Engaging the New Testament
An Interdisciplinary Introduction
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Engaging the New Testament: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
This new introduction incorporates:
- a wide range of methods—literary, historical, psychological, theological, and social-scientific
- critically perceptive introductions to each of the New Testament writings
- a comprehensive survey of approaches to biblical studies, historical and cultural backgrounds, the historical Jesus, and the rise of the resurrection faith
- attention to extracanonical materials
- charts, maps, illustrations, reading suggestions, and more.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800631154
- Dimensions 6.75 x 9
- Pages 608
- Publication Date June 19, 1997
Endorsements
"Russell Pregeant's introduction [in draft form] has proved to be a highly effective teaching tool in my undergraduate courses for two years. It succeeds brilliantly in its shared purpose of encouraging students to engage the New Testament writing-to converse, question, and grapple with these texts and the life-and-death issues they pose. Students who use this introduction not only will learn about the New Testament but also-and more importantly-become involved in it as active, insightful, and fully engaged readers."
— John A. Darr, Boston College
"At last! An introduction to the New Testament that is scholarly but not stuffy, comprehensive but no pretentious, and genuinely up-to-date, not merely trendy. Students lucky enough to be assigned this book will experience exactly what its author intends: informed and meaningful engagement with the writings themselves and with the significant issues and possibilities they raise about our existence as human beings."
— Victor Paul Furnish, South Methodist University
— John A. Darr, Boston College
"At last! An introduction to the New Testament that is scholarly but not stuffy, comprehensive but no pretentious, and genuinely up-to-date, not merely trendy. Students lucky enough to be assigned this book will experience exactly what its author intends: informed and meaningful engagement with the writings themselves and with the significant issues and possibilities they raise about our existence as human beings."
— Victor Paul Furnish, South Methodist University
Table of Contents
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List of Illustrations
- Some Ways of Reading the Bible
PART ONE: BEFORE THE NEW TESTAMENT
Prologue
- Christian Beginnings in Context
- The Gospels, Jesus, and the Earliest Tradition
- The Resurrection Faith and the Expanded Tradition
Epilogue to Part One
PART TWO: THE GOSPELS AND ACTS
Prologue to Part Two
- Mark
- Matthew
- Luke-Acts
- John
Epilogue to Part Two
PART THREE: THE PAULINE CORPUS
Prologue to Part Three
- Philemon, 1 Thessalonians, Philippians, and Galatians
- 1 and 2 Corinthians
- Romans
- Perspectives on Paul
- The Disputed Letters: 2 Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus
Epilogue to Part Three
PART FOUR: HEBREWS, THE GENERAL LETTERS, AND REVELATION
Prologue to Part Four
- The Letter to the Hebrews
- The General Letters A: James, 1 and 2 Peter, Jude
- The General Letters B: The Johannine Letters
- The Revelation to John
Epilogue
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments
Preface
Note to the Instructor
Introduction