.d e vre se r sth g ir llA .kce b e iS rh o M .8 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C The Church and Its Mission in the New Testament and Early Christianity : Essays in Memory of Hans Kvalbein, edited by David E. WissenschaftlicheUntersuchungen zumNeuenTestament Herausgeber/Editor JörgFrey(Zürich) Mitherausgeber/AssociateEditors MarkusBockmuehl(Oxford)·JamesA.Kelhoffer(Uppsala) TobiasNicklas(Regensburg)·J.RossWagner(Durham,NC) 404 .d e vre se r sth g ir llA .kce b e iS rh o M .8 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C The Church and Its Mission in the New Testament and Early Christianity : Essays in Memory of Hans Kvalbein, edited by David E. .d e vre se r sth g ir llA .kce b e iS rh o M .8 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C The Church and Its Mission in the New Testament and Early Christianity : Essays in Memory of Hans Kvalbein, edited by David E. The Church and Its Mission in the New Testament and Early Christianity EssaysinMemoryofHansKvalbein Editedby DavidE.AuneandReidarHvalvik .d e vre se r sth g ir llA .kce b e iS rh o M .8 Mohr Siebeck 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C The Church and Its Mission in the New Testament and Early Christianity : Essays in Memory of Hans Kvalbein, edited by David E. DavidE.Aune,born1939;1970PhD;taughtatseveraluniversities,includingSaintXavier UniversityandLoyolaUniversity;ProfessorofNewTestamentandChristianOriginsEmer- itusattheUniversityofNotreDame. ReidarHvalvik,born1951;1994Dr.theol.;1994–2005AssociateProfessor,since2005Pro- fessorinNewTestamentstudiesatMFNorwegianSchoolofTheology;2006–07Research ProfessorattheNorwegianInstituteinRome. 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TableofContents Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII DavidE.Aune Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ReidarHvalvik TheologyfortheChurch,ItsMissionandtheChristianLife:The ScholarlyProfileofProfessorHansKvalbein(1942–2013) . . . . . . . . . 19 JosteinÅdna TheMissiontoIsraelandtheNations:TheUnderstandingof MissionintheGospelofMatthewReconsidered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 ErnstBaasland MissionandLoveofEnemy:Matthew5:43–44and Luke6:27–28,35(2Clem.13.3;Diogn.5)inItsGraeco-Roman Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 JohannesBeutlerSJ PeterontheWaytoHisUniversalMissionintheGospelofJohn . . . . 85 ReinhardFeldmeier Ecclesiaperegrinans:Luke’sConceptofaMissionaryChurch . . . . . . . 99 VolkerGäckle TheProclamationoftheKingdomofGodinActs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 KlausB.Haacker .d FrustratedPlansandUnexpectedOutcome:Acts16:6–8 e vre Re-considered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 se r sthg RainerRiesner ir llA TheGentileMissionoftheHellenists(Acts11:19–21)andthe .kce JesusTradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 b e iS rh ChristophStenschke o M .8 MigrationandMissionintheBookofActs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C The Church and Its Mission in the New Testament and Early Christianity : Essays in Memory of Hans Kvalbein, edited by David E. VI TableofContents PederBorgen PerspectivesforMission:Galatians3:1–14inContext . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 HalvorMoxnes WhoaretheChildrenofAbrahaminRomans4?Retellingthe MemoryofAbraham“OurAncestor” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 DavidE.Aune John’sPropheticCommissionandthePeopleoftheWorld (Rev10:8–11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 TorreySeland “LikeNewbornInfants”:TheReadersof1PeterasNewly ConvertedChristians? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 ReidarHvalvik MassConversions,PersecutionsandChurchGrowth:Critical ReflectionsontheRapidExpansionoftheChurchDuringthe FirstThreeCenturies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 KarlOlavSandnes HouseholdsandtheExodus:ANoteonInfantBaptisminthe EarlyChurch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 OskarSkarsaune Mapping‘πάντατὰἔθνη’:TheGeographicalHorizonofEarly ChristianMission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 ReidarHvalvik BibliographyofHansKvalbein’sScholarlyPublications . . . . . . . . . . . 299 ListofContributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 IndexofAncientSources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 IndexofModernAuthors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 .d IndexofSubjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 e vre se r sth g ir llA .kce b e iS rh o M .8 1 0 2 © th g iryp o C The Church and Its Mission in the New Testament and Early Christianity : Essays in Memory of Hans Kvalbein, edited by David E. 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