genesis of the Corpus Iohanneum, the Johannine Lord's Supper - and turns his attention to questions of reception history, such as the interpretation of the Gospel in mysticism.

Contrary to the prevailing consensus, Manuel Nägele shows that Luke is both familiar with and deliberately employs the convention of contemporary historians to present miracles in a distanced manner. In doing so, Luke displays narrative refinement and a willingness to engage with the miraculous.

Since the second century, the eunuchs of Matthew 19:12 have been read as a figure for celibacy. Ian Kinman challenges this consensus: drawing on first- and second-century literature, he argues that Matthew presents eunuchs not as models of discipleship but as an anti-type - those who remain »withered« in the face of the kingdom's demands.

Bohdan Kuryliak examines the book of Revelation through four approaches: preterism, idealism, historicism, and futurism. Drawing on careful exegesis and ancient Christian reception history, he argues that historicism's ability to combine past, present, and future offers an integrative framework for understanding the Apocalypse's prophetic imagery.