This volume gathers the perspectives of teachers in higher education from all over the world on the topic of New Testament scholarship. The goal is to understand and describe the contexts and conditions under which New Testament research is carried out throughout the world. This endeavor should serve as a catalyst for new initiatives and the development of questions that determine the future directions of New Testament scholarship. At the same time, it is intended to raise awareness of the global dimensions of New Testament scholarship, especially in relation to its impact on socio-political debates.
The occasion for these reflections are not least the present questions that have been posed with the corona pandemic and have received a focus on the ‘system relevance’ of churches, which is openly questioned by the media. The church and theology must face this challenge. Towards that end, it is important to gather impulses and suggestions for the discipline from a variety of contexts in which different dimensions of context-related New Testament research come to the fore.
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Contents
Introduction
Contextualization: Exegetical and biographical readings
Faustin Leonard Mahali
Appraising Exegetical Procedures in Reading the New Testament in African Context
Ernest van Eck
Reading the Text Does Matter. Texts as Symbols of Personal and Social Transformation
Gregory Thomas Basker
Interpreting the Bible in the Tamil Context. Reading Matthew (10:40-42) in light of Tirukkural (Ch.9)
Rospita Siahaan
The Absolute Assurance of Giving. A Socio-Rhetorical Approach to the Parable of the Friend at Midnight in Luke 11:5-8
Yoshimi Azuma
A Japanese Ecofeminist Reading of John 1:14
Kenneth Mtata
Transformative Reading of Women, Childbirth and Death in John’s Gospel from an African and Intercultural Perspective
Aliou Cissé Niang
Reading and Teaching the New Testament. A Concise Contextual Diola Interpretation of Gal 3:26-29 under Empires
Lyn M. Kidson
Aussie Men, Roman Men, and Fashioning the Evangelical Man from 1 Timothy 2
Contextualization: Theoretical and biographical perspectives
Armand Puig i Tàrrech
Reading the New Testament in Manifold Contexts of a Globalized World. Exegetical Perspectives
Francisco Lozada, Jr.
New Testament Interpretation in the United States. A Perspective from a Cultural Observer
Kay Higuera Smith
Racism and New Testament Scholarship in Latinx California. U.S. Debates on Racism and Biblical Scholarship
Marcelo da Silva Carneiro
Die Erfahrung, im brasilianischen Kontext zum Neuen Testament zu lehren und zu forschen
Ronald Charles
Researching and Teaching Other Wise
William Loader
Reflections on a Lifetime of New Testament Teaching and Research in Australasia
Paul Trebilco
Reading the New Testament in Aotearoa New Zealand
Alexey B. Somov
Reflections on Reading and Translating the New Testament in Contemporary Russia
Authors and Editors of the Volume
Index
Despre autor
Prof. Dr. Eve-Marie Becker ist Professorin für Neues Testament an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
Prof. Dr. Jens Herzer ist Professor für Theologie des Neuen Testaments an der Universität Leipzig.
Prof. Dr. Angela Standhartinger ist Professorin für Neues Testament an der Philipps-Universität in Marburg.
Prof. Dr. Florian Wilk ist Professor für Neues Testament an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.