How to Read the Gospels

An Introduction

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Av Yung Suk Kim, Yung Suk Kim

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This accessible introduction to the Gospels examines the distinctive messages offered by the texts, giving students a better understanding of methods and interpretations. It explores a close reading of each Gospel and encourages students to approach texts from their own perspectives, from postcolonialism to environmentalism. The discussion questions included will help students focus their reflections on the gospel narrative, its theology, and methods of reading it. How to Read the Gospels is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and seminary classrooms.The book aims to reach seminary and graduate students who study the Gospels critically and comprehensively. It provides user-friendly summaries such as the basics of each Gospel—authorship, history, important parables, etc. —the Jesus of each Gospel, and notable interpretation and translation issues. Without reading the entire story, readers often focus on only specific passages. This book aims to foster close reading of each entire text, sensitizing students to historical and literary issues that commonly arise—and helping them better understand various ways to interpret these formative stories. What makes this book unique is that it also engages various readings of the Gospels from traditional to deconstruction approaches, including womanist interpretation, disability interpretation, ecological interpretation, and many more. For example, how can readers understand the story of Jesus’ surprising conversation with the Samaritan woman in John 4 through the lens of feminism? Or postcolonial criticism? By providing alternative ways to think about these stories and various methods of approaching texts that may be new to the student, the book opens up how such passages can be interpreted and appreciated.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-06-05
Mått161 x 237 x 22 mm
Vikt581 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor292
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781538186077

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Yung Suk Kim (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University. He has written seventeen books in the area of biblical interpretation, Pauline studies, and the Gospels, including Monotheism, Biblical Traditions, and Race Relations (2022), How to Read Paul (2021), and Resurrecting Jesus (2015). He co-authored Toward Decentering the New Testament (2018) with Mitzi Smith. He also edited Paul's Gospel, Empire, Race, and Ethnicity (2023), among other volumes. He serves as a member of the Bible Translation and Utilization Committee (BTU) to assist in the Bible publishing activities of the National Council of Churches.

AcknowledgmentsPART I: A Historical, Literary Introduction1. IntroductionWhat Is a Gospel?How to Read the GospelsAs the Story of JesusAs the Story of the Evangelists Reflecting on the Significance of JesusAs the Story of Jesus and Evangelists for Contemporary ReadersTransmission of the Story of JesusThe Synoptic ProblemTwo-Source HypothesisWhat Is Q?Redaction Criticism2. The Gospel of MarkMark’s Gospel at a Glance OutlineThe Markan JesusDistinctive Theological ThemesParables in MarkNotable Interpretation IssuesA Close Reading of Mark1:1-13, Prologue1:14-8:26, Public Ministry8:27-10:52, Jesus on the Way to Jerusalem11:1-13:37, Ministry in Jerusalem14:1-15:47, Passion Narrative: Last Supper, Trials, Crucifixion16:1-8, The Resurrection of JesusQuestions for ReflectionFurther Reading3. The Gospel of MatthewMatthew’s Gospel at a Glance OutlineThe Matthean JesusDistinctive Theological ThemesParables in Matthew Notable Interpretation IssuesA Close Reading of Matthew1:1-2:23, Infancy Narrative3:1-4:25, Ministry of Jesus5:1-7:29, First Discourse: Sermon on the Mount8:1-9:38, Jesus Heals Many People10:1-10:42, Second Discourse: Missionary Instructions11:1-12:50, Jesus’s Ministry Continues While Opposition Arises13:1-53, Third Discourse: Collections of Parables13:54-17:27, Jesus Continues with His Mission and Foretells His Death and Resurrection18:1-35, Fourth Discourse: Community Instructions19:1-20:34, Jesus Continues to Teach on the Way to Jerusalem21:1-23:39, Jesus Enters Jerusalem and Confronts Leaders24:1-25:46, Fifth Discourse: Sermon on Eschatology26:1-27:66, Passion Narrative28:1-20, The Resurrection of JesusQuestions for ReflectionFurther Reading4. The Gospel of LukeLuke's Gospel at a GlanceOutlineThe Lukan JesusDistinctive Theological ThemesParables in LukeNotable Interpretation IssuesA Close Reading of Luke1:1-4, Preface1:5-2:52, Birth and Childhood of Jesus3:1-4:13, Preparation for the Ministry of Jesus4:14-9:50, Jesus’s Ministry in Galilee9:51-19:27, On the Way to Jerusalem19:28-21:38, Jesus’s Teaching in Jerusalem22:1-23:56, The Suffering and Death of Jesus24:1-53, The Resurrection of JesusQuestions for ReflectionFurther Reading5. The Gospel of JohnJohn’s Gospel at a Glance OutlineThe Johannine JesusDistinctive Theological Themes“I Am” Sayings of JesusNotable Interpretation IssuesA Close Reading of John1:1-18, Prologue1:19-5:47, Jesus’s Ministry6:1-12:50, Jesus’s Ministry Grows and Faces Opposition13:1-17:26, Farewell Discourses18:1-20:31, Suffering and Glory21:1-25, AddendumQuestions for ReflectionFurther ReadingPART II: Reading the Gospels from Various Perspectives6. Overview of Interpretive Approaches to the GospelsAuthor-Centered, Historical ApproachHistorical-Critical MethodSocial Science CriticismText-Centered, Literary ApproachTextual CriticismNarrative CriticismReader-Centered, Comprehensive ApproachReader-Response CriticismFeminist CriticismWomanist InterpretationEkklesia-Centered, Theological InterpretationJewish InterpretationInter(con)textual InterpretationQueer CriticismPostcolonial CriticismDeconstruction InterpretationMinoritized CriticismDisability StudiesEcological Criticism7. The Gospel of Mark from Various PerspectivesAuthor-Centered, Historical ApproachHistorical-Critical MethodSocial Science CriticismText-Centered, Literary Approach Textual CriticismNarrative CriticismReader-Centered, Comprehensive ApproachReader-Response CriticismFeminist CriticismWomanist InterpretationEkklesia-Centered, Theological InterpretationJewish InterpretationInter(con)textual InterpretationQueer CriticismPostcolonial CriticismDeconstruction InterpretationMinoritized CriticismDisability StudiesEcological Criticism8. The Gospel of Matthew from Various PerspectivesAuthor-Centered, Historical ApproachHistorical-Critical MethodSocial Science CriticismText-Centered, Literary Approach Textual CriticismNarrative CriticismReader-Centered, Comprehensive ApproachReader-Response CriticismFeminist CriticismWomanist InterpretationEkklesia-Centered, Theological InterpretationJewish InterpretationInter(con)textual InterpretationQueer CriticismPostcolonial CriticismDeconstruction InterpretationMinoritized CriticismDisability StudiesEcological Criticism9. The Gospel of Luke from Various PerspectivesAuthor-Centered, Historical ApproachHistorical-Critical MethodSocial Science CriticismText-Centered, Literary Approach Textual CriticismNarrative CriticismReader-Centered, Comprehensive ApproachReader-Response CriticismFeminist CriticismWomanist InterpretationEkklesia-Centered, Theological InterpretationJewish InterpretationInter(con)textual Interpretation Queer Criticism Postcolonial CriticismDeconstruction InterpretationMinoritized CriticismDisability StudiesEcological Criticism10. The Gospel of John from Various PerspectivesAuthor-Centered, Historical ApproachHistorical-Critical MethodSocial Science CriticismText-Centered, Literary ApproachTextual CriticismNarrative CriticismReader-Centered, Comprehensive ApproachReader-Response CriticismFeminist CriticismWomanist InterpretationEkklesia-Centered, Theological InterpretationJewish InterpretationInter(con)textual InterpretationQueer CriticismPostcolonial CriticismDeconstruction InterpretationMinoritized CriticismDisability StudiesEcological Criticism11. ConclusionThe Importance of Various Readings of the GospelsCriteria for Solid InterpretationReader’s Critical, Imaginative RoleBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Dr. Yung Suk Kim’s brilliant and meticulous textbook How to Read the Gospels offers a refreshing approach to reading the gospels that exceeds most introductions. I appreciate that he encourages readers to read the gospels closely for themselves. Readers are also encouraged to read multiple interpretative approaches to the gospels in conjunction with learning how to read them contextually and critically, even though the various methods are situated in the second half of the book. Kim’s book rises above the many textbooks on the gospels that either ignore or provide shallow and marginalizing introductions to queer, disability, postcolonial, feminist, womanist, ecological, ekklesia, and minoritized criticisms. This contribution to biblical studies is revolutionary.