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.

Onyekachi Ugwu analyzes the pericope of the woman caught in adultery in the Gospel of John through narrative and socio-historical criticism. He argues that, despite its contested transmission, it can be read as authentically Johannine - foreshadowing Jesus' own trial and his final victory over darkness.

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.