?esed and the New Testament

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An Intertextual Categorization Study

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By Karen Nelson
Imprint: EISENBRAUNS
Release Date: August 18, 2025
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 298

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In the Hebrew Bible, ?esed (steadfast love, loyalty, devotion) denotes an important concept that is relevant to interpersonal relationships in every generation. In this book, Karen Nelson investigates New Testament engagement with that concept and the exegetical value of recognizing such engagement. This investigation employs an original hybrid of two methodological approaches: intertextuality, used to consider how New Testament authors appropriate texts that evoke ?esed or ?asid, and categorization, used to analyze and compare instances of the categories ?sd and ?syd within the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Nelson's work challenges assertions that the New Testament equivalent of ?esed is agape (love) or charis (grace). Rather, she contends that ?esed and ?asid are more likely to be evoked by the terms with which they are most often rendered in the Septuagint: eleos and hosios, respectively. Nelson rereads selected New Testament pericopes in light of ?esed, highlighting points about ongoing devotion to kinship and covenantal relationships often overlooked in those contexts and showing how New Testament authors and figures utilize the ?esed tradition to critique the contemporary socioreligious situation and encourage belief, enduring commitment, and appropriately changed lifestyles. Addressing a topic that spans the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, this study will be of value to biblical scholars, especially those who are interested in semantics.

Karen Nelson is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.

List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Typographical Conventions for Intertextual Categorization Chapter 1. ?esed and the New Testament: Goal, Obstacles, and Responses 1.1 Recovering ?esed 1.2 Obstacles and Responses Chapter 2. An Intertextual Categorization Study: Methodological Approaches 2.1 Intertextuality 2.2 Categorization 2.3 Intertextual Categorization and ?esed Chapter 3. Interpersonal Relationships in Ancient Israel: The Domain of ?esed Chapter 4. ?sd in the Hebrew Bible and Other Literature of the Second Temple Period 4.1 ?sd in the Hebrew Bible 4.2 ?sd in Other Literature of the Second Temple Period Chapter 5. ?syd in the Hebrew Bible and Other Literature of the Second Temple Period 5.1 ?syd in the Hebrew Bible 5.2 ?syd in Other Literature of the Second Temple Period Chapter 6. Greek Words That Evoke ?sd or ?syd 6.1 Eleos 6.2 Hosios 6.3 New Testament Occurrences of Eleos and Hosios Chapter 7. Eleos in Matthew's Gospel: A Weighty Matter of the Law 7.1 Intertextual Connections Between Eleos in Matthew's Gospel and ?sd in the Hebrew Bible 7.1 The Category ?SD in Matthew's Gospel 7.3 Exegetical Value of Recognizing Engagement with the Category ?SD in Matthew's Gospel 7.4 Conclusions Chapter 8. Eleos in Paul's Letters: The Reason for Gentiles Glorifying God 8.1 Intertextual Connections Between Eleos in Paul's Letters and ?sd in the Hebrew Bible 8.2 The Category ?SD in Romans and Galatians 8.3 Exegetical Value of Recognizing Engagement with the Category ?SD in Romans and Galatians 8.4 Conclusions Chapter 9. Eleos in Luke's Gospel: A Basis for Remembered Promises and Neighborly Actions 9.1 Intertextual Connections Between Eleos in Luke's Gospel and ?sd in the Hebrew Bible 9.2 The Category ?SD in Luke's Gospel 9.3 Exegetical Value of Recognizing Engagement with the Category ?SD in Luke's Gospel 9.4 Conclusions Chapter 10. Eleos in Other New Testament Books: Characteristic of God, Reason for Hope 10.1 Intertextual Connections Between Eleos in Hebrews, James, First Peter, Second John, and Jude and ?sd in the Hebrew Bible 10.2 The Category ?SD in First Peter 1:3-2:10 10.3 Exegetical Value of Recognizing Engagement with the Category ?SD in First Peter 1:3-2:10 10.4 Conclusions Chapter 11. Hosios in Acts: A Gift and Promises Concerning David and His Descendant 11.1 Intertextual Connections Between Hosios in Acts and ?sd or ?syd in the Hebrew Bible 11.2 The Categories ?SD and ?SYD in Acts 11.3 Exegetical Value of Recognizing Engagement with the Categories ?SD and ?SYD in Acts 11.4 Conclusions Chapter 12. Hosios in Other New Testament Books: A Description of the One Who Makes Faithful and Righteous Judgments 12.1 Intertextual Connections Between Hosios in First Timothy, Titus, Hebrews, and Revelation and ?syd in the Hebrew Bible 12.2 The Category ?SYD in Revelation 15-16 12.3 Exegetical Value of Recognizing Engagement with the Category ?SYD in Revelation 15-16 12.4 Conclusions Chapter 13. ?SD, ?SYD, Eleos, and Hosios in the New Testament 13.1 The Categories ?SD and ?SYD in the New Testament 13.2 Eleos in the New Testament 13.3 Hosios in the New Testament Chapter 14. ?esed and the New Testament: Conclusions and Outlook 14.1 Evidence of New Testament Engagement with the Concept Corresponding to ?esed 14.2 Aspects of New Testament Engagement with the Concept Corresponding to ?esed 14.3 Exegetical Value of Recognizing New Testament Engagement with the Concept Corresponding to ?esed 14.4 Conclusion 14.5 Limitations and Implications Appendixes 1. Hebrew Bible Occurrences of ??? and ???? 2. LXX Occurrences of ?????, ?????, and ????? 3. Occurrences of ??? and ???? in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Sirach Bibliography Index

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