The New Testament in Comparison : Validity, Method, and Purpose in Comparing Traditions

Dr. John M.G. Barclay

ISBN 10: 0567684784 / ISBN 13: 9780567684783

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Jan 2020, 2020

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Neuware - The nine essays in this volume, written by leading international scholars in New Testament studies, examine in new depth the method of comparison so frequently deployed in the study of the New Testament. They raise and reflect on deep questions on the possibility and validity of such comparative exercise, on the methods that are most effective and intellectually defensible, on the purpose of such comparison, and on the perils and pitfalls in such exercises. Addressing these questions at both a theoretical, hermeneutical level, and through case-studies of actual examples, the book provides a much needed and up-to-date methodological resource for the numerous comparative projects spawned by New Testament studies throughout the world.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Testament in Comparison : Validity, Method, and Purpose in Comparing Traditions
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Jan 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567684784
• ISBN 13: 9780567684783
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 0D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 0 millimeters depth
• Weight: 485 grams

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Synopsis

The nine essays in this volume, written by leading international scholars in New Testament studies, examine in new depth the method of comparison so frequently deployed in the study of the New Testament. They raise and reflect on deep questions on the possibility and validity of such comparative exercise, on the methods that are most effective and intellectually defensible, on the purpose of such comparison, and on the perils and pitfalls in such exercises. Addressing these questions at both a theoretical, hermeneutical level, and through case-studies of actual examples, the book provides a much needed and up-to-date methodological resource for the numerous comparative projects spawned by New Testament studies throughout the world.

About the Authors

John M.G. Barclay is Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham, UK.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.

B.G. White is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at The King College, New York City, USA.