Handbook to the Exegesis of the New Testament

by Stanley E Porter (editor), Thomas E. Renz

A Handbook to the Exegesis of the New Testament is a substantial theoretical and practical guide to the multifaceted discipline of New Testament exegesis. This volume covers current topics in New Testament exegesis in sufficient depth to provide a useful methodological basis. The introduction includes an analysis of the various definitions of exegesis, a term notoriously difficult to define, and a bibliographic essay covering the basic tools of exegesis. A section on method includes detailed discussions of the different models used in the major approaches to textual criticism; linguistic analysis; genre criticism; source, form, and redaction criticism; discourse analysis; rhetorical and narratological criticism; literary criticism; and canonical criticism. Also included are models based on analysis of the backgrounds of the New Testament in Hellenistic philosophy, ancient Judaism, the Roman Empire, and the works of second-century authors. In a section on application, exegetical methods are applied to the various literary units of the New Testament. This handbook will serve well as both a textbook and a reference book for the major tools and topics in the area of New Testament exegesis.

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Genres: Theology, New Testament, Biblical Studies

652 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1997

Reviews

[Benjamin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful collection of essays from a 2003 conference. The essays cover the entire New Testament, after a fashion. There is a helpful final essay by Andreas Kostenberger responding to each of the other essays. Obviously the discussion has moved on since then, but these continue to hold their value.

[Timothy Decker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview. Some articles are helpful, others not so much.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting and helpful discussion of the subject of the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament. As a collection of papers by various authors presented at the Bingham Colloquium in New Testament at McMaster Divinity College, with a response by Andreas Kostenberger this book covers many aspects of its subject in an edifying way.