The Nature of New Testament Theology Essays in Honour of Robert Morgan

by Rowland, Christopher; Tuckett, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9781405111744
• ISBN10: 1405111747
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-14
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This volume brings together some of the most distinguished writers in the field to provide an overview of discussions about the nature of New Testament theology. The volume explores New Testament theology in three main ways. Firstly, it examines the development, purpose and scope of New Testament theology. It then goes on to examine the relationship of New Testament theology with other branches of theology, such as systematic theology, biblical theology, practical theology and social scientific criticism. Finally, it looks at crucial issues within the New Testament, such as the historical Jesus, the theology of the cross, eschatology, ethics and the role of women. The book is dedicated to and honours the work of Robert Morgan whose pioneering work gives it its title.

Author Biography

Christopher Rowland is Dean Ireland’s Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford. His previous publications include The Open Heaven (1982), The Book of Revelation (1998), Christian Origins (revised edition, 2002), Radical Christian Writings: A Reader (Blackwell, 2002), and, with Judith Kovacs, Revelation (Blackwell, 2004).

Christopher Tuckett is Professor of New Testament Studies in the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. His previous publications include The Revival of the Griesbach Hypothesis (1983), Reading the New Testament (1986), Q and the History of Early Christianity (1996), Luke (1996) and Christology and the New Testament (2001).

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
List of Abbreviations	ix
Preface	x
Foreword by Rowan Williams	xiii
1 History and Theology in New Testament Studies	1	(17)
John Ashton
2 Biblical Theology: an Old Testament Perspective	18	(13)
John Barton
3 Apocalypticism and New Testament Theology	31	(20)
Adela Yarbro Collins
4 New Testament Interpretation as Interpersonal Communion: the Case for a Socio-Theological Hermeneutics	51	(24)
Philip F. Esler
5 The Nature of New Testament Theology	75	(18)
Morna Hooker
6 Does a Theology of the Canonical Gospels Make Sense?	93	(16)
Luke Timothy Johnson
7 Paul in New Testament Theology: Some Preliminary Remarks	109	(14)
Leander E. Keck
8 The Contribution of Reception History to a Theology of the New Testament	123	(12)
Ulrich Luz
9 Women in Early Christianity: the Challenge to a New Testament Theology	135	(23)
Margaret Y. MacDonald
10 Deutero-Paulinism, Pseudonymity and the Canon	158	(9)
John Muddiman
11 Towards an Alternative to New Testament Theology: 'Individual Eschatology' as an Example	167	(19)
Heikki Räisänen
12 'Action is the Life of All': New Testament Theology and Practical Theology	186	(21)
Christopher Rowland and Zoe Bennett
13 Theory of Primitive Christian Religion and New Testament Theology: An Evolutionary Essay	207	(24)
Gerd Theissen
14 Does the 'Historical Jesus' belong within a 'New Testament Theology'?	231	(17)
Christopher Tuckett
15 The Gospel of John and New Testament Theology	248	(15)
Francis Watson
16 The Theology of the Cross and the Quest for a Doctrinal Norm	263	(23)
Michael Wolter
17 The Trinity and the New Testament	286	(20)
Frances Young
Index	306