The New Testament Interpreted

Essays in Honour of Bernard C. Lategan
Herausgeber: Breytenbach, Cilliers; Punt, Jeremy; Thom, Johan C

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume, in honour of Bernard C. Lategan, a renowned specialist on the modern reception of the New Testament, covers the broad spectrum of the reception of the New Testament as literature. Interpretations of the New Testament from antiquity through modern day critical scholarship up to contemporary readings in Africa are presented and discussed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 166mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 894g
• ISBN-13: 9789004153042
• ISBN-10: 9004153047
• Artikelnr.: 22605405

Autorenporträt

Cilliers Breytenbach is Professor for Literature, Religion and History of Early Christianity at the Humboldt University of Berlin and Professor extraordinaire for New Testament at the University of Stellenbosch. He has published on a wide range of topics, including the Gospel of Mark, reconciliation and the death of Jesus in Pauline theology as well as the history of Judaism and Christianity in ancient Asia Minor. Johan C. Thom is Professor of Classics at the University of Stellenbosch. His publications include books and articles on philosophical and religious texts from the Hellenistic world (including Pythagorean, Stoic, and Epicurean texts), and their relationship to New Testament material. Jeremy Punt is Senior Lecturer in New Testament at the University of Stellenbosch. He has published on various topics related to biblical hermeneutics as well as on the reception of the Bible, with a focus on postcolonial and related theories, and the Bible in Africa, in the popular media and in politics.