The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
Part of Cambridge Companions to Religion
- Editor: Patrick Gray, Rhodes College, Memphis
- Date Published: May 2021
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108437707
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This Companion volume offers a concise and engaging introduction to the New Testament. Including twenty-two especially-commissioned essays, written by an international team of scholars, it examines a range of topics related to the historical and religious contexts in which the contents of the Christian canon emerged. Providing an overview of the critical approaches and methods currently applied to the study of biblical texts, it also includes chapters on each of the writings in the New Testament. The volume serves as an excellent resource for students who have some familiarity with the New Testament and who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the state of academic discussion and debate. Readers will also gain a sense of the new research questions that are emerging from current scholarship.
Read more- Introduces the New Testament in its historical context, as well as critical approaches, for a non-specialist audience
- Contains sections on the background, content, and methods of studying the New Testament
- Resource for students who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the state of academic discussion and debate
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'Overall, the volume offers a wonderful overview for beginning students or curious readers and effectively presents the issues in New Testament studies. Thus, it is a guide for those who wish to take a deeper dive into any particular facet of the New Testament. Every essay includes helpful footnotes, and suggestions for further reading appear at the end of each essay. A useful index of both names and concepts offers quick referencing ... Recommended.' A. L. Kolp, Choice Connect
See more reviews'The book achieves its purpose very well and with consistently lucid, engaging, and insightful essays written by a stellar team of biblical scholars. … it is a current, concise, and fine overview that will be especially beneficial to graduate students in biblical studies and to pastors and others who want to update their knowledge of an ever-developing field of study.' Wiliam E. W. Robinson, Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology
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- Date Published: May 2021
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108437707
- length: 400 pages
- dimensions: 150 x 230 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.63kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Historical Context:
1. The social and political milieu Helen K. Bond
2. The religious and philosophical milieu John T. Fitzgerald
3. The historical Jesus Sarah E. Rollens and Anthony C. Le Donne
4. The life and letters of Paul Margaret M. Mitchell
Part II. The New Testament Writings:
5. The gospel of Mark Michael F. Bird
6. The gospel of Matthew Paul Foster
7. The Third gospel and the acts of the Apostles Mikeal C. Parsons
8. The gospel of John George Parsenios
9. 1-2 Thessalonians Nijay Gupta
10. 1-2 Corinthians Alexandra Brown
11. Romans and Galatians Matthew V. Novenson
12. The Prison Epistles Jerry Sumney
13. Letters to Paul's associates (1-2 Timothy, Titus) Benjamin White
14. The Letter to the Hebrews David M. Moffitt
15. The general epistles Patrick J. Hartin
16. Revelation Leslie Baynes
Part III. Methods and Modes of Interpretation:
17. The canon of the new testament Julia Snyder
18. Historical-critical methods James W. Barker
19. Literary approaches Elizabeth E. Shively
20. Social sciences, social history, and ideology James Crossley
24. The new testament and theology Kevin J. Vanhoozer.
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