In this Book
- Introduction to the New Testament: Reference Edition
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: Baylor University Press
Christian interpretation of the Bible is not a simple task. While finding both its beginning and end in the theological claim that Scripture reveals to us "what God has done in Christ," Christian interpretation demands much more. The interaction between believer and text is also conversation between reader and interpretive community, both ancient and modern. Theological interpretation entails close readings of texts but also a close analysis of contexts—the social and political shape of the Mediterranean world as well as our own. Interpretation requires the interweaving of theology, history, and literature.
In Introduction to the New Testament Carl R. Holladay does just that. He roots each of the New Testament’s twenty-seven writings in their historical, literary, and theological contexts. A true "Reference Edition," Holladay provides thorough, detailed, and exacting overviews, background material, and textual analysis. Holladay leads readers to consider questions of canon, authority, and genre that shape the formation of the text and the text’s formation of the identity, theology, and mission of the church today. This Introduction does not leave its readers stranded in the first century; it also intentionally connects the message of the New Testament to the issues facing its faithful readers today. No stone goes unturned and no issue unexamined—Holladay’s Introduction to the New Testament is an essential text for any serious student of biblical interpretation.
Table of Contents
- Summary of Contents
- pp. v-vi
- List of Maps, Figures, Tables, and Plates
- pp. xxi-xxiv
- Preface to the Reference Edition
- pp. xxv-xxvi
- Preface to the First Edition
- pp. xxvii-xxx
- Abbreviations
- pp. xxxi-xl
- Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- Part 1. Theology and Scripture
- 2. The Shape of the Canon
- pp. 27-40
- Part 2. The Gospels: Narrative Traditions about Jesus
- 4. From Jesus to the Gospels
- pp. 83-104
- 5. From the Gospels to Jesus
- pp. 105-152
- 6. The Gospel of Mark
- pp. 153-190
- 7. The Gospel of Matthew
- pp. 191-232
- 8. The Gospel of Luke
- pp. 233-286
- 9. The Gospel of John
- pp. 287-334
- Part 3. The Story of Jesus Continued: The Church’s Origin and Expansion
- 10. The Acts of the Apostles
- pp. 337-388
- Part 4. The Pauline Letters and Hebrews
- 11. Reading the Pauline Letters
- pp. 391-428
- 12. The Thessalonian Letters
- pp. 429-450
- 13. The Corinthian Letters
- pp. 451-500
- 14. Galatians
- pp. 501-522
- 15. Romans
- pp. 523-562
- 16. Philippians
- pp. 563-582
- 17. Philemon
- pp. 583-596
- 18. Colossians
- pp. 597-622
- 19. Ephesians
- pp. 623-642
- 20. The Pastoral Letters
- pp. 643-688
- 21. Hebrews
- pp. 689-730
- 23. First Peter
- pp. 751-780
- Introduction to Jude and Second Peter
- pp. 781-782
- 25. Second Peter
- pp. 793-810
- 26. The Johannine Letters
- pp. 811-834
- Part 6. Jesus in the Apocalyptic Imagination
- 27. Revelation
- pp. 837-892
- Part 7. The New Testament as the Church’s Book: The Formation of the New Testament Canon
- 28. The Christian Scriptures
- pp. 895-940
- Appendix 1. Ancient Canonical Lists
- pp. 941-952