Full Description
This second edition of An Introduction to the New Testament provides readers with pertinent material and a helpful framework that will guide them in their understanding of the New Testament texts. Many new and diverse cultural, historical, social-scientific, sociorhetorical, narrative, textual, and contextual studies have been examined since the publication of the first edition, which was in print for twenty years.
The authors retain the original tripartite arrangement on 1) The world of the New Testament, 2) Interpreting the New Testament, and 3) Jesus and early Christianity. An appropriate book for anyone who seeks to better understand what is involved in the exegesis of New Testaments texts today.
Contents
List of Figures, Charts, and Maps
List of Abbreviations
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
PART 1: The World of the New Testament
1 The Greco-Roman Context of the New Testament
2 The Jewish World of the New Testament
3 The Language of the New Testament
4 The Text of the New Testament
PART 2: Interpreting the New Testament
5 The Historical Methods of Criticism
6 The Genres of the Gospels and Acts
7 The Ancient Letter Genre
8 The Genres of the Apocalypse (Revelation) of John
PART 3: Jesus and Early Christianity
9 Reconstructing a Chronology of Jesus's Life
10 The Historical Jesus
11 The Message of Jesus
12 A Chronology of Paul's Life
13 The Major Phases of Early Christianity
14 Emerging Christian Orthodoxy: Part 1
15 Emerging Christian Orthodoxy: Part 2
Appendix A: The Formation of the New Testament Canon
Appendix B: English Translations of the New Testament
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Texts
Index of Modern Authors
