Studying lectionary texts? Here are some starting places for study at ATLA this week. If you are the graduate of an accredited U.S. theological school, you may have free access to these articles through your school. Check ATLAS access options. You can find full lists of ATLAS recommended articles for this week at The Text This Week's page for this week's texts:
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- Juel, Donald, "Social Dimensions of Exegesis: The Use of Psalm 16 in Acts 2," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1981.
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“Apart from a few studies,1 most interpretations of Peter's speech in Acts 2 pay little heed to the way passages from Joel and Psalm 16 are read. That is all the more unfortunate, since the interpretive style is virtually unique in the NT. This essay seeks both to clarify the role which Psalm 16 plays in Peter's speech and to describe and account for the remarkable exegetical style encountered in Acts.”
- Tiede, David L., "Expository Article, Acts 2:1-47,"Interpretation, 1979.
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“…in the context of Acts these marvelous features are but the backdrop for the greater wonder that the descent of the Spirit marked the bestowal of the gift of repentance to Israel in the name of the exalted Jesus who had been executed. The miracle of Pentecost was the reconstitution of faithful Israel.”
- Trull, Gregory V., "Views on Peter's Use of Psalm 16:8-11 in Acts 2:25-32," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2004.
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“Most scholars agree that the New Testament interprets Psalm 16 as having the sense of Messiah's resurrection and the referent of Jesus. Significant distinctions surface, though, in scholars' views of the original sense and referent of Psalm 16 and in the proposed connection between the original meaning and the New Testament interpretation.”
- Kendall, David W., "Expository Article, 1 Peter 1:3-9," Interpretation, 1987.
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“What of the rest of us modern, western Christians? How does our text address those of us who are neither afflicted nor called to suffer for the sake of Christ? Indeed, how does (can) First Peter's vision of Christian hope speak to our situation in which Christian living often goes hand in hand with the comfort and convenience of ‘the good life’?”
- Schertz, "Radical Trust in the Just Judge: The Easter Texts of 1 Peter," Word & World, 2004.
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“First Peter's call to obedience and suffering has sometimes been sorely abused in the church's interpretation, turning a blind eye to violence against the oppressed. But this letter can also serve as a call to renounce violence, as did Christ himself, in a way that can transform evil into good.”
- Breuer, Sarah Dylan, "Never-Ending Story," The Christian Century, 2007.
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“But the story never ends there. A week after Thomas's missed opportunity, Jesus comes back with a greeting of peace and an invitation to experience the wounded and risen life of the Christ. Legend has it that Thomas was so transformed and inspired that he proclaimed the Good News in Syria and India, and gave his life in imitation of the one whose wounds he had touched.”
- Clayton, Kimberly L., "The Easter Texts: Getting Hold (or not) of Easter," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2007.
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“Think of those disciples hunkered down in fear in that house, perhaps turning accusing eyes on one another following Jesus' arrest and death. Or perhaps each disciple in that room blamed himself for all that had gone wrong. The atmosphere may have been so dark that it is no wonder Thomas—who had missed the first visit of the Risen Lord—refused to believe a word they said!”
- Harstine, Stan, "Un-Doubting Thomas: Recognition Scenes in the Ancient World,"Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2006.
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“This paper will survey the recognition scenes in the Fourth Gospel and Homer's Odyssey in order to identify some common literary conventions available to ancient auditors in these "type scenes." A further examination of the usage of the word ATTÌSTOS in classical literature will be made in order to approximate the historical context of Thomas's words in the first century. After highlighting these literary conventions, both ancient and modern, this paper asks its readers whether or not they should "un-doubt" Thomas.”
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