The New Testament: History, Literature and Social Context

The New Testament: History, Literature, and Social Context takes it primary orientation from recent developments in the social sciences. With reference to the most seminal anthropological models, sociological perspectives, and archaeological discoveries, this text provides a rigorous, yet readily engaging, introduction to the New Testament and the early development of the Christian faith. Incorporating, too, the most current hermeneutic schemes, this text illuminates the New Testament in the light of today's leading interpretive methodologies.