Essays on the Semitic Background of the New Testament (1971 Fitzmyer), book

Essays on the Semitic Background of the New Testament (1971) is a book by Joseph A. Fitzmyer.

Abstract

Published in London: G. Chapman, 1971. Reprinted in Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1974; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997.

1. The Use of the Old Testament
- 1. The use of explicit Old Testament quotations in Qumran literature and in the New Testament
- 2. '4QTestamonia' and the New Testament
2. The Semitic Background of Various Gospel Passages
- 3. The Aramaic qorban inscription from Jebel Hallet et-Turi and Mk 7:11/Mt 15:5
- 4. 'Peace upon earth among men of his good will' (Lk 2:14)
- 5. The name Simon
- 6. The Son of David tradition and Mt 22:41-46 and parallels
- 7. The Aramaic 'Elect of God' text from Qumran Cave 4
- 8. The story of the Dishonest Manager (Lk 16:1-13)
3. Pauline Passages
- 9. A feature of Qumran angelology and the angels of 1 Cor 11:10
- 10. Qumran and the interpolated paragraph in 2 Cor 6:14-71
4. The Epistle to the Hebrews
- 11. 'Now this Melchizedek...' (Heb 7:1)
- 12. Further light on Melchizedek from Qumran Cave 11
5. Early Christianity
- 13. Jewish Christianity in Acts in the light of the Qumran Scrolls
- 14. The Bar Cochba Period
- 15. The Oxyrhynchus logoi of Jesus and the Coptic Gospel according to Thomas
- 16. The Qumran Scrolls, the Ebionites and their Literature