Approaches to New Testament Study
Overview
This collection of essays attempts to display, through theoretical discussion and practical application, a number of the most prominent approaches to New Testament study being practiced in the guild today. The contributors and their topics include:
- C. A. Evans on source, form and redaction criticism
- T. R. Hatina on Jewish religious backgrounds
- S. E. Porter on literary approaches
- D. L. Stamps on rhetorical criticism
- K. D. Clarke on canonical scientific criticism
- D. Tombs on the hermeneutics of liberation
- B. Clack on feminist hermeneutics
The goal of the volume is to provide workable models for those interested in expanding or deepening their knowledge of the various approaches to New Testament study.
Top Highlights
“The movement was primarily interested in the special character and nature of the Bible, its difference from any other type of literature or system of thought, its relation to the Church and its proclamation, the unity of the Bible and the relation of the Old Testament to the New, and its place in the witness of the Church.18 At the same time, the movement emphasized that the God of the Bible was a God who acted in history, and, therefore, historical criticism, which focused upon this history, was the most appropriate method of biblical interpretation.” (Pages 177–178)
“The German scholars who applied form criticism to the Gospels assigned a great deal of the traditions to the early Church, rather than to Jesus himself.” (Page 28)
“Eichrodt developed the unifying biblical theme of ‘covenant’, while von Rad presented his theme of ‘salvation history’” (Page 178)
“magisterial works of Walter Eichrodt and Gerhard von Rad that the Biblical Theology Movement developed.19 Both” (Page 178)
“Redaction criticism is concerned with the manner in which the respective evangelists and their communities edited the written traditions. It is assumed that much can be learned about the evangelists and their communities by carefully observing what traditions were retained, how they were supplemented, how they were reworded, and how they were recontextualized.” (Page 33)
- Title: Approaches to New Testament Study
- Authors: Stanley E. Porter, David Tombs
- Volume: 120
- Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
- Print Publication Date: 1995
- Logos Release Date: 2007
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. › Study and teaching
- ISBNs: 9781850755678, 1850755671
- Resource ID: LLS:APPRNTSTUDY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-03-02T22:03:37Z
Stanley E. Porter received his B.A. at Point Loma College, an M.A. from Claremont Graduate School, another M.A. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield. He has taught for post-secondary institutions in Canada, the USA, and the UK.
David Tombs is Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Surrey Roehampton, London. He has contributed several books to the Studies in New Testament Greek and JSNTS Collection (16 Vols.) and the Library of NT Studies: JSNTS on Paul (17 Vols.).