Jesus och de första kristna: inledning till Nya testamentet (2006 Mitternacht, Runesson), edited volume
Dieter Mitternacht - Anders Runesson (eds.), Jesus och de första kristna: inledning till Nya testamentet (Stockholm: Verbum, 2006). <Swedish>
English ed. -- Jesus, the New Testament, and Christian Origins: Perspectives, Methods, Meanings, tr. Rebecca Runesson & Noah Runesson (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2021)
Abstract
"Femton ledande bibelvetare och specialister presenterar här forskningen om Nya testamentet, om texternas tillkomst, innehåll och tolkning. Boken kombinerar en övergripande presentation av det historiska materialet med åskådliga exempel på hur olika tolkningsmetoder används inom forskningen. Detta är unikt inte bara i Skandinavien, utan även i jämförelse med befintliga utländska introduktionsböcker. Boken är uppdelad i sex kapitel: Inbjudandet till studiet av Nya testamentet, Den historiska miljön, De nytestamentliga texterna, Exempel på olika läsningar av valda texter, Den historiske Jesus, Kristendomen växer fram."--Publisher description.
English Edition (2021)
"An introduction to the New Testament in its historical context, with an overview of interpretative approaches and exegetical exercises ... In this up-to-date introduction to the New Testament, twenty-two leading biblical scholars guide the reader through the New Testament’s historical background, key ideas, and textual content. Seminarians and anyone else interested in a deep understanding of Christian Scripture will do well to begin with this thorough volume that covers everything from the historical Jesus to the emergence of early Christianity. The contributors stress the importance of Christianity’s emergence within and from Second Temple Judaism ... Unique to this book is a special focus on interpretative methods, with several illustrative examples included in the final chapter of various types of scriptural exegesis on select New Testament passages. Readers are guided through the hermeneutical considerations of a historical text-oriented reading, a historical-analogical reading, a rhetorical-epistolary reading, argumentation analysis, feminist analysis, postcolonial analysis, and narrative criticism, among others. These practical, hands-on applications enable students to move from an abstract understanding of the New Testament to a ready ability to make meaning from Scripture."--Publisher description.
Contents
Foreword by David E. Aune -- Preface -- 1 Invitation to Study the New Testament -- Beginnings -- A History of New Testament Research -- The Peculiar Case of Pauline Scholarship and Judaism -- Paths to the Past: On Sources and Methods -- 2 Historical Background and Setting -- From Persians to Romans -- Greco-Roman Religions and Philosophies -- Beliefs and Practices in Second Temple Judaism -- Men, Women, and Power in Ancient Society and the Early Jesus Movement -- 3 The Historical Jesus -- Sources about Jesus; Which Jesus Are We Speaking About? -- The Origins of Jesus -- The Kingdom of God: The Center of Jesus's Proclamation -- Why Did Jesus's Life End on the Cross? -- 4 The Texts -- The Origins and Transmission of the Texts -- The Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles -- The Pauline Letters -- Catholic Letters, the Letter to the Hebrews, and the Book of Revelation -- 5 The Emergence of Early Christianity -- Jewish Christ Followers and the Emergence of Christianity and Judaism -- Paul, His Assemblies, and His Successors -- Johannine Christ Followers -- Non-Rabbinic Jews and Varieties of Judaism; Gnosticism and "the Gnostics" -- Diversity and the Struggle for Unity -- 6 Readings -- Approaches to the Text -- How to Do a Historical, Text-Oriented Interpretation of a New Testament Text Passage -- A Historical, Text-Oriented Reading of Matt 8:14-17 -- A Historical-Analogical Reading of Matt 5:3-10 -- How Are Good Deeds Motivated? An Argumentation Analysis of 1 Pet 1:17-19 -- "Am I Now Seeking Human Approval?" A Rhetorical-Epistolary Reading of Gal 1:10 -- Lost and Found: A Narrative-Critical Reading of Luke 15 -- "One New Humanity" (Eph 2:15): A Pauline Tradition and Its Reception History; Living in the Time after Jesus: A Hermeneutical Analysis of the Johannine Farewell Discourse in John 13-17 -- Who Is Part of the Future? A Feminist Analysis of Rev 17:1-19:10 -- "Legion Is My Name, for We Are Many": A Postcolonial Reading of Mark 5:1-20 -- Appendix 1: Nonbiblical Sources -- Appendix 2: Jewish History: A Chronological Overview -- Appendix 3: Maps.