Corpus-Paul

[Robert M Schacht <bobschacht AT juno.com>]

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 15:04:08 +0100 "J.E.Harding"
<BSP97JEH AT sheffield.ac.uk> writes:
>.... We need to remember that the authors of 
>the NT writings were immersed in the Scriptures to a far greater 
>extent than we can really imagine...

Really? I would appreciate a summary of the evidence for this. Certainly,
Matthew contains many 'proof texts', but isn't it the case that the list
of  "scriptures" the NT authors were "immersed" in were rather selective?


>
>I have recently been working on Luke's Gospel in light of the Greek 
>versions of the OT, and it has struck me that there is a fine line 
>between an allusion to an OT passage and an example of drawing on a 
>pool of terms and concepts to which OT passages have contributed.
>

I would appreciate a summary of your conclusions about the OT books with
which Luke was familiar. "Scriptures" to the NT authors meant, of course,
various scrolls.  I take it as relatively easy to demonstrate that many
of the NT authors were familiar with, if not "immersed in" Isaiah, the
Psalms, and parts of the Torah (Genesis, as in Paul's use of the Abraham
material; Exodus?  Deuteronomy?), but what else?

These questions are germaine to this list in that it is pertinent to know
not only what Paul was familiar with, but also what he could assume that
his Jewish audiences were familiar with.

thanks,
Bob
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