Method And Meaning: Essays On New Testament Interpretation In Honor Of Harold W. Attridge (resources For Biblical Study)

Never before has there existed a more diverse set of possibilities for understanding the canonical texts of the New Testament, other early Christian literature, and the history of the emergent Christian movement that was to become the church. Harold W. Attridge has contributed authoritatively to many of the disciplines that underlie approaches to these questions: textual criticism, exegesis, comparative literary and historical studies, and numerous other areas. In honor of his work, this volume seeks to draw many of these methodological threads together. Readers will find discussions of both new and traditional methods of New Testament study, with numerous examples indicating how these approaches work and what insights they yield. Andrew B. McGowan and Kent Harold Richards: Many Methods: The Diversity of New Testament Scholarship 1 Texts and Method Craig A. Evans: Historical Jesus Research: The Challenge of Sources and Methods Edgar V. McKnight: Form Criticism and New Testament Interpretation Joseph B. Tyson: Source Criticism of Acts Adela Yarbro Collins: Redaction Criticism in Theory and Practice Eldon Jay Epp: Textual Criticism and New Testament Interpretation David Rhoads: Narrative Criticism of the New Testament Richard A. Horsley: Oral Communication, Oral Performance, and New Testament Interpretation James M. Robinson: The Synoptic Gospels as Social History Mark Goodacre: The Synoptic Problem: John the Baptist and Jesus Thomas D. Stegman: Ancient Rhetorical and Epistolary Theory: Second Corinthians as Deliberative Discourse Gabriella Gelardini: Rhetorical Criticism in Hebrews Scholarship: Avenues and Aporias, David E. Aune: Apocalyptic and New Testament Interpretation Richard I. Pervo: God and Planning: Footprints of Providence in Acts and in the Acts of Paul 2 Context and Method John J. Collins: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament: The Case of the Suffering Servant Elaine Pagels: Gnosticism and the New Testament: The Apocryphon of James (NHC I,2) from Nag Hammadi James VanderKam: Jewish Apocrypha and the New Testament J. Keith Elliott: Traditions about Mary in the Apocryphal New Testament David T. Runia: Ancient Philosophy and the New Testament: “Exemplar” as Example Thomas H. Tobin: Hellenistic Judaism and the New Testament Rowan A. Greer: The Spirit of the Letter: Scriptural Interpretation in the Early Church Judith M. Lieu: Marcion and the New Testament Sean Freyne: The New Testament and Its Palestinian Background: Essaying Mark’s Gospel Everett Ferguson: Romans 1:23 and Greco-Roman Religion 3 Method and Meaning Gary A. Anderson: Did Jesus Confess His Sins at Baptism? Evidence from the Book of Tobit Philip F. Esler: Judean Ethnic Identity and the Purpose of Hebrews Pheme Perkins: Gender and the Body of Christ: Problems in 1 Corinthians James Hamilton Charlesworth: Reflections on the Canon, Its Origins, and New Testament Interpretation Francisco Lozada, Jr.: New Testament Studies and Postcolonialism: Placing Johannine Studies within the Discourse Never before has there existed a more diverse set of possibilities for understanding the canonical texts of the New Testament, other early Christian literature, and the history of the emergent Christian movement that was to become the church. Harold W. Attridge has contributed authoritatively to many of the disciplines that underlie approaches to these textual criticism, exegesis, comparative literary and historical studies, and numerous other areas. In honor of his work, this volume seeks to draw many of these methodological threads together. Readers will find discussions of both new and traditional methods of New Testament study, with numerous examples indicating how these approaches work and what insights they yield. The contributors are Gary A. Anderson, David E. Aune, James Hamilton Charlesworth, Adela Yarbro Collins, John J. Collins, J. Keith Elliott, Eldon Jay Epp, Philip F. Esler, Craig A. Evans, Everett Ferguson, Sean Freyne, Gabriella Gelardini, Mark Goodacre, Rowan A. Greer, Richard A. Horsley, Judith M. Lieu, Francisco Lozada Jr., Andrew B. McGowan, Edgar V. McKnight, Elaine Pagels, Pheme Perkins, Richard I. Pervo, David Rhoads, Kent Harold Richards, James M. Robinson, David T. Runia, Thomas D. Stegman, SJ, Thomas H. Tobin, SJ, Joseph B. Tyson, and James VanderKam.