Reading the New Testament in the Manifold Contexts of a Globalized World

This volume gathers the perspectives of teachers in higher education from all over the world on the topic of New Testament scholarship. The goal is to understand and describe the contexts and conditions under which New Testament research is carried out throughout the world. This endeavor should serve as a catalyst for new initiatives and the development of questions that determine the future directions of New Testament scholarship. At the same time, it is intended to raise awareness of the global dimensions of New Testament scholarship, especially in relation to its impact on socio-political debates.

The occasion for these reflections are not least the present questions that have been posed with the corona pandemic and have received a focus on the "system relevance" of churches, which is openly questioned by the media. The church and theology must face this challenge. Towards that end, it is important to gather impulses and suggestions for the discipline from a variety of contexts in which different dimensions of context-related New Testament research come to the fore.



Prof. Dr. Eve-Marie Becker ist Professorin für Neues Testament an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster.

Prof. Dr. Jens Herzer ist Professor für Theologie des Neuen Testaments an der Universität Leipzig.

Prof. Dr. Angela Standhartinger ist Professorin für Neues Testament an der Philipps-Universität in Marburg.

Prof. Dr. Florian Wilk ist Professor für Neues Testament an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.



Contents

Introduction



Contextualization: Exegetical and biographical readings



Faustin Leonard Mahali

Appraising Exegetical Procedures in Reading the New Testament in African Context



Ernest van Eck

Reading the Text Does Matter. Texts as Symbols of Personal and Social Transformation



Gregory Thomas Basker

Interpreting the Bible in the Tamil Context. Reading Matthew (10:40-42) in light of Tirukkural (Ch.9)



Rospita Siahaan

The Absolute Assurance of Giving. A Socio-Rhetorical Approach to the Parable of the Friend at Midnight in Luke 11:5-8



Yoshimi Azuma

A Japanese Ecofeminist Reading of John 1:14



Kenneth Mtata

Transformative Reading of Women, Childbirth and Death in John's Gospel from an African and Intercultural Perspective



Aliou Cissé Niang

Reading and Teaching the New Testament. A Concise Contextual Diola Interpretation of Gal 3:26-29 under Empires



Lyn M. Kidson

Aussie Men, Roman Men, and Fashioning the Evangelical Man from 1 Timothy 2



Contextualization: Theoretical and biographical perspectives



Armand Puig i Tàrrech

Reading the New Testament in Manifold Contexts of a Globalized World. Exegetical Perspectives



Francisco Lozada, Jr.

New Testament Interpretation in the United States. A Perspective from a Cultural Observer



Kay Higuera Smith

Racism and New Testament Scholarship in Latinx California. U.S. Debates on Racism and Biblical Scholarship



Marcelo da Silva Carneiro

Die Erfahrung, im brasilianischen Kontext zum Neuen Testament zu lehren und zu forschen



Ronald Charles

Researching and Teaching OtherWise



William Loader

Reflections on a Lifetime of New Testament Teaching and Research in Australasia



Paul Trebilco

Reading the New Testament in Aotearoa New Zealand



Alexey B. Somov

Reflections on Reading and Translating the New Testament in Contemporary Russia



Authors and Editors of the Volume

Index