Adela Yarbro Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3768600 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adela Yarbro Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adela Yarbro |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS A Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Apocalypse and Apocalyptic Topics
In this collection of essays, Adela Yarbro-Collins expertly illustrates a wide variety of scholarly methods for interpreting apocalypticism. These include history-of-religion, social-historical, and theological approaches as well as genre studies and rhetorical criticism, especially the device of vivid description (ekphrasis).
Apocalypse and Apocalyptic Topics
In this volume of collected essays, Adela Yarbro Collins provides a wide-reaching insight into her work on the Apocalypse that spanned her professional career from 1973 to 2021. Emphasizing the variety in form and content of the early and late antique Christian apocalypses within the genre, she focusses on the apocalyptic Son of Man sayings in the Synoptic Gospels and raises questions about the impact of Revelation on its ancient and modern audie…
Collected Essays on the Gospel According to Mark
The Gospel of Mark belongs to a time and place quite different from the present, especially in the northern hemisphere. In these essays Adela Yarbro Collins shows how understanding the life and times in which Mark wrote enhances understanding of the Gospel.
Ethics in Paul and Paul in Ethics
This address begins with a discussion of ethical reasoning in Paul’s letters. The unsystematic character of his ethical discourse and its variety are emphasized. The second part is a comparison of Paul’s ethical discourse with two recent approaches, the ecclesial ethics of Stanley Hauerwas and the discourse ethics of Jürgen Habermas. The third part is a consideration of feminist and womanist ethics as approaches that fundamentally challenge Paul’…
Collected Essays on the Gospel According to Mark
This volume presents essays by Adela Yarbro Collins on the Gospel of Mark originally published between 1993 and 2021. The earlier ones were written while preparing to write the Hermeneia commentary on Mark, published in 2007. The later ones reflect the author's continuing interest in the interpretation of this Gospel. Major foci of the collection are the genre of Mark and of the passion narrative, and the meaning of the death of Jesus. She approa…
Introduction to the Presidential Address
The Metaphorical Use of ἱλαστήριον in Romans 3
Philippians
Psychological Hermeneutics Now and Suggestions for Future Work
Leslie W. Walck
Apocalypse Now
Apocalyptic studies flourished in the 1970s and early 1980s. This interest probably had something to do with the social and political upheavals of the 1960s and their effects, but I won't go into that issue today. In 1970, Klaus Koch's book Ratlos vor der Apokalyptik was published in Germany. In 1972 it appeared in English under a title more friendly to scholars: The Rediscovery of Apocalyptic . The subtitle, however, preserved the edginess of th…
The Female Body as Social Space in 1 Timothy
By means of his reception of Paul and Genesis, the author of 1 Timothy created a social space in which the autonomy of women, including control of their own bodies, is severely limited. The purpose of such discourse was to oppose Marcion's rejection of marriage and procreation. The letter thus advocates marriage as a virtual requirement for all Christians, especially ‘the younger widows’, who were probably virgins. Instead of propagating teaching…
Ancient Notions of Transferal and Apotheosis in Relation to the Empty Tomb Story in Mark
Antiquity and Humanity
This volume pays tribute to the remarkable scholarship of Hans Dieter Betz, which has combined amazing range with consistency of vision. Defying the traditional boundaries of the academy, Hans Dieter Betz, Shailer Mathews Professor emeritus at the University of Chicago Divinity School, has made significant contributions in the fields of New Testament, classics, church history, theology, and history of religions. This Festschrift brings together t…
A Review of the Greek Inscriptions and Papyri Published in 1984-1985 . S. R. Llewelyn
The Streets of Heaven
Mark and His Readers
In his influential work, Kyrios Christos , Wilhelm Bousset confessed that he had vacillated and was still vacillating on the question of whether the creation of the title υἱòς θɛo⋯ (“Son of God”) as an epithet for Jesus ought to be attributed to the earliest community of his followers in Palestine. He tentatively took the position that the oldest community of followers of Jesus described him as the παῖς θɛo⋯ (“Servant of God”) in a messianic inte…
Mark and His Readers
First, a few remarks about the audience of the Gospel according to Mark. This study is based on the premise that Mark was read aloud in gatherings of Christians in the late first and early second centuries that were not necessarily liturgical in a narrow sense. Further, those who listened were not all equally committed to the Christian faith and probably assimilated and interpreted the instruction that they received in various ways. Some in the a…
The Quest of the Historical Gospel
Apollonios von Tyana in der neutestamentlichen Exegese
Finding Meaning in the Death of Jesus
The Signification of Mark 10
One of the many contributions that Helmut Koester has made to New Testament scholarship is his attention to the importance of archaeological and epigraphical evidence for the study of early Christianity. I offer this study as a small token of gratitude to him for that contribution. It attempts to show the importance of certain inscriptions for the signification of the saying attributed to Jesus in Mark 10:45: “For the Son of Man did not come to b…
The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. Ephraim Stern , Ayelet Lewinson-Gilboa , Joseph Aviram
Genre and the Gospels What Are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography . Richard A. Burridge
The Apocryphal New Testament
Mark and His Readers
In his influential work, Kyrios Christos , Wilhelm Bousset confessed that he had vacillated and was still vacillating on the question of whether the creation of the title υἱòς θɛo⋯ (“Son of God”) as an epithet for Jesus ought to be attributed to the earliest community of his followers in Palestine. He tentatively took the position that the oldest community of followers of Jesus described him as the παῖς θɛo⋯ (“Servant of God”) in a messianic inte…
Composition and Redaction of the Testament of Moses 10
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An Inclusive Biblical Anthropology
“The biblical view of ‘male and female’ is bound to be one of the aspects of the Bible most deeply conditioned by the social circumstances of the time of writing ... That does not mean that the biblical material is irrelevant ... Its contribution, however, lies not so much in its references to males and females as such, as in its view of the ideally human.”
The Function of “Excommunication” in Paul
Many difficulties beset the interpreter of Paul's response to the case of incest at Corinth. With the partial exception of the letter to the Romans, Paul's letters are occasional pieces written in response to very particular circumstances in the communities addressed. The occasional character of the first letter to the Corinthians is evident as Paul responds to oral reports (1:11; 5:1; 11:18) and to written queries (7:1). The interpreter is acute…
Religions of Western Antiquity
The sígnífícance of Jesus' death ín John
Jesus and the Gospel
Vilification and Self-Definition in the book of Revelation
New Testament scholars, as well as preachers, are in frequent danger of perpetuating negative stereotypes about the Jews. The reason for this state of affairs is that the polemical anti-Jewish remarks in the NT are often simply repeated or paraphrased in the interpreter's context without attention to the difference in meaning these remarks have when read in their original social and historical contexts. Krister Stendahl has done much to sensitize…
The Origin of the Designation of Jesus as “Son of Man”
Taking up this well worked problem in New Testament scholarship may seem audacious to some, futile to others. At least one scholar has exulted over his own claim, supported by a few, to have solved the problem; whereas at least one other scholar has declared the problem insoluble. Although the problem is difficult, the elements of a solution are indeed present in the discussion. It is taken up again in this essay because of its importance for res…
Norman Perrin's Interpretation of the New Testament
The Book of Revelation
Codex Bezae
From Noble Death to Crucified Messiah
In his excellent study of crucifixion, Martin Hengel has documented the harsh reality of the penalty in antiquity and has shown that it was seldom portrayed in detail or in an idealized manner. These facts are important and should be kept constantly in mind. They make all the more pressing the question why a detailed narrative of Jesus' death was composed and lead us to look closely at the way the story is told. An ancient opponent of Christianit…
From Noble Death to Crucified Messiah
In his excellent study of crucifixion, Martin Hengel has documented the harsh reality of the penalty in antiquity and has shown that it was seldom portrayed in detail or in an idealized manner. These facts are important and should be kept constantly in mind. They make all the more pressing the question why a detailed narrative of Jesus' death was composed and lead us to look closely at the way the story is told. An ancient opponent of Christianit…
Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World . John G. Gager
Genre and the Gospels What Are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography . Richard A. Burridge
The Apocryphal New Testament
The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. Ephraim Stern , Ayelet Lewinson-Gilboa , Joseph Aviram
The Signification of Mark 10
One of the many contributions that Helmut Koester has made to New Testament scholarship is his attention to the importance of archaeological and epigraphical evidence for the study of early Christianity. I offer this study as a small token of gratitude to him for that contribution. It attempts to show the importance of certain inscriptions for the signification of the saying attributed to Jesus in Mark 10:45: “For the Son of Man did not come to b…
Apollonios von Tyana in der neutestamentlichen Exegese
Finding Meaning in the Death of Jesus
Mark and His Readers
First, a few remarks about the audience of the Gospel according to Mark. This study is based on the premise that Mark was read aloud in gatherings of Christians in the late first and early second centuries that were not necessarily liturgical in a narrow sense. Further, those who listened were not all equally committed to the Christian faith and probably assimilated and interpreted the instruction that they received in various ways. Some in the a…
The Quest of the Historical Gospel
The Streets of Heaven
Mark and His Readers
In his influential work, Kyrios Christos , Wilhelm Bousset confessed that he had vacillated and was still vacillating on the question of whether the creation of the title υἱòς θɛo⋯ (“Son of God”) as an epithet for Jesus ought to be attributed to the earliest community of his followers in Palestine. He tentatively took the position that the oldest community of followers of Jesus described him as the παῖς θɛo⋯ (“Servant of God”) in a messianic inte…
Antiquity and Humanity
This volume pays tribute to the remarkable scholarship of Hans Dieter Betz, which has combined amazing range with consistency of vision. Defying the traditional boundaries of the academy, Hans Dieter Betz, Shailer Mathews Professor emeritus at the University of Chicago Divinity School, has made significant contributions in the fields of New Testament, classics, church history, theology, and history of religions. This Festschrift brings together t…
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