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New Testament - A Contemporary Introduction
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Description
An accessible introduction to the New Testament, offering up-to-date historical-critical scholarship and diverse critical perspectives
The New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction presents a concise account of the emergence of Jesus traditions in the broader context of ancient Mediterranean history. Incorporating established historical approaches and alternative academic analyses, this innovative textbook helps students understand the historical and political contexts of the authors and their audiences, and how different social identities and lived experiences influenced the formation of the Bible and its later interpretations.
Accomplished scholar Colleen Conway emphasizes the cultural and literary context of the New Testament while drawing from historical, postcolonial, gender, feminist, and intersectional analyses of biblical texts. Throughout the book, students explore how issues of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and power dynamics contributed to the production of the New Testament texts and continue to inform their interpretation in the 21st century.
Through twelve chronologically organized chapters, this book examines Paul's mission to the Gentiles, unity and conflict in Paul's communities, the four Gospel narratives, the Revelation to John, Hebrews, 1 Peter, the New Testament canon, early Christian writings, and more. The New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction:
* Provides an up-to-date introduction to historical and critical methods and central questions in the field
* Helps students contextualize the different writings of the New Testament as part of the Mediterranean world of the first century, for example exploring how Roman Imperial rule and social stratification affected the authors of New Testament texts
* Discusses how ideas about gender and race affect the meaning and application of New Testament texts
* Features "Contemporary Voices" sections highlighting the work of modern New Testament scholars
* Includes numerous pedagogical tools such as chapter review questions, key term lists, suggested readings, a timeline, maps, illustrations, photographs, a glossary, and much more
Designed for undergraduate students with varying levels of biblical knowledge, The New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction is an ideal textbook for one-semester religious studies courses on the Bible, the New Testament, or early Christianity, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in history, sociology and philosophy.
List of contents
List of Figures xi
List of Maps xiii
List of Boxes xv
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xix
Timeline xxi
Prologue: Orientation to the Academic Study of the New Testament 1
Chapter Overview 1
A Contemporary Introduction to the New Testament 1
Different Designations and Different Bibles 4
The Contents of the New Testament 6
Abbreviations, Translations, and Annotations 7
New Terminology for Old Texts 13
Prologue Review 15
Resources for Further Study 15
Appendix: Translation and Paraphrase Comparison of John 1:18 15
1 The New Testament Writings in Multiple Contexts 17
Chapter Overview 17
A History of Trauma under Imperial Rule 17
The New Testament Writings in their Ancient Literary Context 21
The New Testament Writings in their Ancient Social Context 22
Focus Text: Acts 16:11-40 25
Conclusion: The New Testament in a Complex World 27
Chapter One Review 28
Resources for Further Study 28
2 The Jesus Movement in the Context of the Roman Empire 29
Chapter Overview 29
Rome Comes to Jerusalem 29
Searching for the Historical Jesus: Problems and Proposals 33
The Earliest Jesus Traditions 39
Chapter Two Review 43
Resources for Further Study 43
3 Introducing Paul and His Letters 45
Chapter Overview 45
Introduction to the Study of the Pauline Letters 46
Paul's Earliest Surviving Letter: 1 Thessalonians 51
Paul's Letter to the Philippians 54
Paul's Letter to Philemon 57
Chapter Three Review 59
Resources for Further Study 60
4 Reading Paul within Judaism: Galatians and Romans 61
Chapter Overview 61
Paul's Gentile Problem in Galatia 62
Paul on his "Earlier Life" (Gal 1:13) 64
Why and Why Not Circumcision in Galatia? 65
Paul's Letter to the Romans: The Righteousness of God in Relation to Jews and Gentiles 69
The Problem of Israel and the Place of the Gentiles (Romans 9-11) 75
Chapter Four Review 77
Resources for Further Study 77
5 Conflicts with the Corinthian Christ Group 79
Chapter Overview 79
The Urban Setting of Corinth 80
Status Problems in Corinth 83
Conflicts over the Body and Sexuality in Corinth 85ii
Conflicts over Meat Consumption in Corinth 87
Disputing Ritual Practices in Corinth 88
Afflictions and Accusations in 2 Corinthians 90
Disputes Regarding the Collection for Jerusalem (2 Corinthians 8-9) 92
Paul's Self-Defense
against Gendered Status Attacks 93
Focus Text: 2 Cor 11:16-12:13 94
Chapter Five Review 95
Resources for Further Study 95
6 Claiming Pauline Authority: Later Trajectories of Pauline Traditions 97
Chapter Overview 97
Ancient Pseudonymity and the New Testament Writers 98
Three Deutero-Pauline Letters: 2 Thessalonians, Colossians, and Ephesians 99
Conforming to Roman Imperial Values: The New Testament Household Codes 104
More Deutero-Pauline Letters: 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus 105
The Paul of Legend: The Acts of Paul and Thecla 108
From Local Letters to Scriptural Authority 109
Chapter Six Review 111
Resources for Further Study 111
7 The Gospel of Mark: Suffering and Trauma under Imperial Rule 113
Chapter Overview 113
The Jewish War (66-70 ce) 114
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About the author
Colleen M. Conway is Professor of Religion at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ and Executive Editor of the journal Biblical Interpretation. She has published widely in the areas of gender criticism, biblical masculinity studies, the Gospel of John, and reception history of the Bible. Her recent publications include A Contemporary Introduction to the Bible: Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts, Second Edition, co-authored with David M. Carr (Wiley Blackwell, 2021), John and the Johannine Letters (2017), Sex and Slaughter in the Tent of Jael (2016).
Summary
An accessible introduction to the New Testament, offering up-to-date historical-critical scholarship and diverse critical perspectives
The New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction presents a concise account of the emergence of Jesus traditions in the broader context of ancient Mediterranean history. Incorporating established historical approaches and alternative academic analyses, this innovative textbook helps students understand the historical and political contexts of the authors and their audiences, and how different social identities and lived experiences influenced the formation of the Bible and its later interpretations.
Accomplished scholar Colleen Conway emphasizes the cultural and literary context of the New Testament while drawing from historical, postcolonial, gender, feminist, and intersectional analyses of biblical texts. Throughout the book, students explore how issues of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and power dynamics contributed to the production of the New Testament texts and continue to inform their interpretation in the 21st century.
Through twelve chronologically organized chapters, this book examines Paul's mission to the Gentiles, unity and conflict in Paul's communities, the four Gospel narratives, the Revelation to John, Hebrews, 1 Peter, the New Testament canon, early Christian writings, and more. The New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction:
* Provides an up-to-date introduction to historical and critical methods and central questions in the field
* Helps students contextualize the different writings of the New Testament as part of the Mediterranean world of the first century, for example exploring how Roman Imperial rule and social stratification affected the authors of New Testament texts
* Discusses how ideas about gender and race affect the meaning and application of New Testament texts
* Features "Contemporary Voices" sections highlighting the work of modern New Testament scholars
* Includes numerous pedagogical tools such as chapter review questions, key term lists, suggested readings, a timeline, maps, illustrations, photographs, a glossary, and much more
Designed for undergraduate students with varying levels of biblical knowledge, The New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction is an ideal textbook for one-semester religious studies courses on the Bible, the New Testament, or early Christianity, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in history, sociology and philosophy.
Product details
| Authors | C Conway, Colleen M Conway, Colleen M. Conway, Colleen M. (Seton Hall University Conway, Colleen M. (Seton Hall University) Conway, Conway Colleen M. |
| Publisher | Wiley, John and Sons Ltd |
| Languages | English |
| Product format | Paperback / Softback |
| Released | 31.10.2022 |
| EAN | 9781119685920 |
| ISBN | 978-1-119-68592-0 |
| No. of pages | 272 |
| Subjects |
Humanities, art, music
> Religion/theology
> Christianity
Neues Testament, Religion, Biblical Studies, Religion & Theology, Religion u. Theologie, Bibelstudien, Allg. Religion u. Theologie, New Testament |
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