THEO5910

THEO5910
New Testament in Contexts

3 Units

This course will select some texts of the New Testament with contemporary methods for in-depth study. Texts include selected themes of the Pauline Epistles, Synoptic Gospels and Johannine Literature, e.g., Pauline Epistle Form, Doctrinal and Ethical Teachings; Eucharist, Baptism, Miracles and Teachings of the Synoptics; as well as Revelation structure, “I am” sayings, Farewell Discourse of the Gospel of John.

Book List

Textbooks

Raymond Brown. An Introduction to the New Testament. New York: Doubleday, 1997.  ISBN 0-385-24767-2

Gerd Theissen. The Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form. Updated edition. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007. ISBN 0800639006  【= 葛德泰森。《那個加利利人的影子》。陳惠雅翻譯。台南:南與北文化出版社,2011。ISBN 978-986-97488-1-0】

N. T. Wright. Paul: In Fresh Perspective. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2009.  ISBN 0800663578

葉約翰。《山上寶訓新解:新盟約與效應史》。香港:研道社,2015。

Recommended

Borg, Marcus & N. T. Wright. The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions, 2nd ed. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2007. ISBN 0061285544

Hays, Richard. The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation, A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1996. ISBN 0-06-063796-X

Theissen, Gerd. Jesus und Paulus: Fundament und Architekt des Christentums. 2013. 【葛德泰森。《⽤新眼光看耶穌與保羅:基督宗教的根基與建築師》。台灣神學院、台南神學院翻譯⼩組譯;台北:南與北出版社,2014。】

Other Readings
Critical Commentaries for research (*recommended)
1. One-Volume Bible Commentary

Fitzmyer, Joseph, Roland Murphy, and Raymond Brown. The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. Prentice-Hall, 1990.

Mays, James. Harper’s Bible Commentary. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2000.

Newsom, Carol, Sharon Ringe and Jacqueline Lapsely (eds). The Women’s Bible Commentary. 3rd ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2012.

Patte, Daniel. Global Bible Commentary. Nashville: Abingdon, 2004.

2. Critical Commentaries for Exegesis and Research (*recommended)
Matthew

*Boring, M. E. (NIB, 1995)

Brunner (Eerdmans, 1987)

*Davies, W. D. & D. C. Allison (3 vols. ICC, 1998)

Gundry, R. H. (1997)

Hagner, D. A. (2 vols. WBC, 1995)

Hare, D. R. A. (IBC, 1993)

*Luz, U. (Hermeneia, 2001-2006)

Schweizer, E. (1975)

John

Barrett, C. K. (1956)

*Brown, R. E. (AB, 1966, 1970)

Schnackenburg, R. (1982)

Haenchen, E. (Hermeneia, 1984)

Lindars, B. (NTG, 1990)

*Moloney, F. (SP, 1998)

Thompson, M. (NTL, 2015)

*Beutler, J. (2017)

Hebrews

Wilson R. (1987)

*Attridge H. W. (Hermeneia, 1989)

Lane W. L. (Word, 1991)

Ellingworth P. (1993)

*Koester C. (AB, 2001)

*Johnson L. (NTL, 2006)

O’Brien P. (2010)

Romans

*Barrett C. K. (1958)

Käsemann, E. (ET, 1980)

Achtemeier P. (Interpretation, 1985)

Dunn J. D. G. (Word, 1988)

*Fitzmyer, J. (AB, 1993)

Stowers S. K. (1994)

Stuhlmacher P. (1994)

Moo, D. (NICNT, 1996)

*Jewett, R. (Hermeneia, 2007)

Matera, F. (Paideia, 2010)

Keck, L. (ANTC, 2011)

*Longenecker, R. (NIGTC, 2016)

*Thiselton, A. (2016)

A Select Bibliography for Reference and Further Study

Bassler, Jouette, ed. Pauline Theology, Vol. 1: Thessalonians, Philippians, Galatians, Philemon. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991.

Bauckham, Richard. Gospel of Glory: Major Themes in Johannine Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2015.

Borg, Marcus & N. T. Wright. The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2007.

Brown, Raymond. An Introduction to the New Testament. New York: Doubleday, 1997.

Brown, Raymond. The Churches the Apostles Left Behind. New York: Paulist, 1984.

Brown, Raymond. An Introduction to the Gospel of John. New York: Doubleday, 2003.

Burridge, Richard. What are the Gospels? A Comparison with Greco-Roman Biographies. Waco: Baylor UP, 2018.

Conzelmann, Hans. The Theology of St. Luke. New York: Harper, 1961.

Cousar, Charles. “Eschatology and Mark’s Theologia Curcis,” Interpretation 24 (1970) 321-35.

Dahl, Nils. The Crucified Messiah. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1974.

Dunn, James, ed. The Cambridge Companion to St. Paul. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Fitzmyer, Joseph. Luke the Theologian: Aspects of His Teaching. New York: Paulist, 1989.

Green, Joel. The Theology of the Gospel of Luke. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Grieb, A. Katherine. The Story of Romans: A Narrative Defense of God’s Righteousness. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002.

Hay, David and Elizabeth Johnson, eds. Pauline Theology, Vol. 3: Romans. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.

Hay, David, ed. Pauline Theology, Vol. 2: 1 and 2 Corinthians Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.

Hays, Richard. The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation, A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1996.

Käsemann, Ernst. The Wandering People of God: An Investigation of the Letter to the Hebrews. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1984.

Kingsbury, Jack. Matthew: Structure, Christology, Kingdom. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1975.

Kysar, Robert. John the Maverick Gospel 3rd ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007.

Malherbe, Abraham. Paul and the Popular Philosophers. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989.

Martyn, J. Louis. History & Theology in the Fourth Gospel. rev. enl. ed., Nashville: Abingdon, 1979.

Meeks, Wayne. The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul. 2nd ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003.

Schneiders, Sandra. The Revelatory Text. Collegeville: Liturgical, 1999.

Stanton, Graham. A Gospel for a New People: Studies in Matthew. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1992.

Theissen, Gerd. The Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form. Philadelphia: Fortress, 2007.

Wright, N. T. Paul and the Faithfulness of God. 2 Vols. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2013.

Briggs, R.C. 《如何瞭解耶穌基督:新約聖經研究⽅法》。葉約翰譯。第六版,台北:永望,2001。

葛德泰森。《那個加利利⼈的影⼦》。陳惠雅譯。台南:南與北,2011。

葛德泰森。《⽤新眼光看耶穌與保羅:基督宗教的根基與建築師》。台灣神學院、台南神學院翻譯⼩組譯;台北:南與北,2014。

葉約翰。《⼭上寶訓新解:新盟約與效應史》。⾹港:研道社,2015。

2019-12-09

Old Course Code (2009-10 and before) : RST5210