Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Context
- Part II The New Testament Writings
- Part III Methods and Modes of Interpretation
- 17 The Canon of the New Testament
- 18 Historical-Critical Methods
- 19 Literary Approaches
- 20 Social Sciences, Social History, and Ideology
- 21 The New Testament and Theology
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
20 - Social Sciences, Social History, and Ideology
from Part III - Methods and Modes of Interpretation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 April 2021
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Context
- Part II The New Testament Writings
- Part III Methods and Modes of Interpretation
- 17 The Canon of the New Testament
- 18 Historical-Critical Methods
- 19 Literary Approaches
- 20 Social Sciences, Social History, and Ideology
- 21 The New Testament and Theology
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
This chapter discusses a range of approaches to the New Testament that have emerged in recent decades, often in explicit reaction to historical-critical methods, under the rubric of social history and ideology.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament , pp. 382 - 400Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
References
Further Reading
Boer, Roland, and Økland, Jorunn, eds. Marxist Feminist Criticism of the Bible. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2008.Google Scholar
Crook, Zeba A. “Structure versus Agency in Studies of the Biblical Social World: Engaging with Louise Lawrence.” JSNT 29 (2007): 251–75Google Scholar
Crossley, James G. Jesus in an Age of Terror: Projects for a New American Century. London: Equinox, 2008.Google Scholar
Friesen, Steven J. “Poverty in Pauline Studies: Beyond the So-Called New Consensus.” JSNT 26 (2004): 323–61Google Scholar
Horrell, David G. “Social-Scientific Interpretation of the New Testament: Retrospect and Prospect.” Pages 3–27 in Social-Scientific Approaches to New Testament Interpretation. Edited by Horrell, David G.. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1999.Google Scholar
Lawrence, Louise J. “Structure, Agency and Ideology: A Response to Zeba Crook.” JSNT 29 (2007): 277–86.Google Scholar
Osiek, Carolyn, and MacDonald, Margaret Y. with Tulloch, Janet H., A Woman’s Place: House Churches in Earliest Christianity. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2006.Google Scholar
Schottroff, Luise. “‘Not Many Powerful’: Approaches to a Sociology of Early Christianity.” Pages 277–86 in Social-Scientific Approaches to New Testament Interpretation. Edited by Horrell, David G.. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1999.Google Scholar
Sugirtharajah, R.S. Exploring Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: History, Method, Practice. New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Theissen, Gerd. Social Reality and the Early Christians: Theology, Ethics, and the World of the New Testament. Translated by M. Kohl. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1993.Google Scholar