Nature of New Testament Theology

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).

• List of Contributors. List of Abbreviations.Preface.Foreword by Rowan Williams.1. History and Theology in New Testament Studies: John Ashton (Oxford University).2. Biblical Theology: An Old Testament Perspective: John Barton (Oxford University).3. Apocalypticism and New Testament Theology: Adela Yarbro Collins (Yale University).4. New Testament Interpretation as Interpersonal Communion: The Case for a Socio-Theological Hermeneutics: Philip Esler (University of St Andrews).5. The Nature of New Testament Theology: Morna Hooker (Cambridge University).6. Does a Theology of the Canonical Gospels Make Sense? Luke Timothy Johnson (Emory University).7. Paul in New Testament Theology: Leander E. Keck (Yale University).8. The Contribution of Reception History to a New Testament Theology: Ulrich Luz (University of Berne, Switzerland).9. Women in Early Christianity: The Challenge to a New Testament Theology: Margaret Y. MacDonald (St Francis Xavier University).10. Deutero-Paulinism, Pseudonymity and the Canon: John Muddiman (Mansfield College, Oxford).11. Towards an Alternative to New Testament Theology: ‘Individual Eschatology’ as an Example: Heikki Räisänen (University of Helsinki).12. ‘Action is the Life of All’: New Testament Theology and Practical Theology: Christopher Rowland (Queens College, Oxford).13. Theory of Primitive Christian Religion and New Testament Theology: an Evolutionary Essay: Gerd Theissen (University of Heidelberg, Germany).14. Does the ‘Historical Jesus’ belong within a ‘New Testament Theology’? Christopher Tuckett (Oxford University).15. The Gospel of John and New Testament Theology: Francis Watson (University of Aberdeen).16. The Theology of the Cross and the Quest for a Doctrinal Norm: Michael Wolter (University of Bonn, Germany).17. The Trinity and the New Testament: Frances Young (University of Birmingham).Index

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