The Face of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research

The Face of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research

The Face of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research

The Face of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research

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Overview

In The Face of New Testament Studies, editors Scot McKnight and Grant R. Osborne bring together New Testament experts who track developments in their specialized fields of research-and why those developments are important. It provides scholars and students with a useful survey of the "state-of-the-question" in New Testament Studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441206459
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/01/2004
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 544
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Scot McKnight (PhD, University of Nottingham) is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois, and the author of more than twenty books, including A Community Called Atonement.

Grant R. Osborne (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of a number of books, including The Hermeneutical Spiral.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors7
Preface9
List of Abbreviations11
Part 1Context of the New Testament
1.Galilee and Judea: The Social World of Jesus21
2.The Roman Empire and Asia Minor36
Part 2New Testament Hermeneutics
3.Textual Criticism: Recent Developments59
4.Greek Grammar and Syntax76
5.General Hermeneutics104
6.Embodying the Word: Social-Scientific Interpretation of the New Testament118
7.The Old Testament in the New130
Part 3Jesus
8.Jesus of Nazareth149
9.Modern Approaches to the Parables177
10.The History of Miracles in the History of Jesus191
11.John and Jesus209
Part 4Earliest Christianity
12.Acts: Many Questions, Many Answers229
13.James, Jesus' Brother251
14.Matthew: Christian Judaism or Jewish Christianity?263
15.Paul: Life and Letters283
16.Paul's Theology326
17.Luke349
18.The Petrine Epistles: Recent Developments and Trends373
19.Mark's Gospel391
20.Hebrews in Its First-Century Contexts: Recent Research414
21.The Johannine Gospel in Recent Research444
22.Recent Trends in the Study of the Apocalypse473
Subject Index505
Author Index515
Scripture Index533
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