Beyond Bultmann
Subtitle: reckoning a New Testament theology
By: Bruce W. Longenecker, Mikeal C. Parsons, editors
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Waco, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781481300414
Subjects: Theologie; Theologie des Neuen Testaments (Bultmann, Rudolf); Bible; Bibel; Theology
Description: Rudolf Bultmann's Theology of the New Testament has stood the test of time. At the very moment modernity was threatening to splinter New Testament studies into a myriad of isolated disciplines, Bultmann was somehow able to hold history, exegesis, and theology together. Theology of the New Testament was, and still is, the definitive theological statement of a high modernist critic. In it Bultmann was as relentless in his historical judgments as he was unapologetic in laying bare the New Testament's existential claims. Beyond Bultmann puts Bultmann's classic Theology of the New Testament to a new test. Thirteen contemporary New Testament scholars subject Bultmann's Theology to a comprehensive new reading. This fresh, critical examination of Bultmann not only places his magisterial work in a new context but also reveals the enduring features of Bultmann's achievement. Beyond Bultmann demonstrates that Theology of the New Testament, far from being a relic in the museum of interpretation, still speaks today despite its flaws.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-352) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The message of Jesus  -- Samuel Byrskog; title: The kerygma of the earliest church  -- C. Kavin Rowe; title: The kerygma of the Hellenistic church aside from Paul  -- Udo Schnelle; title: Humanity prior to the revelation of faith  -- Richard B. Hays; title: Humanity under faith  -- John M.G. Barclay; title: Johannine Christology and eschatology  -- Jörg Frey; title: Dualism and soteriology in Johannine theology  -- Richard Bauckham; title: The rise of church order  -- Luke Timothy Johnson; title: The development of doctrine  -- James D.G. Dunn; title: Christology and soteriology  -- Larry W. Hurtado; title: The problem of Christian living  -- Wayne A. Meeks; title: Bultmann's Theology of the New Testament in context  -- Angela Standhartinger; title: Bultmann and the theological interpretation of Scripture -- Francis Watson.