Religious Studies

What function do the scriptural quotations have for the development of the Matthean prologue and for the unfolding of its Christology? Zhuen Wei shows how the texts and contexts of the quotations from the prophets create a framework for the reflection and development of the Jesus tradition, resonate as intertexts in the Matthean narrative, and serve to portray Jesus as the Son of David and the Son of God.

How was religious education taught in one of the central institutions of emerging Christianity? The contributors to this volume examine late antique sermons from the Latin West, explore how biblical content and saints were addressed in them, and how questions of Christian ethics and faith were communicated.

In this study, Stephen Germany investigates the literary function of the Philistines and Arameans in the books of Samuel and Kings and reconstructs the compositional history and historical background of the narratives in which they appear.

What is religion? In an age of religious pluralism, syncretism and new forms of spirituality, Hanna von Lingen embarks on a search for a Christian concept of religion, drawing on the myth theories of Ernst Cassirer and Hans Blumenberg which shed new light on religion in its function for postmodern man.