Cover

Foreword

Contents

WALTER DIETRICH Samuel – ein Prophet?

1. Samuel in den Samuelbüchern

1.1 Erste Facette: Samuel kommt unter wunderbaren Umständen zur Welt (1Sam 1f)

1.2 Zweite Facette: Samuel wird von Gott einer Traumvision gewürdigt (1Sam 3)

1.3 Dritte Facette: Samuel wird als Retter und Richter der Stämme Israels mit dem Wunsch nach einem König konfrontiert (1Sam 7f)

1.4 Vierte Facette: Samuel setzt Saul ein (1Sam 9–11)

1.5 Fünfte Facette: Samuel tritt zurück und alsbald Saul entgegen (1Sam 12–15)

1.6 Sechste Facette: Samuel salbt David und nimmt ihn vor Saul in Schutz (1Sam 16,1–13; 19,18–24)

1.7 Siebte Facette: Samuel kündigt Saul aus dem Totenreich heraus sein Ende an (1Sam 28)

2. Die Frage nach dem historischen Samuel

3. Samuel in der neuesten Wirkungsgeschichte

3.1 Samuel in einem modernen Oratorium

3.2 Samuel in den Augen eines Romanciers

3.3 Samuel in den Augen eines Psychoanalytikers

JOHANNES KLEIN Samuel, Gad und Natan. Ein Vergleich

Schlussfolgerungen

BRIAN DOYLE The Prophet Isaiah and His Relational Metaphors

1. The Prophet as Historical Commentator

2. The Prophet as Poet Whoever He Was

3. What Is a Metaphor or ‘the Encounter of Isotopes’?

4. The Metaphor of ‘the Vineyard’ Isaiah 27,2–6

5. Conclusion: A ‘Ménage à Trois’?

RIEUWERD BUITENWERF The Identity of the Prophetess Sibyl in Sibylline Oracles III

1. The Sibyl in Sibylline Oracles III

2. The Sibyl as a Greek and Babylonian Prophetess (III 809–812)

3. The Greek Point of View (III 813–818)

4. The Sibyl’s Connection with Noah (III 819–828)

5. The Reason for the Sibyl’s New Image

6. Conclusion

ULRICH LUZ Stages of Early Christian Prophetism

1. Introduction

2. The Beginnings

3. The Crisis of Early Christian Prophecy

4. Prophecy Gets Marginal

TOBIAS NICKLAS Paulus – der Apostel als Prophet

1. Berufung und Selbstverständnis

1.1 Gal 1,15-16

1.2 Röm 1,1–2

1.3 Weitere Aussagen zum Selbstverständnis des paulinischen Apostolats

1Thess 2,4

1Kor 9,14–18

Die Leiden des Apostels

Eine indirekte Aussage? Röm 11,1–5 vor dem Hintergrund von Röm 10,15–16

2. Argumentationsformen

2.1 Wort des Herrn (1Thess 4,15–17)

2.2 Geheimnis

1Kor 15,51

Röm 11,25

2.3 Voraussagen und Weisungen im Herrn

1Thess 3,4; 4,2–6; Gal 5,21b

3. Fazit

HANS KLEIN Auf dem Grund der Apostel und Propheten. Bemerkungen zu Epheserbrief 2,20

1. Das Wesensmerkmal der Apostel und der Propheten

2. Apostel und Propheten im Epheserbrief

3. Apostel und Propheten als Richtschnur für die Kirche

PAUL FOSTER Prophets and Prophetism in Matthew

1. Introduction

2. Use and Deployment of ‘Prophet-Language’ in the First Gospel

2.1 The Law and the Prophets

2.2 ‘Prophets’ as written texts

2.3 John the Baptist as a Prophet

2.4 Jesus as a Prophet

2.5 Persecuted Prophets

2.6 Prophets as Historic Figures

2.7 Prophets as a Contemporary Phenomenon

2.8 The Sign of Jonah

2.9 False Prophets

3. Conclusions

KORINNA ZAMFIR Jeremian Motifs in the Synoptics’ Understanding of Jesus

1. Hypothesis

2. Resemblances Rooted in the Historical Context and in Biographic Details

3. Jeremiah: The Prophet Who Speaks Against the Temple. The Persecuted Prophet

4. Explicit References to Jeremiah in the Gospels

Matthew 27,3–10

5. Jesus: the Prophet Who Speaks against the Temple

5.1 Jesus’ Temple-Action

5.2 The Temple-Saying(s)

5.3 Indictment (and Lament) over Jerusalem and the Temple

6. Jesus, the Rejected Prophet. Matt 16,14

7. Conclusion

JOSEPH VERHEYDEN Calling Jesus a Prophet, as Seen by Luke

1. Introduction

2. Luke 1–2

3. Luke 3

4. Luke 4,16–30

5. Luke 7,11–17

6. Luke 7,18–35

7. Luke 9,7–9

8. Luke 9,18–22

9. Luke 9,28–36

10. Other Identification Scenes

11. Luke 24,13–35

12. Luke 7,36–50

13. Luke 13,31–33

14. Acts 3,22–23 and 7,37

15. Negative Evidence

16. Conclusion

Appendix: Jesus as Prophet: Some Illustrations from the Literature

URBAN C. VON WAHLDE The Role of the Prophetic Spirit in John: A Struggle for Balance

1. The Development of the Johannine Tradition

1.1 The First Stage in the Development of the Johannine Tradition

1.2 The Second Stage in the Development of the Tradition: Jesus as the One Sent to Announce the Giving of the Spirit

1.3 The Third Stage in the Development of the Tradition: Conflict Over The Meaning of the Second Edition and the Writing of 1 John

1.4 The Fourth Stage in the Development of the Tradition: Clarifying the Text of the Gospel

2. The Development of the Johannine Tradition and the Developing Understanding of the Spirit

2.1 The Fourth Gospel Itself as a Product of Christian Prophetic Activity

2.2 The Foundation for the Prophetic Activity of the Johannine Community

2.2.1 The Bestowal of the Spirit According to the Jewish Scriptures

2.2.1.1 In the Past, the Spirit Was Bestowed Upon Israel’s Leaders

2.2.1.2 In the Future the Spirit Will Be Given to the Entire People

2.2.2 The Prerogatives of the Eschatological Spirit

3. The Crisis Regarding the Role of the Spirit – and Its Resolution

3.1 The Worldview of the Author of 1 John and His Refutation of the Views of the Opponents

3.2 The Conviction That The Believer Would Be Able to “Know” God Fully and Completely Through the Spirit

3.2.1 The Background of the Concept of Knowing God in the Jewish Scriptures

3.2.2 In the Second Edition of the Gospel

3.2.3 The Correction of the Opponents in 1 John and in the Third Edition of the Gospel

3.3 The Conviction That The Believer Would Have No Need of Teachers

3.3.1 The Background in the Jewish Scriptures

3.3.2 In the Second Edition of the Gospel

3.3.3 The Correction of This View by the Author of 1 John and in the Third Edition of the Gospel

3.4 The Conviction That the Role of the Spirit Was Such That The Opponents Denied Any Permanent or Essential Role for the Words of Jesus

3.4.1 In the Second Edition of the Gospel

3.4.2 The Correction of This View by the Author of 1 John and in the Third Edition of the Gospel

3.4.3 The Commandment Tradition in 1 John and in the Third Edition

3.4.5 The Spirit Led Individuals to Believe Things That Went Beyond or Contradicted the Teaching of Jesus.

3.4.6 The Correction by the Author in 1 John and in the Third Edition of the Gospel

4. Conclusions

5. Some Final Remarks Comparing Johannine “Prophecy” with Prophetic Expression in Other Sectors of Early Christianity

SORIN MARŢIAN Prophétisme et symbolisme dans l’Apocalypse

1. Introduction

2. Le stade des recherches

3. L’Apocalypse et la littérature apocalyptique

4. Le genre prophétique et le genre apocalyptique

5. Le symbolisme de l’Apocalypse et l’Ancien Testament

6. Conclusions

BEATE KOWALSKI Prophetie und die Offenbarung des Johannes? Offb 22,6–21 als Testfall

1. Forschungsüberblick

1.1 Die Offb im Kontext urchristlicher Prophetie

1.2 Die Offb – eine frühchristliche, prophetisch-apokalyptische Schrift

1.3 Die Offb im Kontext intertextueller Studien

1.3.1 Anspielungen und Zitate aus dem AT

1.3.2 Intertextuelle Studien zur Prophetie in der Offb

1.4 Die Gegenprobe: Offb als Apokalypse?

2. Textbestand

2.1 Prophetisches Vokabular

2.1.1 Schreibbefehl

2.1.2 Botenformel und Weckruf

2.1.3 Erkenntnisformel

2.1.4 Wortereignisformel

2.1.5 Makarismen

2.1.6 Visions- und Auditionsberichte

2.1.7 Heils- und Unheilsworte

2.1.8 Fremdvölkersprüche

2.1.9 Totenklage, Klageruf und Leichenlied

2.1.10 Zeichenhandlungen

2.1.11 Berufungserzählung

2.1.12 Orakel

3. Offb 22,6–21 als Testfall der Prophetie

3.1 Form des Textes

3.2 Prophetische Elemente

3.3 Die Textsicherungsformel (22,18f)

3.3.1 Intratextuelle Bezüge

3.3.2 Extratextuelle Bezüge

3.3.3 Funktion der Textsicherungsformel

4. Ertrag für die Diskussion über prophetische Traditionen im NT

CLAYTON N. JEFFORD Prophecy and Prophetism in the Apostolic Fathers

1. Introduction

2. The Didache

3. Ignatius of Antioch

4. The Shepherd of Hermas

5. Conclusions

List of Contributors

Index of References

Old Testament

Other Jewish Literature

New Testament

Greek and Roman Authors

Early Christian Literature

Index of Names