This fascinating and comprehensive book, first published in 1990, is, as the original subtile put it, 'a story and a programme'. The story is that of the many attempts over the last two hundred years to write a theology of the New Testament, from the pioneering J. P. Gabler to the present day. Writing in Theology, Robert morgan describes it as 'surely the best available survey in any language and particularly useful for those less familiar with the German tradition'. However, the book contains more than a survey: the 'programme' maps out the way that New Testament theology should proceed in the future. The programme relates not only to subject-matter but also to audience, since in a secular society those who read the New Testament range far outside the confessions and churches. As might be expected, the reception for this radical thesis has ben a mixed one, but the importance of Professor Raisaenen's work has been strongly emphasized, not lesast by Professor Gerd Theissen in his A Theory of Primitive Christian Reigion. This new edition contains a survey of the debate over the last decade and also elaborates further on the programme for the future in the light of recent developments. Heikki Raisaenen is Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Helsinki.

Beyond New Testament Theology: A Story and a Programme

Religion & Spirituality

Räisänen, Heikki

Christian Books & Bibles

UNKNO

Argues that the new historical consciousness of the relativity of all cultures profoundly affects our view of scripture.

Marcion, Muhammad and the Mahatma: Exegetical Perspectives on the Encounter of Cultures and Faiths

SCM Press

A survey of the many attempts over the last two hundred years to write a theology of the New Testament and a programme for the way in which New Testament theology should proceed in the future.

Beyond New Testament Theology

Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd

Risnen offers a new perspective on the composition and meaning of the collection of motifs in Mark known as the 'messianic secret'.

The Messianic Secret in Marks Gospel, (Studies of the New Testament and Its World)

Räisänen offers a new perspective on the composition and meaning of the collection of motifs in Mark known as the 'messianic secret'.

Messianic Secret in Mark's Gospel

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Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

T&T Clark

Paul and the Law

Fortress Press

Heikki Raisanen offers a historical survey of the roots and first growth of the thoughts, values, and practices of the early Christians and explains the evolution of Christian belief in terms of vital adaptations to specific challenges. An ideal textbook for university introductory courses on the New Testament and Early Christianity, The Rise of Christian Beliefs offers chapters discussing "paradigmatic events" - the life and death of Jesus and experiences of Easter, principal figures and groups, last things and afterlife, savior figures and the human condition, ethnicity, identity, and morality, and ritual community life.

The Rise of Christian Beliefs: The Thought-World of Early Christians

History

World

The world is increasingly assuming the characteristics of a "global village," as the development of transportation and information technologies makes travel and communications around the globe ever easier and quicker. The world of biblical scholarship has not been immune to such changes. Increasingly, biblical scholars everywhere are aware of the fact that they are "reading the Bible in the global village." The multiplication of scholarly methods and approaches to biblical criticism and interpretation presents new opportunities, but also raises new questions.

Reading the Bible in the Global Village: Helsinki

Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler

Barr, James

Stendahl, Krister

Sugirtharajah, R.S.

Scholars Pr

Who was the apostle Paul? That question has provided grist for the scholarly mill for millennia. This fifth volume of the Jesus Seminar Guides opens with summaries of the traditional understanding of Paul that examine its inconsistencies and contradictions and reveal its bankruptcy. The authors then move beyond that traditional framework provided by Augustine and Luther to more radical approaches as they struggle with questions such as: who was the historical Paul, how is Paul s message related to Jesus , what problem was Paul trying to solve, and what was his concept of God?

Rediscovering the Apostle Paul (Jesus Seminar Guides, 5)

Lüdemann, Gerd

White, John L.

Veitch, James

Polebridge Pr Westar Inst

""Anyone who has studied Paul knows that probably the most complex problem he develops is his view of the law and its purpose. The beauty of Raisanen's work is that he recognizes and respects this complexity without himself becoming too dense to understand. Raisanen finds that Paul's radicalized, negative criticism of the law is peculiar to him, unparalleled in the NT and without precedent in Jewish thought. With careful, patient examination of various contexts, Raisanen leads his readers to see that Paul has an oscillating, even inconsistent view of the law. . . . This book is well-written in clear, readable English. It is an important book, recommended to any serious student of Paul. Its strength is in Raisanen's willingness to abandon preconceptions of what Paul's view on the law should be according to some consistent plan and in allowing Paul to speak for himself."" -- Mary Ann Getty in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1985, No. 47

Paul and the Law (2nd Edition) (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament, 29)

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