Encounter with the New Testament: An Interdisciplinary Approach

An exemplary text, Russell Pregeant's Engaging the New Testament (1995) has provided a rich interdisciplinary New Testament introduction for upperlevel and graduate students, incorporating a wide range of methodsliterary, historical, psychological, theological, and socialscientific, and critically perceptive introductions to each of the New Testament writings.

Encounter with the New Testament adapts and abridges the best features of that textbook for beginning undergraduate students surveying approaches to biblical studies, and discussing historical and cultural backgrounds, the historical Jesus, and the rise of the resurrection faith with attention to extracanonical materials. The textbook includes charts, maps, illustrations, reading suggestions, and more.

Russell Pregeant is Professor of Religion and Chaplain at Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts, and Lecturer in New Testament at Andover Newton Theological School. He is author of several books, including the Fortress textbook Engaging the New Testament (1995,) and Knowing Truth, Doing Good: Engaging New Testament Ethics.