STUDIES IN SCRIPTURE IN EARLY JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY 19 Editor Craig A. Evans Published under LIBRARY OF NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES 543 Formerly Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series Editor Chris Keith Editorial Board Dale C. Allison, John M.G. Barclay, Lynn H. Cohick, R. Alan Culpepper, Craig A. Evans, Robert Fowler, Simon J. Gathercole, John S. Kloppenborg, Michael Labahn, Love L. Sechrest, Robert Wall, Steve Walton, Catrin H. Williams ii SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES Studies in Context and Intertextuality Edited by Craig A. Evans Jeremiah J. Johnston Bloomsbury T&T Clark An Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc LONDON • NEW DELHI • NEW YORK • SYDNEY Bloomsbury T&T Clark An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint previously known as T&T Clark 50 Bedford Square 1385 Broadway London New York WC1B 3DP NY 10018 UK USA www.bloomsbury.com BLOOMSBURY, T&T CLARK and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published 2015 © Craig A. Evans and Jeremiah J. Johnston, 2015 Craig A. Evans and Jeremiah J. Johnston have asserted their rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identi(cid:191)ed as Editors of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. No responsibility for loss caused to any individual or organization acting on or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by Bloomsbury Academic or the author. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: HB: 978-0-56766-382-5 ePDF: 978-0-56766-383-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Searching the scriptures : studies in context and intertextuality / edited by Craig A. Evans, Jeremiah J. Johnston. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-567-66382-5 (hardback) 1. Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Bible--Hermeneutics. I. Evans, Craig A., editor. BS511.3.S43 2015 220.6--dc23 2015018738 Series: Library of New Testament Studies, volume 543 Typeset by Forthcoming Publications Ltd (www.forthpub.com) CONTENTS Preface ix Abbreviations xi List of Contributors xv INTRODUCTION Craig A. Evans and Jeremiah J. Johnston xvii Part 1 GENERAL STUDIES 1 SINGING WOMEN AND PROMISED SEED: ISAIAH 54:1-3 AS CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURE Mark S. Gignilliat 3 2 GENESIS RABBAH 48:1-6: REFLECTIONS ON THEMATIC UNITY AND EXEGETICAL METHOD Jeremy F. Hultin 16 Part 2 STUDIES IN THE GOSPELS 3 METAPHORTY-TWO? THE WILDERNESS AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN MATTHEW 1:1-17 Jason B. Hood 29 4 “THE REJECTION OF WISDOM’S CALL”: MATTHEW’S USE OF PROVERBS 1:20-33 IN THE PARABLE OF CHILDREN IN THE MARKETPLACE (MATTHEW 11:16-19//LUKE 7:31-35) Brian C. Dennert 46 vi Contents 5 JOHN THE BAPTIST, ELIJAH AND NABOTH: WHAT DOES 1 KINGS 21 HAVE TO DO WITH MATTHEW 14? Jesse Rainbow 64 6 JESUS AS A NAZIRITE IN MARK 14:25 PAR., AND JOSEPH’S REUNION MEAL IN JUDAIC TRADITION Roger D. Aus 81 7 THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES IN THE THIRD GOSPEL R. Steven Notley and Jeffrey P. García 128 8 INTERTEXTUAL WISDOM: LUKE 12:13-34 AND THE SAPIENTIAL CONVERSATION ON DEATH AND POSSESSIONS Matthew S. Rindge 148 9 JESUS SAID “KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS” AND THE RICH MAN ASKED, “WHICH ONES?”: THE DECALOGUE AS A LAW SUMMARY IN THE STORY OF THE RICH MAN Diane Hakala 171 10 THEY SHALL LOOK UPON THE ONE THEY HAVE PIERCED: INTERTEXTUALITY, INTRA-TEXTUALITY AND ANTI-JUDAISM IN JOHN 19:37 Ruth Sheridan 191 Part 3 STUDIES IN THE LETTERS 11 TOWARD A THEORY OF NARRATIVE TRANSFORMATION: THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH CONTEXTS IN PAUL’S SCRIPTURAL CITATIONS J. R. Daniel Kirk 213 12 DOMINICAL SHAME TRADITION IN PAUL: AN ALLUSION (ROMANS 1:16) TO JESUS’ USE OF SHAME LANGUAGE (MARK 8:38) FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL Yongbom Lee 234 1 Contents vii 13 “WE KNOW THAT WHATEVER LAW SAYS…”: ROMANS 3:9–20 AS A NARRATIVE UTILIZATION OF INTERTEXTUALITY DEVELOPING ITS OWN THEORY OF INTERTEXTUALITY Alain Gignac 246 14 CRUSHING SATAN: GENESIS 2–3 IN ROMANS 16:17-20A Brian LePort 265 15 THE CONVERGENCE OF ADAMIC AND MERKABAH TRADITIONS IN THE CHRISTOLOGY OF HEBREWS Silviu N. Bunta 277 Bibliography 297 Index of References 319 Index of Authors 342 1 viii PREFACE Most of the studies included in this volume were originally presented at the 2010–2012 Annual Meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature. They have been revised and updated. The Editors thank the contributors for their willingness to allow them to be published in the Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity series. This year marks the twenty-(cid:191)fth anniversary of the founding of the Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity program unit in the Society of Biblical Literature and the series, originally published by Shef(cid:191)eld Academic Press, later T&T Clark International, and now Bloomsbury T&T Clark. Searching the Scriptures: Studies in Context and Intertextuality makes up the nineteenth volume to appear in the series. The papers are grouped under three headings: (1) general studies, (2) studies in the Gospels, and (3) studies in the Letters. Appended to this volume is a selected bibliography. The Editors are grateful to the many participants and contributors through the years, whose work has made both the program unit and the published volumes a success. Craig A. Evans Acadia Divinity College Jeremiah J. Johnston Houston Baptist University