Tucker S Ferda
Biographic Data
| ID | 6029454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tucker S Ferda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tucker S |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferda |
| SIGNATURE | FERDA T S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pittsburgh Theological Seminary |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-6705-4086 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Jerusalem Oracle Reconsidered (Mt. 23.37–39)
An increasing number of exegetes have understood the Jerusalem oracle in Matthew and Luke to express a conditional eschatological perspective: namely, if ‘Jerusalem’ blesses Jesus along the lines of Ps. 118, then Jesus will return. Important for this argument has been the identification of similar conditional statements (so it is claimed) in later rabbinic sources. This essay argues against that interpretation, focusing on Matthew’s version, by u…
Jesus of Nazareth, the Mountain of the Lord
This article identifies and traces an overlooked exegetical tradition of reading Isa 2’s vision about the future exaltation of Zion in a messianic key. It suggests that the Gospel of John is part of this reception history. In the climactic utterance of 12:32 (“And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself”), John identifies the upcoming death and resurrection of Jesus with the expected “lifting up” of the mountain of th…
Crucifixion as Parodic Parousia
All the gospels narrate the death of Jesus in such a way that his crucifixion by parodic exaltation (so Joel Marcus) becomes a testament to the truth of his messiahship. This article contends that there is a further eschatological dimension to Mark’s account that tends to be overlooked in exegetical discussion: the death of Jesus has been narrated in such a way as to foreshadow the return of the Son of Man. For Mark, then, the cross not only make…
The Messiah of That Most Mischievous Superstition
The suitability of the image of »the parting of the ways« has been challenged in recent years for understandable reasons.And yet the question abouthowthe historical Jesus relates to the development ofadistinguishable social movement in his name remains a crucial one in the study of Christian origins. This essay provides an overview of those aspects of Jesuss career that are most relevant for this topic by charting some of the argumentative subcur…
The Galilean Crisis and Jesus Research Past and Present
The author offers a grateful reply to his three respondents before clarifying a few matters and responding to queries. Nothing emerges that would require modifications to the main arguments of the book
Flesh from Heaven
Most modern commentaries and translations of the Gospel of John take John 6.52 to read: ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ There is, however, an important variant reading here that lacks the αὐτοῦ (thus: ‘How can this man give us flesh to eat?’), which has received very little attention. This article contends that the shorter reading creates yet another example of Johannine dramatic irony, as the contempt of οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι for Jesus’ teach…
Jesus Against the Scribal Elite
The Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel
Jeremiah 7 and Flavius Josephus on the First Jewish War
Study of Josephus’ interpretation of the Bible has focused on the paraphrase in Antiquities , but Josephus continued to engage Scripture in his post-biblical history. This article contends that Josephus, like the authors of the synoptic gospels and later Jewish exegetes, saw the events of 66-70 C.E. through the lens of Jeremiah’s temple sermon (7:1-34). The accounts of Jesus ben Ananias and Josephus’ speech before the city walls, among other exam…
John the Baptist, Isaiah 40, and the Ingathering of the Exiles
Many who argue that Jesus was a herald of Israel’s eschatological restoration have also suggested that he expected the ingathering of the exiles. Studies of John the Baptist have typically focused on his warnings of the coming judgment and his predictions of ‘the coming one’, thus leaving aside the possibility that John’s baptism and message also signaled the ingathering of the exiles. Further, scholars have largely ignored the import of Isa. 40 …
Jeremiah 7 and Flavius Josephus on the First Jewish War
Study of Josephus’ interpretation of the Bible has focused on the paraphrase in Antiquities , but Josephus continued to engage Scripture in his post-biblical history. This article contends that Josephus, like the authors of the synoptic gospels and later Jewish exegetes, saw the events of 66-70 C.E. through the lens of Jeremiah’s temple sermon (7:1-34). The accounts of Jesus ben Ananias and Josephus’ speech before the city walls, among other exam…
John the Baptist, Isaiah 40, and the Ingathering of the Exiles
Many who argue that Jesus was a herald of Israel’s eschatological restoration have also suggested that he expected the ingathering of the exiles. Studies of John the Baptist have typically focused on his warnings of the coming judgment and his predictions of ‘the coming one’, thus leaving aside the possibility that John’s baptism and message also signaled the ingathering of the exiles. Further, scholars have largely ignored the import of Isa. 40 …
Jeremiah 7 and Flavius Josephus on the First Jewish War
Study of Josephus’ interpretation of the Bible has focused on the paraphrase in Antiquities , but Josephus continued to engage Scripture in his post-biblical history. This article contends that Josephus, like the authors of the synoptic gospels and later Jewish exegetes, saw the events of 66-70 C.E. through the lens of Jeremiah’s temple sermon (7:1-34). The accounts of Jesus ben Ananias and Josephus’ speech before the city walls, among other exam…
Jesus Against the Scribal Elite
The Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel
Flesh from Heaven
Most modern commentaries and translations of the Gospel of John take John 6.52 to read: ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ There is, however, an important variant reading here that lacks the αὐτοῦ (thus: ‘How can this man give us flesh to eat?’), which has received very little attention. This article contends that the shorter reading creates yet another example of Johannine dramatic irony, as the contempt of οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι for Jesus’ teach…
The Galilean Crisis and Jesus Research Past and Present
The author offers a grateful reply to his three respondents before clarifying a few matters and responding to queries. Nothing emerges that would require modifications to the main arguments of the book
The Messiah of That Most Mischievous Superstition
The suitability of the image of »the parting of the ways« has been challenged in recent years for understandable reasons.And yet the question abouthowthe historical Jesus relates to the development ofadistinguishable social movement in his name remains a crucial one in the study of Christian origins. This essay provides an overview of those aspects of Jesuss career that are most relevant for this topic by charting some of the argumentative subcur…
The Jerusalem Oracle Reconsidered (Mt. 23.37–39)
An increasing number of exegetes have understood the Jerusalem oracle in Matthew and Luke to express a conditional eschatological perspective: namely, if ‘Jerusalem’ blesses Jesus along the lines of Ps. 118, then Jesus will return. Important for this argument has been the identification of similar conditional statements (so it is claimed) in later rabbinic sources. This essay argues against that interpretation, focusing on Matthew’s version, by u…
Jesus of Nazareth, the Mountain of the Lord
This article identifies and traces an overlooked exegetical tradition of reading Isa 2’s vision about the future exaltation of Zion in a messianic key. It suggests that the Gospel of John is part of this reception history. In the climactic utterance of 12:32 (“And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself”), John identifies the upcoming death and resurrection of Jesus with the expected “lifting up” of the mountain of th…
Crucifixion as Parodic Parousia
All the gospels narrate the death of Jesus in such a way that his crucifixion by parodic exaltation (so Joel Marcus) becomes a testament to the truth of his messiahship. This article contends that there is a further eschatological dimension to Mark’s account that tends to be overlooked in exegetical discussion: the death of Jesus has been narrated in such a way as to foreshadow the return of the Son of Man. For Mark, then, the cross not only make…
Philosophy (9 works) · Theology (9 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (5 works) · Biblical studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (4 works) · Judaism (3 works)