Lopez, Davina
De-Introducing the New Testament: Texts, Worlds, Methods, Stories
In De-Introducing the New Testament, the authors argue for a renewed commitment to the defamiliarizing power of New Testament studies and a reclaiming of the discipline as one that exemplifies the best practices of the humanities.
- A new approach that asks us to ‘defamiliarize’ what we think we know about the New Testament, articulating themes and questions about its study that encourage further reflection and engagement
- Looks behind the traditional ways in which the NT is “introduced” to critically engage the conceptual framework of the field as a whole
- Provides a critical intervention into several methodological impasses in contemporary NT scholarship
- Offers an appraisal of the relationship between economics and culture in the production of NT scholarship
- Written in a style that is clear and concise, ideal for student readership
Keywords: New Testament, New Testament backgrounds, New Testament studies, biblical scholarship, Christian history, Christian literature, ecclesial community, historical criticism, Christian origins, early Christian literature, de-familiarization, neoliberal subjectivity, biblical critics, the Bible, method and theory, ethics
- Author(s)
- Lopez, Davina
- Penner, Todd
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2014
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 256 pages
- Category
- Religions
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118432808
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405187688