Seeing the Word: Refocusing New Testament Study (Studies in Theological Interpretation)

Markus Bockmuehl

ISBN 10: 0801027616 / ISBN 13: 9780801027611

Published by Baker Academic, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Seeing the Word: Refocusing New Testament Study (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801027616
• ISBN 13: 9780801027611
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

At a time of deep disagreements about the nature and purpose of academic biblical studies, Markus Bockmuehl advocates the recovery of a plural but common conversation on the subject of what the New Testament is about.

Seeing the Word begins with an assessment of current New Testament studies, identifying both persistent challenges and some promising proposals. Subsequent chapters explore two such proposals. First, ground for common conversation lies in taking seriously the readers and readings the text implies. Second, Bockmuehl explores the text's early effective history by a study of apostolic memory in the early church.

All serious students of the Bible and theology will find much of interest, and much to discuss, in this first volume in the Studies in Theological Interpretation series.

About the Author

Markus Bockmuehl (PhD, University of Cambridge) is the Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of Keble College. He previously taught at the University of Cambridge and the University of St. Andrews. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Simon Peter in Scripture and Memory, Seeing the Word, and This Jesus: Martyr, Lord, Messiah.