Reading the New Testament in the Manifold Contexts of a Globalized World

This volume gathers the perspectives of teachers in higher education from all over the world on the topic of New Testament scholarship. The goal is to understand and describe the contexts and conditions under which New Testament research is carried out throughout the world. This endeavor should serve as a catalyst for new initiatives and the development of questions that determine the future directions of New Testament scholarship. At the same time, it is intended to raise awareness of the global dimensions of New Testament scholarship, especially in relation to its impact on socio-political debates.
The occasion for these reflections are not least the present questions that have been posed with the corona pandemic and have received a focus on the “system relevance” of churches, which is openly questioned by the media. The church and theology must face this challenge. Towards that end, it is important to gather impulses and suggestions for the discipline from a variety of contexts in which different dimensions of context-related New Testament research come to the fore.

Inhalt:

Introduction

Contextualization: Exegetical and biographical readings

Faustin Leonard Mahali
Appraising Exegetical Procedures in Reading the New Testament in African Context

Ernest van Eck
Reading the Text Does Matter. Texts as Symbols of Personal and Social Transformation

Gregory Thomas Basker
Interpreting the Bible in the Tamil Context. Reading Matthew (10:40–42) in light of Tirukkural (Ch.9)

Rospita Siahaan
The Absolute Assurance of Giving. A Socio-Rhetorical Approach to the Parable of the Friend at Midnight in Luke 11:5–8

Yoshimi Azuma
A Japanese Ecofeminist Reading of John 1:14

Kenneth Mtata
Transformative Reading of Women, Childbirth and Death in John’s Gospel from an African and Intercultural Perspective

Aliou Cissé Niang
Reading and Teaching the New Testament. A Concise Contextual Diola Interpretation of Gal 3:26–29 under Empires

Lyn M. Kidson
Aussie Men, Roman Men, and Fashioning the Evangelical Man from 1 Timothy 2

Contextualization: Theoretical and biographical perspectives

Armand Puig i Tàrrech
Reading the New Testament in Manifold Contexts of a Globalized World. Exegetical Perspectives

Francisco Lozada, Jr.
New Testament Interpretation in the United States. A Perspective from a Cultural Observer

Kay Higuera Smith
Racism and New Testament Scholarship in Latinx California. U.S. Debates on Racism and Biblical Scholarship

Marcelo da Silva Carneiro
Die Erfahrung, im brasilianischen Kontext zum Neuen Testament zu lehren und zu forschen

Ronald Charles
Researching and Teaching OtherWise

William Loader
Reflections on a Lifetime of New Testament Teaching and Research in Australasia

Paul Trebilco
Reading the New Testament in Aotearoa New Zealand

Alexey B. Somov
Reflections on Reading and Translating the New Testament in Contemporary Russia

Authors and Editors of the Volume
Index

Autoreninformation:
Prof. Dr. Eve-Marie Becker ist Professorin für Neues Testament an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
Prof. Dr. Jens Herzer ist Professor für Theologie des Neuen Testaments an der Universität Leipzig.
Prof. Dr. Angela Standhartinger ist Professorin für Neues Testament an der Philipps-Universität in Marburg.
Prof. Dr. Florian Wilk ist Professor für Neues Testament an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.