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1991; 13; 122 Journal for the Study of the New Testament
96. N.p. ISBN 0-8006-2043-7
Postmodernism, Minneapolis: Fortress Press 1989. Pp.
New Testament Theology Breech, James, Jesus and
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hand,
and between
religion
and
politics
on the other. On
balance,
however,
Arnold succeeds in
demonstrating
that a
significant part
of
Ephesians
was
probably
influenced
by
belief in
magic
and fear of the
demonic in Asia Minor.
Furthermore, any
future discussion of the
nature of the
powers
will have to reckon with his
persuasive critique
of Walter Winks
demythologizing approach.
TK
COLLINS,
R.F.
(ed.),
The Thessalonian
Correspondence (BETL, 87),
Peeters/Leuven
University
Press:
Leuven,
1990.
Pp.
xv + 546. 3000 BF.
ISBN 1990-6831-262-6.
This volume
comprises
the
papers presented
at the 1988 Leuven
Colloquium
which was devoted to
study
of the two Thessalonian
letters.
Virtually
all the main critical issues
relating
to the letters are
discussed,
although
it is
noteworthy
that the
pseudonymity
of 2
Thess. tends to be
assumed,
rather than
explicitly
defended,
in
almost all the
essays
on that letter.
Among
the 37
essays, particularly
noteworthy
are the contribution of J. Lambrecht on
Thanksgiving
in 1
Thess.
1-3,
and those of W. Wuellner and F.W.
Hughes
on the use of
rhetoric
by
Paul. The volume is
produced
to the same
high
standards
of
production
that have characterized all Leuven
productions
and will
be of
great
value to all
engaged
in detailed
study
of these letters.
CMT
New Testament
Theology
BREECH, James,
Jesus and
Postmodernism, Minneapolis:
Fortress
Press 1989.
Pp.
96.
N.p.
ISBN 0-8006-2043-7.
This is an
attempt
to come to terms with modern
categories
of
thought
and how
they impinge upon
our
understanding
of Jesus. The
book is divided into three
chapters.
The first addresses what Breech
sees as the dilemma of modem
theology,
with several of its extreme
statements
regarding
the
equation
of God and death. He wants to see
how Jesus can continue to be understood. In the second
chapter
he
interprets
Jesus
parables
as narratives without
endings.
Breech sees
this as their
great virtue,
since
they
are not
judgmental
or moralistic.
Of course this
only applies
to Breechs truncated versions of the
para-
bles. In the third
chapter
Breech wants to characterize Jesus as a
teller of fiction not of
lies,
so that the
parables
can be true without
being history.
He commends Jesus as the
only
narrator of Western
antiquity
who told true stories from his own
imagination.
Breechs is
a serious
attempt
to make Jesus relevant for the modern
audience,
in
terms of modern critical discussion.
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