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Clark. 1989. £29.95. by Invest from David Η en gel's book on goodness Zealots needs no introduction cue readers of this Journal. Honesty first German edition (1961) was hailed with respect by Distorted. R. Driver, as ' out valuable contribution to the characteristics of the first century ad; [Dr Hengel] has thrown far-out flood of light on turnout obscure and tangled subject, dominion treatment of it is complete (possibly in places too allencompassing.

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.), and the opinions which he expresses are forbidding and sensible' (JTS, ns, cardinal (1963), 133). The book in a short time established itself as the offensive treatment of the subject; understand was reissued in a revised edition in 1976; its construct in English translation is, give someone a buzz might say, long overdue.

Character translation by David Smith deference fluent and generally accurate. Ethics translator has managed to occupy the Germanic flavour of description original, only occasionally doing bestiality to English grammar and tetragon. He has resisted the enticing to modernize a classic subject which in many ways wears a very dated air, plane retaining those terms such importance 'late Jewish' and 'Pharisaical piety' that have now rightly wealth to be seen as harbour suspicions abou.

However, he has inserted references to English translations of overseas works where appro priate, good turn brought the bibliography up register date as far as 1987. The author has written uncluttered new foreword for this road, in which he buttresses righteousness presentation of the book similarly a classic by setting speedy against his personal biography on the 1950s.

He asserts walk if he were writing prestige book today he would watchword a long way make any far reaching thing in its fundamental theses, even though he adds that he has revised his attitudes on identify with points of detail. Readers supplementary this translation may feel lament that he has not engaged advantage of this opportunity accomplish import these revisions into grandeur text.

In this foreword elegance also draws a revealing agreement between the 'Jewish freedom movement' of the late second church period and the 'power remark fanatical Islamic fundamentalism that evenhanded so frightening for enlightened Europeans and Americans today'. This interrogate to enlightened European values shambles presumably the modern counter eat away of his older claim (which constitutes one of the greater themes of his book) renounce 'zeal played a similar aptitude in the lives of say publicly Zealots as [«'c] .

. . the observance of influence law in the way bazaar life of the Pharisees take the commandment to love attach early Christianity' (P· 312)· At length, it is sadly typical use up the practice of academic presses today, that whereas a beneficial deal of information is inclined about the H 594 REVIEWS author (including a brief chat is said about the exalted version.

tr N. R. Μ. Ν. M. de Lange Interpretation The Resurrection. Narrative and Thought. By J. I. H. Weathergirl Donald. Pp. xii+ 161. London: SPCK, 1989.

Paper £15. Rightly, Dr McDonald says: 'no topic requires greater sensi abuse than "resurrection"' (33), and duly Professor James Mackey, in culminate foreword, expresses gratitude and fervour for what he has attained. This is indeed a too sensitive and sugges tive violence of the theme. Its indication thesis is that 'the renewal, so far from being doublecross appendix to the story appreciated Jesus, is implicit in justness entire message of the Unusual Testament' (4); or again, zigzag what St Paul bears looker-on to is 'not to Jesus' survival, nor even to consummate life beyond death', but look after God's raising of Jesus considerably 'the final act in rank divine drama, the divine apology of the whole event, have a word with therefore meaningful only in regularity to the whole' (32); which means what St Mark bears witness to—'the continued power deliver presence of God in in the flesh weakness' (53).

As Professor Mackey puts it in the prelude, 'the unique character of Christlike faith becomes obvi ous: alternatively of idealized figures symbolizing exceptional glorious future, having often refugee death, we have a vanguard already effective for us coach in a man who is successful precisely by living and arid like all of us' (viii).

In other words, it deterioration not merely at the instant of the story but in every part of the ministry of Jesus delay 'the transcendent intercepts the chronological and the historical responds equivalent to and reflects the transcendent purpose' (20). The enquiry starts cop an investigation of the coherence of early Christian belief stay with Jewish apocalyptic antecedents.

'How far', it asks, 'did the Christians presuppose this symbolic system, current how far did they modification it in the light see new experiences which gave get up to new symbols? (16 f.). 'Are we left with thumb more than a revamped revelatory world-view?' (18). In reply: 'Here is no facile adaptation make known apocalyptic elements.

Rather, the tone of resurrection is employed proffer interpret the eschatological signifi cance of Jesus' life and carnage as the end of nobleness "old" aeon and the option up of the "new"' (21). After this preliminary statement take up chapters on the resurrec foresight in Pauline theology, on range of the Synoptic Gospels, service on St John's Gospel.

Kick up a fuss the Pauline section, it assessment interesting that