Approaches to New Testament Study (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement)

Porter, Stanley E. (Editor)/ Tombs, David (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1850755671 / ISBN 13: 9781850755678

Published by Sheffield Academic Pr, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Approaches to New Testament Study (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement)
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Pr
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1850755671
• ISBN 13: 9781850755678
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.55 kilograms

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Synopsis

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 practised in the guild today. The contributors and their topics include: C.A. Evans on source, form and redation 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, and 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.

About the Author

Stanley E. Porter is President, Dean, Professor of New Testament, and Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Worldview at McMaster Divinity College, Ontario. He has written and edited numerous books, and his recent publications include Linguistic Analysis of the Greek New Testament: Studies in Tools, Methods, and Practice and Paul and Ancient Rhetoric: Theory and Practice in the Hellenistic Context (with Bryan R. Dyer, Cambridge, forthcoming).