Taught by God

In the last issue of the Tyndale Bulletin (58.2-2007, pp. 313-316) , Stephen E. Witmer is presenting his own Ph D thesis, from University of Cambridge, 2007:Taught by God: Divine Instruction in Early Christianity.His supervisor was Graham N. Stanton.
"The study investigates one aspect of early Christian self-understanding, the conviction of some early followers of Jesus that they had been, and were being, taught by God in fulfilment of OT prophetic promises (most importantly, Isa. 54:13 and Jer. 31:33-34)."
It seems that the study is concentrating on the idea of divine instruction in the Johannine corpus, but also with brief chapters focusing on the Pauline writings and Matthew.
Part One; 'Divine Instruction in the OT and early Jewish literature' is supposed to provide a context for understanding the NT: Chap Two concerns divine instruction in the OT; Chap 3 examines the concept of divine instruction in early Jewish literature, with special attention to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Philo.

According to Witmer then, "Investigation of Philo's writings demonstrates that while Philo has a robust concept of divine instruction, his understanding is very different: it is more indepted to Greek educational ideas and personal observation that to the OT. Philo never draws on the OT prophetic promises mentioned above, and never develops an understanding of eschatological divine instruction."Part Two then deals with the Johannine literature, and Part Three with Divine instruction in Paul and Matthew.

I have, alas, no further publication info on this dissertation.