New Testament Theology and the Greek Language - A Linguistic Reconceptualization

"This book offers a unique, language-based critique of New Testament theology by comparing it to the development of language study from the Enlightenment to the present, establishing a new linguistic model with the Son of Man as a major example. New Testament theology follows outmoded models and must be reconceptualized along modern linguistic lines"--

List of contents

New Testament theology and Greek linguistics: A contextualized introduction; Part I. The Origins of New Testament Theology and Greek Linguistics: 1. The first history: Language and linguistics; 2. The second history: New Testament theology; Part II. The Present State of New Testament Theology and Greek Linguistics: 3. Modern linguistics, New Testament Greek study, and New Testament theology; 4. Proposals and counter-proposals in contemporary New Testament theology; Part III. The Possible Futures of New Testament Theology: 5. Alternative futures of New Testament theology; 6. A linguistic foundation for New Testament theology; 7. A linguistic model for New Testament theology; 8. The problem of the Son of Man in New Testament theology; Conclusion.

About the author

Stanley E. Porter is President, Dean, and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College. An award-winning, internationally recognized New Testament scholar, he is the author of over thirty books, including Linguistic Analysis of the Greek New Testament and When Paul Met Jesus: How an Idea Got Lost in History, and co-author of  Active Hermeneutics: Seeking Understanding in an Age of Objectivism.

Product details

• Authors: Stanley E Porter, Stanley E. Porter, Stanley E. (McMaster Divinity College Porter, Stanley E. (Mcmaster University Porter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2022
• EAN: 9781009240048
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0924004-8
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Translation & interpretation, Historical & comparative linguistics, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, New Testaments, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Historical and comparative linguistics, Translation and interpretation