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