Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface and Acknowledgements VII
3. Contents IX
4. 1. Opening the Gospel 1
5. 2. Divination in Late Antique Christian Practice 21
6. 3. Divining Gospels: A Suppressed and Neglected Genre 51
7. 4. “Fearsome and Terrible Word of God:” A Closer Look at the Form and History of The Syriac Codex 85
8. 5. “You Will Find What You Seek:” The Divinatory Material of the Syriac Codex 97
9. 6. Interpreting Hermeneia: The Use and Function of the Divining Gospel 155
10. 7. Oracles of Biblical Interpretation: Examining the Relationship between Divination, John’s Gospel, and the User 177
11. 8. The Demise of the Divining Gospel 203
12. Bibliography 211
13. Appendix: Syriac Words in the Puššāqē 217
14. Indices 221