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Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

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Matt Jackson-McCabe

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The Law Of Freedom (James 1:25): Light From Ancient Exegesis, Matt Jackson-Mccabe Mar 2013

The Law Of Freedom (James 1:25): Light From Ancient Exegesis, Matt Jackson-Mccabe

Matt Jackson-McCabe

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Philo And Paul Among The Sophists: Alexandrian And Corinthians Responses To A Julio-Claudian Movement, Matt Jackson-Mccabe Mar 2013

Philo And Paul Among The Sophists: Alexandrian And Corinthians Responses To A Julio-Claudian Movement, Matt Jackson-Mccabe

Matt Jackson-McCabe

No abstract provided.


Wort Als Gesetz: Eine Untersuchung Zum Verstandnis Von `Wort' Und Gesetz' In Israelitisch-Fruhjudischen Und Neutestamentlichen Schriften: Gleichzeitig Ein Beitrag Zur Theologie Des Jakobusbriefes, Matt Jackson-Mccabe Mar 2013

Wort Als Gesetz: Eine Untersuchung Zum Verstandnis Von `Wort' Und Gesetz' In Israelitisch-Fruhjudischen Und Neutestamentlichen Schriften: Gleichzeitig Ein Beitrag Zur Theologie Des Jakobusbriefes, Matt Jackson-Mccabe

Matt Jackson-McCabe

Reviews the book `Wort als Gesetz: Eine Untersuchung zum Verstandnis von `Wort' und 'Gesetz' in israelitisch-fruhjudischen und neutestamentlichen Schriften: Gleichzeitig ein Beitrag zur Theologie des Jakobusbriefes,' by Martina Ludwig.


To Tell The Mystery: Essays On New Testament Eschatology In Honor Of Robert H. Gundry, Matt Jackson-Mccabe Mar 2013

To Tell The Mystery: Essays On New Testament Eschatology In Honor Of Robert H. Gundry, Matt Jackson-Mccabe

Matt Jackson-McCabe

Reviews the book `To Tell the Mystery: Essays on New Testament Exchatology in Honor of Robert H. Gundry,' edited by Thomas E. Schmidt and Moises Silva.


Revisiting Paul's Doctrine Of Justification: A Challenge To The New Perspective: With An Essay By Donald A. Hagner, Matt Jackson-Mccabe Mar 2013

Revisiting Paul's Doctrine Of Justification: A Challenge To The New Perspective: With An Essay By Donald A. Hagner, Matt Jackson-Mccabe

Matt Jackson-McCabe

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Logos And Law In The Letter Of James : The Law Of Nature, The Law Of Moses, And The Law Of Freedom, Matt Jackson-Mccabe Oct 2012

Logos And Law In The Letter Of James : The Law Of Nature, The Law Of Moses, And The Law Of Freedom, Matt Jackson-Mccabe

Matt Jackson-McCabe

This study examines the association of "implanted logos" and the "perfect law of freedom" in the Letter of James. It argues that James understands the Torah to be a written expression of the divine law the Stoics correlated with human reason. After showing how past interpretation of James's logos has been guided by a problematic essentialist approach to Christian origins, the Stoic theory of law is reconstructed with special attention to Cicero's concept of "implanted reason." Adaptations of the Stoic theory in ancient Jewish and Christian literature are examined, and the Letter of James is analyzed in detail. The work …


The Stoic Theory Of Implanted Preconceptions, Matt Jackson-Mccabe Oct 2012

The Stoic Theory Of Implanted Preconceptions, Matt Jackson-Mccabe

Matt Jackson-McCabe

A number of late Stoic sources describe either ethical concepts or a supposed universal belief in gods as being innate in the human animal. Though Chrysippus himself is known to have spoken of "implanted preconceptions" (ε¨μφυτοιπρολν´ψειζ) of good and bad, scholars have typically argued that the notion of innate concepts of any kind would have been entirely incompatible with his theory of knowledge. Both Epictetus' notion of innate concepts of good and bad and the references to an innate belief in gods by other philosophers of the Roman era are thus generally held to be later developments, probably owing to …