This book was completed in the face of adversity. Beyond the problem of advancing age, I endured complications following surgery (July, 2009), requiring months of hospitalization and therapy. There was a period in which no work was possible, and I believed that I could never complete the project. In time, with the help of others, I was able to return to the task. My friend and gifted physician, Dr. Robert H. Kelly, guided me back to health. Research assistanceincluding mundane tasks like carrying bookswas provided by a promising young scholar, Coleman A. Baker, PhD; some of his work was supported by a TCU Faculty Emeritus Grant. Institutional support was supplied by Brite Divinity School and the Mary Couts Burnett Library at Texas Christian Universityespecially the Circulation and Interlibrary Loan Departments. Friends and colleagues provided encouragement. For the last few years, I have enjoyed weekly lunch with my successor at Brite, M. Eugene Boring. Virtually everything in the book has been discussed with Gene, and benefited from his insight. From time to time, we are joined by Victor Paul Furnish who travels from Dallas. Both Gene and Vic read the manuscript and suggested revisions which have significantly improved the final product. Helpful suggestions were also made by my long-time friend and colleague, James O. Duke, who read the manuscript with great care. This book is dedicated to two women who have been important for my life: my wife, Shirley, and my daughter, Lisa.
Abbreviations
AAR American Academy of Religion
AARAS American Academy of Religion Academy Series
AB The Anchor Bible (commentaries)
ABDAnchor Bible Dictionary, ed. D. N. Freedman, 6 vols. (New York: Doubleday, 1992)
ABRL Anchor Bible Reference Library
AGSU Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Sptjudentums und Urchristentums
AGThL Arbeiten zur Geschichte und Theologie des Luthertums
AnBib Analecta biblica
ANTC Abingdon New Testament Commentaries
ANTF Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung
ASBT Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology
ASNU Acta seminarii neotestamentici Upsaliensis
ASOR American Schools of Oriental Research
ASV American Standard Version
ATANT Abhandlungen zur Theologie des Alten und Neuen Testaments
AThR Anglican Theological Review
ATLA American Theological Library Association
AYBRL Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
BA Biblical Archaeologist
BCE Before Common Era
BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum Lovaniensium
BEvT Beitrge zur Evangelischen Theologie
BGBE Beitrge zur Geschichte der biblischen Exegese
BHT Beitrge zur historischen Theologie
BJRL Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester
BNTC Blacks New Testament Commentary
BRev Bible Review
BTB Biblical Theology Bulletin
BZ Biblische Zeitschrift
BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fr die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
BZNW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fr die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CBQMS Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series
CE Common Era
ConBNT Coniectanea neotestamentica or Coniectanea biblica: New Testament Series
CT Christian Testament (New Testament)
DAS Directory of American Scholars, 6th ed (New York: R. R. Bowker, 1974)
DBCI Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation, ed. Stanley E. Porter (London: Routledge, 2009)
DBIDictionary of Biblical Interpretation, ed. John H. Hayes, 2 vols. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1999)
2DH Two-Document Hypothesis
DJS Duke Judaic Studies
DMBIDictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters, ed. Donald K. McKim (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2007)
DRevDownside Review
DSS Dead Sea Scrolls
EBib Etudes bibliques
ed(s). editor(s), edited by, edition
EHPR Etudes dhistoire et de philosophie religieuses
EKKNT Evangelisch-katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament
Enc Encounter
Eng. English
EpRev Epworth Review
ET English translation
ETS Evangelical Theological Society
EvQ Evangelical Quarterly
EvT Evangelische Theologie
ExpTim Expository Times
FF Foundations and Facets
For Forum
Fr. French
FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments
FTMTh Fortress Texts in Modern Theology
Ger. German
2GH Two-Gospel Hypothesis
HNT Handbuch zum Neuen Testament
HNTC Harpers New Testament Commentaries
HNTR History of New Testament Research, Vols. 1 and 2, William Baird (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992, 2003)
HTKNT Herders theologischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament
HTKNTSup Herders theologischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament: Supplementband
HTR Harvard Theological Review
HTS Harvard Theological Studies
IBInterpreters Bible