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The World of the New Testament

Encountering Texts in Context
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The World of the New Testament is a concise, up-to-date textbook on the historical, literary, social, and religious world(s) in which the New Testament writings were produced. A study tool for students of biblical studies, theology, and religious studies, the volume gives an overview of pertinent information needed to understand the various worldviews of New Testament writings, as well as guidance and resources for more in-depth study. This collaborative work synthesizes into individual chapters the work of experts in their respective fields. Each chapter of the book is designed to stand alone, allowing for individual use. Alternatively, the book can be read in its entirety for a comprehensive understanding. In a classroom setting, instructors may choose to assign the entire textbook for reading or utilize it as a resource to prepare seminar sessions introducing students to the world of New Testament writings.
Tobias Nicklas is a professor of New Testament studies and director of the Centre for Advanced Studies "Beyond Canon" at the University of Regensburg, Germany. He is research associate in the Department of New Testament at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, and adjunct ordinary professor at Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Introduction (Tobias Nicklas, Predrag Dragutinovic, Fiva Savkovic, Lily Vuong) Historical landscape 1. History of the Hellenistic and Early Roman Period in the Mediterranean (Stefan Pfeiffer) 2. Hellenistic and Roman Jewish History in Judea and the Diaspora (Viktor Kokai-Nagy) Sources 3. Non-Literary Sources (Peter Arzt-Grabner) 4. Jewish Literature (David Cielontko) 5. Greek and Roman Literature (Thomas Tops) Social and Cultural Contexts 6. Ancient Media Culture (Jan Heilmann) 7. Social Relations and Status in private life (Michael Sommer and Isabel Kraus) 8. Social Relations and Status in public life (Susan Hylen) 9. Spatial Contexts - cities, colonies, villages (Cavan Concannon) 10. Temporal Concepts in Antiquity (Kylie Crabbe) Monetary Economy, Wealth, Taxes (Stefan Alkier) Philosophical and Religious contexts 11. Philosophical schools and ideas (Johan Thom) 12. Greek and Roman Religion (Christoph Auffarth) 13. Magic, Miracles, Healing (Janet E. Spittler) 14. Living as a Jew in Palestine (Lutz Doering) 15. Living as a Jew in Hellenistic Diaspora (Ruben Buehner) 16. Apocalyptic (Joerg Frey) 17. Jewish Messianology (Richard Bautch and Kelley Coblentz Bautch) 18. Samaritans (Jozsef Zsellenger) Conclusion
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