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Martin Hengel
Paul, the first Christian author, the missionary to the Gentiles who may be said to be the founder of Christian theology, has long been a figure of prime importance to…
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Die Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) ist eine der renommiertesten internationalen Buchreihen zur neutestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Seit 1923 publiziert sie wegweisende Forschungsarbeiten zum fruhen Christentum und angrenzenden…
This is the fascinating story of a group of reformers who tried to go too fast, bungled their reform, and so changed the course of history. Hengel’s thesis is that…
In this book Martin Hengel asks how the word gospel could be used both by Paul for a proclamation that seems to include no narrative about the earthly Jesus and…
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Here Professor Hengel argues with a wealth of documentation that the traditional views of the origin and tradition of the Gospel of Mark have far more to be said for…
Hengel…here marshals a vast body of learning to illuminate brilliantly a few specific questions about the New Testament…. For anyone who has read much in contemporary European New Testament scholarship…
… Ebenso wie zu den beiden vorangegangenen Banden darf auch zu diesem die nachdruckliche Empfehlung ausgesprochen werden, sich durch eigene Lekture in die Werkstatt gelehrter Arbeit zu begeben und vom…
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Warum besitzt die Kirche vier verschiedene schriftliche Evangelien, obwohl es nach Paulus von Anfang an nur ein mundlich verkundigtes Evangelium gab? Martin Hengel versucht diese Frage zu beantworten, indem er…
Der funfte Band der Kleinen Schriften von Martin Hengel enthalt 27 Studien, die die Person und das Wirken Jesu und die vier Evangelien betreffen. Entstanden sind sie in einem Zeitraum…
‘Victory over Violence’
This book, ‘Victory over Violence’, deals with political theology - as it developed within Palestinian Judaism between 334 B.C. and the time of Christ, and as it…
Martin Hengel gathers an encyclopedic amount of material, ancient and modern, to present an exhaustive survey of the early course of Hellenistic civilization as it related to developing Judaism. The…
This short but highly significant study is the first real sequel to Professor Martin Hengel’s classic and monumental work ‘Judaism and Hellenism’. It demonstrates from a wealth of evidence, much…
Martin Hengel spent a lifetime studying the first three decades of Christianity - the span from Christ’s ascension to Paul’s conversion. This book presents a collection of six studies by…
Translation from German; originally published in various periodicals and books.
In recent years it has been increasingly suggested in some quarters that the doctrine of the atoning death of Christ did not come into being in the earliest stages of…
This volume brings together two important historical studies by Professor Hengel, Acts and the History of Earliest Christianity, and Property and Riches in the Early Church. Together they give a…
This short but highly significant study is the first real sequel to Professor Martin Hengel’s classic and monumental work Judaism and Hellenism. It demonstrates from a wealth of evidence, much…
How should Christians live in what is still an affluent society? What should be their attitude to money and to possessions ? How far has the welfare state relieved the…
It might well be claimed that there was more development in christology during the period from the crucifixion of Jesus to the writing of St Paul’s letter to the Philippians…
This learned study may claim to be the most comprehensive and detailed survey ever to have been published of the evidence of the use of crucifixion in the Graeco-Roman world…
This volume conveniently collects together three related short studies by Professor Hengel, The Son of God, Crucifixion and The Atonement. Together they form an important introduction to the crucial period…
he time between the conquests of Alexander the Great and the Maccabaean wars is one of the obscurest periods of Jewish history. Yet it is vitally important for our understanding…
Here Professor Hengel argues with a wealth of documentation that the traditional views of the origin and content of the Gospel of Mark have far more to be said for…
This work significantly advances the critical discussion of New Testament Christology. Hengel examines the titles Son and God. He points toward an inner consistency and dynamic in the development of…
What should be the Christian attitude toward money and possessions? Have our own possessions left us blind to the utopian vision of the first Christians? Is anything short of a…
Der funfte Band der Kleinen Schriften von Martin Hengel enthalt in chronologischer Reihenfolge ihrer Entstehung 27 Studien, die die Person und das Wirken Jesu und die vier Evangelien betreffen. Samtliche…
Man kann nur hoffen, dass diese uberragende Arbeit nicht nur als Nachschlagewerk bei Einzelfragen konsultiert wirde - so hilfreich und fast unerschopflich die Dienste der 69 Seiten Register auch sind…
Man kann nur hoffen, dass diese uberragende Arbeit nicht nur als Nachschlagewerk bei Einzelfragen konsultiert wirde - so hilfreich und fast unerschoepflich die Dienste der 69 Seiten Register auch sind…
Dieser Band enthalt 13 Studien von Martin Hengel zur neutestamentlichen Theologie, die zwischen 1967 und 2004 entstanden sind. In ihnen befasst er sich vor allem mit der Entstehung der Christologie…
Da die erste Auflage dieses Buches bereits nach wenigen Monaten vergriffen war, drucken wir eine unveranderte 2. Auflage. Martin Hengels erste Studie Petrus der Fels, Paulus und die Evangelientradition geht…
Collection of previously published material in German with one English essay.
Dr. Martin Hengel
Hengel’s classic work refers not only to all of Josephus’ works, but also to every relevant Rabbinic tractate, Qumran text, contemporary Latin or Greek author and biblical, apocryphal or pseudepigraphical…
Characteristically scholarly examination of the origin and authorship of the Fourth Gospel, within the context of the community to which it relates. Skilful detective work traces the trail back to…
Asks how the term ‘gospel’ came to be used both for proclamation and narrative, and why the church in forming the canon of scripture chose to include four different and…
Julius Wellhausen
Enclosed inter alia: Einleitung in die ersten drei Evangelien. Das Evangelium Matthaei
Taking as his starting-point Jesus’ saying in Matt 8:22, Let the dead bury the dead, Professor Hengel subjects Jesus’ discipleship sayings to a rigorous historical scrutiny. The sharp break with…
John Bowden,Martin Hengel
In a comprehensive and detailed survey on its remarkably widespread employment in the Roman empire, Dr. Hengel examines the way in which the most vile death of the cross was…
Given that Peter fades from view halfway through the book of Acts and that he left no gospel account in his name, it is tempting for many biblical scholars to…
Papers from a conference, Heilige Schrift im Fr'uhj'udentum und Fr'uhchristentum, May 16-19, 1991, at Schloss Mickeln, D'usseldorf. The first essay is from the conference The Aramaic Bible, July 1992, Dublin.
International conference proceedings, July 2010.
Martin Hengel,Anna Maria Schwemer
Der zweite Band dieser auf vier Bande ausgelegten Geschichte des fruhen Christentums umfasst die eigentliche Fruhzeit bis zum Apostelkonzil 48/49 n.Chr. und die Geschichte der palastinischen Judenchristen. Er beginnt mit…
Der siebte und letzte Band der ‘Kleinen Schriften’ umfasst 32 Texte, darunter zwei unveroeffentlichte. Der erste, groessere Teil enthalt unter anderem die kleine Monographie Christus und die Macht , einen…
A fresh exploration of Paul’s activities during the hidden years of his life, from his conversion in Damascus to his familiar ministry in the book of Acts. With an unparalled…
