Renewing Tradition: Studies in Texts and Contexts in Honor of James W. Thompson: 65 (Princeton Theological Monograph)

Description: We offer this collection as a token of our affection and admiration of our friend and colleague James Weldon Thompson. . . . His studies of the letter to the Hebrews and of Paul in their intellectual contexts (especially Middle Platonism) have contributed significantly to the ongoing quest for placing the New Testament in its socio-intellectual setting. Although his publications in this area date back more than thirty years his best work is occurring now and we may anticipate path-breaking contributions ahead. His more recent work on preaching and pastoral care in Paul both situate the Apostle in his own world and just as importantly offer correctives of some contemporary ministerial practices and invitations for improvements. Since 1993 Thompson has served as the editor of Restoration Quarterly a significant venue for research in biblical studies church history (especially of the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement) and contemporary theology. His more popular works make available to a lay audience thoughtful well-informed and spiritually rewarding interpretations of much of the New Testament. His achievements however do not end at the printing press. For more than thirty years he has taught ministers and others at the Institute for Christian Studies (now Austin Graduate School of Theology) and Abilene Christian University. Students of the past and the present speak of him as a prepared stimulating and creative teacher unafraid of experimentation for a new generation of learners. At both institutions he also served as an administrator first as President of ICS and then as Associate Dean of ACUs Graduate School of Theology. His colleagues respect his ability to enlist them for work as needed and otherwise to get out of their way certainly a too rare set of skills in university administrators! --from the Preface About the Contributor(s): Mark W. Hamilton is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Abilene Christian University and author most recently of The Body Royal: The Social Poetics of Kingship in Ancient Israel. Thomas H. Olbricht is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion at Pepperdine University. He is the author and editor of numerous works including most recently Lifted Up: Crucifixion Resurrection and Community in John. Jeffrey Peterson is Wright Professor of New Testament at Austin Graduate School of Theology. He is the author of many essays on early Christianity and its applicability to contemporary life.