Hearing the New Testament : Strategies for

Exciting approaches to biblical inerpretation are introduced in this volume by contributors who are distinguished as leaders in the field of New Testament studies. Each chapter introduces a particular approach to interpretation and demonstrates, with biblical texts, how that approach can by used by students and pastors.

Joel B. Green is associate professor of New Testament, American Baptist Seminary of the West and the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California.

Contributors
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The Challenge of Hearing the New Testament	p. 1
New Testament Interpretation in Historical Perspective	p. 10
Traditio-Historical Criticism and Study of Jesus	p. 37
Historical Criticism and Social-Scientific Perspectives in New Testament Study	p. 61
The Relevance of Extra-Canonical Jewish Texts to New Testament Study	p. 90
The Relevance of Greco-Roman Literature and Culture to New Testament Study	p. 109
Textual Criticism of the New Testament	p. 127
Modern Linguistics and the New Testament	p. 146
Discourse Analysis and New Testament Interpretation	p. 175
Genre Analysis	p. 197
The Use of the Old Testament by New Testament Writers	p. 222
Narrative Criticism	p. 239
Rhetorical Criticism	p. 256
Presuppositions in New Testament Study	p. 278
The Reader in New Testament Interpretation	p. 301
Global Perspectives on New Testament Interpretation	p. 329
Feminist Hermeneutics	p. 349
Reading the New Testament in Canonical Context	p. 370
The New Testament, Theology, and Ethics	p. 394
The Practice of Reading the New Testament	p. 411
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources	p. 428
Index of Modern Authors	p. 437
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