{"id":2448,"date":"2016-02-27T14:36:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T14:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2025-12-30T11:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:21:10","slug":"new-testament-interpretation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/new-testament-interpretation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Testament Interpretation: Essays on Principles and Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Essays on New Testament Interpretation<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In 1977 Howard Marshall edited a collection of essays on New Testament interpretation\u00a0contributed by some of the best Evangelical scholars in the UK, many of whom have since gone to their reward, including Marshall himself. The volume has proved to be of enduring value to students, particularly F.F Bruce’s masterful summary of the history of New Testament study. All of the essays are available for free download, thanks to the kind permission of Paternoster Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I. Howard Marshall, ed. New Testament Interpretation: Essays on Principles and Methods<\/em>. Carlisle: The Paternoster Press, 1977, revised 1979, 1985. Pbk. pp.406. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Editor’s Foreword<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction<\/em> – I. Howard Marshall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part I – The Background To Interpretation<\/strong> II<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The History of New Testament Study<\/em> – F.F. Bruce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presuppositions in New Testament Criticism<\/em> – Graham N. Stanton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part II – The Use of Critical Methods in Interpretation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Semantics and New Testament Interpretation<\/em> – Anthony C. Thiselton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions of Introduction<\/em> – Donald Guthrie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Religious Background<\/em> – John W. Drane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical Criticism<\/em> – I. Howard Marshall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source Criticism<\/em> – David Wenham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Form Criticism<\/em> – Stephen H. Travis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tradition History<\/em> – David R. Catchpole<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Redaction Criticism<\/em> – Stephen S. Smalley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part III – The Task of Exegesis<\/strong> XII<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the New Testament Uses the Old<\/em> – E. Earle Ellis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approaches To New Testament Exegesis<\/em> – Ralph P. Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exegesis in Practice: Two Examples<\/em> – R.T. France<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demythologising – The Problem of Myth in the New Testament<\/em> – James D.G. Dunn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Hermeneutic<\/em> – Anthony C. Thiselton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Authority of the New Testament<\/em> – Robin Nixon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expounding the New Testament<\/em> – John Goldingay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indexes<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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