Description
This volume explores whether New Testament studies can become part of a cross-disciplinary, multi-perspective project of knowledge production, arguing that in such an exchange, New Testament scholarship could express its own characteristics and strengths and still be connected to current debates in other disciplines. A variety of methods, theories, and methodologies are present within the contributions to this collection, as solutions to the question of what can be done to bridge the gap between ancient and contemporary contexts.
Beginning with a discussion on the potential of interdisciplinary exchanges between New Testament studies and Theology, the contributors map new horizons in historical critical research, ethical and political implications of scholarship, social-material realities, and finally the concepts that can fashion new connections between the past and present. This volume thus suggests a future in which the field of New Testament studies shows its relevance among the theological disciplines and in interdisciplinary exchanges with likewise crucial areas of research.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Introduction: Bridging Gaps Between Past and Present
Clarissa Breu, University of Vienna, Austria
Part One: New Testament Studies Within Theology
Nightmares, Cyborgs, and Magpies: On Thinking Differently About the Bible and Theory
Rhiannon Graybill, University of Richmond, USA
What I Have Learned and Unlearned from New Testament Scholarship in Writing (My) “Christology”
Heinrich Assel, University of Greifswald, Germany
Primary Intertext? Connecting New Testament Studies and Theological Ethics
Frederike van Oorschot, University of Bonn, Germany
Part Two: New Horizons in Historical-Critical Research
The Future of Historical-Critical Research in Biblical Studies: Some Thoughts and Suggestions
Joseph Verheyden, KU Leuven, Belgium
“Why Those Old Stories?” Why Are We Still Bothering with History in Biblical Studies? Reflections in the Present Educational Crisis and in a Global Christian Context
Jörg Frey, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Imagination: Its Significance for Exegesis
Markus Öhler University of Vienna, Austria
Apocrypha on the Margins? Reflections on the Subject of New Testament Studies
Silke Petersen, University of Hamburg, Germany
Part Three: Social Realities and Imaginations
Social History: Connecting Historical Methods and Social Concerns
Susan E. Hylen, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, USA
Imagination and the First Listeners: Intersectional New Testament Interpretation
Ellen Aasland Reinertsen, University of Oslo, Norway
In Memory of Them: On the Theological and Political Impact of an Intersectional Analysis of New Testament Texts in Their Contexts
Angela Standhartinger, Phipps University Marburg, Germany
Part Four: Meta-Criticism of New Testament Scholarship
Who's Commenting on the Commentators? Imagining a Future for New Testament Commentaries
Michelle Fletcher, King's College London, UK
Ethics of New Testament Scholarship
John Van Maaren, McMaster University, Canada and Valérie Nicolet, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Intersectional Exnomination of Social Location in Biblical Studies
Jeremy Punt, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Part Five: New Testament Texts and Their Futures
Interpreting World Literature: On Reading New Testament Texts in Their Ancient and Contemporary Contexts
Susanne Luther, University of Göttingen, Germany
Dissemination against the Grain: New Testament Studies as a Cultivated Wild Garden
Clarissa Breu, University of Vienna, Austria
Who's Afraid of Reception Criticism?
Hannah M. Strømmen, Lund University, Sweden
New Testament Futures as the Future of New Testament Studies
Peter-Ben Smit, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Appendix: Position Paper
Notes on Contributors
