Religious Studies

Inter-congregational connections profoundly shaped the Pauline mission. Christoph W. Stenschke provides the first comprehensive analysis of these connections in the seven generally acknowledged authentic Pauline letters. He examines their various forms as well as their rhetorical function and historical plausibility within the epistolary context.

The contributors to this volume examine the interrelations between Judaism, Christianity and Islam from Antiquity to the early modern period with regard to the development of knowledge and scholarship. Central to their inquiry is how a theology of revelation could be articulated and legitimised within diverse epistemological orders.

Jason Wendel challenges the dominant view that the discussion of the Law of Moses in the Gospel of Luke is inconsistent. He argues that Luke consistently regards the Law as both regulative and prophetic - a dual function that, in continuity with late Second Temple Jewish thought, remains valid within the life of the Church.

Discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammadi, the Coptic Gospel of Thomas ranks among the most significant apocryphal writings of early Christianity. Long regarded as a loose collection of sayings, Stephanie Janz adopts a new approach: tracing catchwords and recurring motifs to interpret the logia within the context of the whole text.