Studying the New Testament : A Fortress Introduction

Watch Bruce Chilton and Deirdre J. Good discuss their new book, Studying the New TesThis book offers an introduction to the literature of the New Testament, demonstrating how these writings can be approached and critically studied in an academic setting. Bruce Chilton and Deirdre J. Good, two respected New Testament scholars, provide a narrative of the historical context and social world of the books of the New Testament, a chronological survey of the Gospels and letters, and the remaining writings (Apocrypha, Apocalyptic) with their special focus on the emerging church. Together with textboxes, exercises, questions, further readings, maps, timeline, and glossary, this brief introduction surveys employs leading methods of study and equips students with the general literacy needed for successful and serious study of New Testament writings.

Bruce Chilton, a priest of the Anglican Communion and currently Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Bard College, is a scholar of early Christianity and Judaism. His most recent books are Aramaic Jesus: Tradition, Identity, and Christianity's Mother Tongue (Baylor University Press) and Berenice: Queen in Roman Judea (Yale University Press).

Deirdre J. Good is Professor of New Testament at General Theological Seminary, New York City. Her published works include Jesus' Family Values (2006) and Jesus the Meek King (1999).