Simon Gathercole
Biographic Data
| ID | 1459820 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Gathercole |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Gathercole |
| SIGNATURE | GATHERCOLE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7618-0309 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Greek Verb Μέλλω and the Eschatological Future in the New Testament
The Greek verb μέλλω is a significant word in the New Testament, occurring 109 times, and is often regarded as, in eschatological contexts, indicating the imminence of the end. Biblical scholars regularly state that the default meaning of μέλλω is “to be about to”, that is, it indicates primarily an imminent event or state. This article traces the semantic development of μέλλω from Homer to the Roman period, discussing studies by Classical lingui…
Did Paul Expect to Survive until the Parousia? A Suggested Re-reading of 1 Cor. 15.51–52
This article questions the conventional interpretation of 1 Corinthians 15.51–52, especially as evidence that Paul assumed an imminent parousia. There are two main problems with the conventional view. First, the majority view of 1 Cor. 15.51 relies on a counter-intuitive reading of the syntax. Second, on 15.52, the usual interpretation must assume that the reference to ‘change’ there has a different scope from the similar statement earlier in 15.…
Eἴ πως and Paul’s Hope for Death before the Parousia (Phil 3.11)
The goal of this article is to explain two words which commentators often find puzzling – Paul’s εἴ πως, which hesitantly qualify his expectation of resurrection in Phil 3.11. After considering the semantics of εἴ πως, and various scholarly interpretations of this verse, this article will propose what is very much currently a minority view, and will offer further evidence for it. The explanation for Paul’s εἴ πως καταντήσω εἰς τὴν ἐξανάστασιν τὴν…
Is There Imminent Expectation in 1 Thess 4
This article will question the conventional view according to which 1 Thess 4:13–18 shows evidence of Paul’s Naherwartung . Although Paul’s expectation of an imminent end is usually assumed to be the default interpretation of 1 Thess 4:15, 17, it actually rests on certain presuppositions about the Greek syntax of these verses in two respects. First, the usual interpretation assumes εἰς τὴν παρουσίαν τοῦ κυρίου as functioning a certain way, althou…
Does the Parable of the Minas Address the Delay of the Parousia? Luke 19,11–27 in its Lukan, Rhetorical and Roman Settings
The aim of this article is to question whether the parable of the minas (Lk. 19,11–27) is a reflection by Luke on the delay of the parousia. After a review of research showing that the delay-oriented interpretation of the parable has been prevalent for some time, there are four parts to the argument. First, in agreement with the delay hypothesis, it is argued (against a recent social-scientific interpretation) that the parable has allegorical fea…
Christology, Torah, and Ethics in the Gospel of Matthew
The tenth and final volume in the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity series, brings together seven of Matthias Konradt's most important essays on the Gospel of Matthew. Together they highlight key themes of this major early Christian text and demonstrate its formative role in shaping both the identity and theology of the growing Christian movement. Matthias Konradt presents the main points of controversy in recent scholarship on th…
Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature
Before the early Christian evangelists were Gospel writers, they were Gospel readers. Their composition process was more complex than simply compiling existing traditions about Jesus, then ordering them into a narrative frame. Rather, these writers were engaged in a creative and dynamic act of theological reception. 'Gospel reading' refers to this innovative and often artistic use of source materials -- from Israel's Scriptures to pre-existing na…
Love As Agape
Celsus in His World
Paul on Humility
Translated from German into English for the first time, this monograph seeks to reclaim the original sense of humility as an ethical mindset that is of community-building value. This exploration of humility begins with a consideration of how the concept plays into current cultural crises before considering its linguistic and philosophical history in Western culture. In turning to the roots of Christian humility, Eve-Marie Becker focuses on Philip…
Paul on Humility
Jesus and Judaism
Jesus and Judaism
Jesus and Judaism
The debate over the extent of Jewish influence upon early Christianity rages on. At the heart of this argument lies the question of Jesus: how does the fate of a first-century Galilean Jew inspire and determine the nature, shape, and practices of a distinct religious movement? Vital to this first question is another equally challenging one: can the four Gospels be used to reconstruct the historical Jesus? In this work, Martin Hengel and Anna Mari…
Glory of the Crucified One
Glory of the Crucified One
The Historical and Human Existence of Jesus in Paul’s Letters
The present article seeks to show that the case for the mythical Jesus is seriously undermined by the evidence of the undisputed Pauline epistles. By way of a thought experiment, these letters are taken in isolation from other early Christian literature, and are discussed in dialogue with mythicist scholarship. Attention to the language of the birth, ancestry and coming of Jesus demonstrates the historicity and human bodily existence of Jesus. Th…
‘Sins’ in Paul
A familiar feature in Pauline scholarship is the view that Sin as a power, and the concomitant forces of the flesh and death, are the dominant elements in Paul's account of the human plight. The present article seeks not to deny the significance of these elements, but to argue that equally important are ‘sins’ or individual infractions of the divine will. It is argued here that recent developments in Pauline studies have, in combination, led to a…
Gospel According to Luke
Gospel According to Luke
Gospel According to Luke
Other Apocryphal Gospels and the Historical Jesus
This chapter surveys a range of apocryphal works that have been used by scholars in the quest for the historical Jesus. It introduces the discussion with a classification of different approaches that scholars have adopted in the use of Apocrypha in historical Jesus research. Secondly, the methodological considerations involved in the task are discussed. Thirdly, the individual apocryphal works (nineteen in all) are briefly treated. The chapter co…
Gospel According to Luke
In this fourth volume of the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity, Michael Wolter provides a detailed, verse-by-verse interpretation of the Third Evangelist. His commentary shows that Luke succeeds in preserving the history of Jesus and its theological impact and that this history stands on equal footing with the history of early Christianity. Wolter's thorough, careful reading follows Luke as the Evangelist seeks to explain how the …
Gospel According to Luke
Gospel According to Luke
Michael Wolter provides a detailed, verse-by-verse interpretation of the Third Evangelist. Wolter's commentary fully complements the great tradition of "Handbooks of the New Testament" published by Mohr Siebeck. Replacing the third edition of Erich Klostermann's commentary on Luke, Wolter's volume rightly joins those by Conzelmann (Acts), Käsemann (Romans), and Lietzmann (1 Corinthians) in this venerable series.Wolter's approach to a sustained re…
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The Justification of Wisdom (Matt 11.19b/Luke 7.35)
This article challenges the conventional translation and interpretation of the perplexing aphorism in Matt 11.19/Luke 7.35. Linguistic evidence in particular indicates that the phrase should not be interpreted as defiant (‘but Wisdom is justified by her deeds/children’). The initial και should be read as a simple connective rather than an adversative. The εδικαιωθη ... απο refers to the separation or dissociation of Wisdom from the ministries of …
Named Testimonia to the Gospel of Thomas
The question of how much apocryphal Gospels were rebutted, suppressed or even destroyed in antiquity is a question of perennial interest, both popular and scholarly. The present article makes no attempt at any sort of complete answer to this question, but has the rather more modest aim of analyzing the various testimonia—from antiquity into the middle ages—that make explicit reference to a “Gospel of Thomas.” This article will not touch on the nu…
Luke in the Gospel of Thomas
This article argues that Luke influences the Gospel of Thomas , on the basis of an examination of those places where redactional material in Luke not in Mark is found in Thomas. This has been argued already by various scholars, but the present study aims (a) to refine further the method used to argue this position and (b) to expand the catalogue of those Thomas sayings which can be shown to indicate Lukan influence. Furthermore, it proposes (c) t…
The Composition of the Gospel of Thomas
This book addresses two central questions in current research on the Gospel of Thomas: what was its original language and which early Christian works influenced it? At present, theories of Thomas as a Semitic work abound. Simon Gathercole dismantles these approaches, arguing instead that Thomas is Greek literature and that the matter of Thomas's original language is connected with an even more controverted question: that of the relationship betwe…
The Pastoral Epistles
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Israel, Church, and the Gentiles in the Gospel of Matthew
Israel, Church, and the Gentiles in the Gospel of Matthew
Matthias Konradt explores a problem central to the theological conception of the Gospel of Matthew: What is the cause for the transition from the Israel-centered activities of Jesus and his disciples previous to Easter to the universal mission after Easter, and how is the formation of the church related to Israel's role as God's chosen nation in Matthew's concept? In conjunction with a detailed scrutiny of the traditional interpretation that Matt…
Israel, Church, and the Gentiles in the Gospel of Matthew
"Explores the relationship between the particular salvation of the Jews and the universal salvation of all people in the gospel of Matthew"
Thomas Revisited
This article makes some observations on the Gospel of Thomas in connection with the responses to Goodacre’s Thomas and the Gospels and Gathercole’s Composition of the Gospel of Thomas. It notes that the order of Thomas’s sayings and the genre of Thomas are irrelevant to the question of dependence or independence. More important to the question is the unity of Thomas, which is stronger than is often thought, though Thomas clearly is influenced by …
Christian Theology and Its Institutions in the Early Roman Empire
The Gospel of Jesus' Wife
It has been proposed that references to Jesus' relationship to Mary Magdalene in the Gospel of Philip represent a possible context for an early gospel fragment in which Jesus refers to her as ‘My wife’. It will be argued here that Mary's relationship to Jesus in Philip is determined by her role as privileged recipient of revelation, not by her marital status. More significant in accounting for the Jesus' Wife fragment is the Gospel of Thomas , wh…
Other Apocryphal Gospels and the Historical Jesus
This chapter surveys a range of apocryphal works that have been used by scholars in the quest for the historical Jesus. It introduces the discussion with a classification of different approaches that scholars have adopted in the use of Apocrypha in historical Jesus research. Secondly, the methodological considerations involved in the task are discussed. Thirdly, the individual apocryphal works (nineteen in all) are briefly treated. The chapter co…
Gospel According to Luke
In this fourth volume of the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity, Michael Wolter provides a detailed, verse-by-verse interpretation of the Third Evangelist. His commentary shows that Luke succeeds in preserving the history of Jesus and its theological impact and that this history stands on equal footing with the history of early Christianity. Wolter's thorough, careful reading follows Luke as the Evangelist seeks to explain how the …
Gospel According to Luke
Gospel According to Luke
Michael Wolter provides a detailed, verse-by-verse interpretation of the Third Evangelist. Wolter's commentary fully complements the great tradition of "Handbooks of the New Testament" published by Mohr Siebeck. Replacing the third edition of Erich Klostermann's commentary on Luke, Wolter's volume rightly joins those by Conzelmann (Acts), Käsemann (Romans), and Lietzmann (1 Corinthians) in this venerable series.Wolter's approach to a sustained re…
Wesley Hill, Paul and the Trinity
Gospel According to Luke
Gospel According to Luke
Gospel According to Luke
Glory of the Crucified One
Glory of the Crucified One
The Historical and Human Existence of Jesus in Paul’s Letters
The present article seeks to show that the case for the mythical Jesus is seriously undermined by the evidence of the undisputed Pauline epistles. By way of a thought experiment, these letters are taken in isolation from other early Christian literature, and are discussed in dialogue with mythicist scholarship. Attention to the language of the birth, ancestry and coming of Jesus demonstrates the historicity and human bodily existence of Jesus. Th…
‘Sins’ in Paul
A familiar feature in Pauline scholarship is the view that Sin as a power, and the concomitant forces of the flesh and death, are the dominant elements in Paul's account of the human plight. The present article seeks not to deny the significance of these elements, but to argue that equally important are ‘sins’ or individual infractions of the divine will. It is argued here that recent developments in Pauline studies have, in combination, led to a…
Jesus and Judaism
Jesus and Judaism
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