Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation

by Joel B. Green (Editor)

Overview

A distinguished group of scholars here introduces and illustrates the array of strategies and methods used in New Testament study today. Standard approaches — text criticism, historical methods, etc. — appear side by side with newer approaches — narrative criticism, Latino-Latina hermeneutics, theological interpretation of the New Testament, and more. First published in 1995,Hearing the New Testament is now revised and updated, including rewritten chapters, new chapters, and new suggestions for further reading.

Contributors:

• Efrain Agosto
• Loveday C. A. Alexander
• James L. Bailey
• Stephen C. Barton
• Richard Bauckham
• C. Clifton Black
• Holly J. Carey
• Bart D. Ehrman
• Stephen E. Fowl
• Joel B. Green
• Richard B. Hays
• Mark Allan Powell
• Emerson B. Powery
• F. Scott Spencer
• Max Turner
• Kevin J. Vanhoozer
• Robert W. Wall

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802864208
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	03/10/2010
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	444
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Joel B. Green is Senior Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the editor of the New International Commentary on the New Testament and coauthor of Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology (second edition).

Table of Contents

Abbreviations vii

Contributors xi

1 The Challenge of Hearing the New Testament Joel B. Green 1

2 Textual Criticism of the New Testament Bart D. Ehrman 15

3 Historical Criticism and Social-Scientific Perspectives in New Testament Study Stephen C. Barton 34

4 The Relevance of Extra canonical Jewish Texts to New Testament Study Richard Bauckham 65

5 The Relevance of Greco-Roman Literature and Culture to New Testament Study Loveday C. A. Alexander 85

6 Traditio-Historicai Criticism Holly J. Carey 102

7 The Use of the Old Testament by New Testament Writers Richard B. Hays Joel B. Green 122

8 Genre Analysis James L Bailey 140

9 Rhetorical Criticism C. Clifton Black 166

10 Modern Linguistics and Word Study in the New Testament Max Turner 189

11 Discourse Analysis and New Testament Interpretation Joel B. Green 218

12 Narrative Criticism Mark Allan Powell 240

13 The Reader in New Testament Interpretation Kevin J. Vanhoozer 259

14 Feminist Criticism F. Scott Spencer 289

15 African American Criticism Emerson B. Powery 326

16 Latino/a Hermeneutics Efrain Agosto 350

17 Reading the New Testament in Canonical Context Robert W. Wall 372

18 The New Testament, Theology, and Ethics Stephen E. Fowl 397

Index of Modern Authors 414

Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources 423

Editorial Reviews

From reviews of the first edition

Religious Studies Review
"Highly recommended for supplementary reading in NT classes. Its general accuracy, moderation, freedom from bias, and concision are welcome."

Interpretation
"Beautifully written and edited, deceptively sophisticated, and uncommonly rich in insights into biblical interpretation."

From the Publisher

"Guides to exegesis and exegetical methods have certainly proliferated in the last decade, but it will be much harder to offer another after Joel Green's fine volume.... An excellent exposure to the spectrum of exegetical methods and ideological criticism, easily the best on the market today."

Ashland Theological Journal

"The articles are generally very well conceived and written.... Most of the essays contain current, annotated, and very helpful suggestions for further reading. This is one of the more valuable features of the collection for those who want to pursue a particular method or strategy beyond the introduction provided here."

Catholic Biblical Quarterly

The book serves well as an introduction to the various old and new ways of reading and hearing the New Testament and is to be recommended for beginning theological students and for pastors to keep up with more recent developments in the interpretation of the New Testament.

Theology & Mission Currents in

A useful introduction to exegetical method for those who already know a little of the art.

Heythrop Journal

"A sophisticated introduction to the complex task of interpreting New Testament texts.... This volume is beautifully written and edited, deceptively sophisticated, and uncommonly rich in insights into biblical interpretation. Scholars and students alike will find this work an invaluable resource in learning and assessing the ways of contemporary scholars as they attempt to discern the fullest depth of meaning in the New Testament."

Interpretation

A clear and accessible place to begin and good suggestion about how one might proceed.

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

Highly recommended for supplementary reading in NT classes. Its general accuracy, moderation, freedom from bias, and concision are a welcome respite from a current, confusing, all-too-prevalent blizzard of paper or bytes.

Religious Studies Review

Readers of this collection will gain valuable insights not only into the theoretical operations of an array of current interpretive methodologies but the practical applicability of each as well. This text is an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate introductory courses to the NT. Likewise, it is must reading for ministers and Bible class teachers as a valuable aid to plumbing the depths of meaning in the NT and communicating the meanings to today's church.

Restoration Quarterly