The Open Mind: Essays in Honour of Christopher Rowland

Description

This Festschrift draws on the research interests of Christopher Rowland. The collection of essays comes from former doctoral students and other friends, many of whom shed light on the angelic contribution to the thought-world of developing Christianity. The significance of the Jewish contribution to developing Christian ideology is critically assessed, including the impact of the original Jewish sources on the earliest Christian belief. The distinguished contributors to this volume include April DeConick, Paul Foster, John Rogerson, Tobias Nicklas and Andrei Orlov.

Jonathan Knight is Research Fellow of the Katie Wheeler Trust and formerly Visiting Fellow in New Testament and Christian Ministry at York St. John University, UK. Kevin Sullivan is Associate Professor and Chair of the Religion Department at Illinois Wesleyan University, USA.

This collection includes a number of highly significant studies ... the depth and vigour which characterizes Rowland's own work are consistently exhibited throughout, and make it a fitting tribute to one of the Guild's Great Scholars. This volume will be particularly valuable to scholars, teachers and advanced students with interests in apocalypticism, angeology and Christology. * Journal for the Study of the New Testament *