Robert Evans is Senior Lecturer in New Testament Theology at the University of Chester, UK.

• Contents1. Introduction: impulses and parameters of this study 2. Reception history and historical-critical exegesis 3. The case study and historical-critical tools: genre and the Erwartungshorizont4. The case study and historical-critical tools: lexis and the Erwartungshorizont5. The case study and historical-critical tools: socio-historical setting and the Erwartungshorizont 6. Reception history and the progressive process 7. The case study: contours of a tradition in the Church 8. The case-study: contours of a tradition in literature 9. Reception history and theological hermeneutics 10. The case study and theological hermeneutics 11. Conclusion BibliographyIndex

A valuable, enlightening study … Many NT scholars will value this book, particularly for the study of reception of hupotassein. Those interested in hermeneutics will wish to pay special attention to Evans’ argument for the important place of historical criticism in Gadamer’s scheme.

Robert Evans is Senior Lecturer in New Testament Theology at the University of Chester, UK.

• Contents1. Introduction: impulses and parameters of this study 2. Reception history and historical-critical exegesis 3. The case study and historical-critical tools: genre and the Erwartungshorizont4. The case study and historical-critical tools: lexis and the Erwartungshorizont5. The case study and historical-critical tools: socio-historical setting and the Erwartungshorizont 6. Reception history and the progressive process 7. The case study: contours of a tradition in the Church 8. The case-study: contours of a tradition in literature 9. Reception history and theological hermeneutics 10. The case study and theological hermeneutics 11. Conclusion BibliographyIndex

A valuable, enlightening study … Many NT scholars will value this book, particularly for the study of reception of hupotassein. Those interested in hermeneutics will wish to pay special attention to Evans’ argument for the important place of historical criticism in Gadamer’s scheme.

Robert Evans is Senior Lecturer in New Testament Theology at the University of Chester, UK.

• Contents1. Introduction: impulses and parameters of this study 2. Reception history and historical-critical exegesis 3. The case study and historical-critical tools: genre and the Erwartungshorizont4. The case study and historical-critical tools: lexis and the Erwartungshorizont5. The case study and historical-critical tools: socio-historical setting and the Erwartungshorizont 6. Reception history and the progressive process 7. The case study: contours of a tradition in the Church 8. The case-study: contours of a tradition in literature 9. Reception history and theological hermeneutics 10. The case study and theological hermeneutics 11. Conclusion BibliographyIndex

A valuable, enlightening study … Many NT scholars will value this book, particularly for the study of reception of hupotassein. Those interested in hermeneutics will wish to pay special attention to Evans’ argument for the important place of historical criticism in Gadamer’s scheme.