{"product_id":"de-introducing-the-new-testament-isbn-9781405187688","title":"De-Introducing the New Testament","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDe-Introducing the New Testament,\u003c\/i\u003e the authors argue for a renewed commitment to the defamiliarizing power of New Testament studies and a reclaiming of the discipline as one that exemplifies the best practices of the humanities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA new approach that asks us to ‘defamiliarize’ what we think we know about the New Testament, articulating themes and questions about its study that encourage further reflection and engagement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooks behind the traditional ways in which the NT is “introduced” to critically engage the conceptual framework of the field as a whole\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a critical intervention into several methodological impasses in contemporary NT scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an appraisal of the relationship between economics and culture in the production of NT scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in a style that is clear and concise, ideal for student readership\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(De-)Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing Old Stones Anew 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing the New Testament as Introducing Traditional\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Testament Scholarship 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing Criticisms of Traditional New Testament Scholarship 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing De-Introducing the New Testament 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Order of New Testament Things: Questioning Methods and Meanings 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bone-Box of James, “the Brother of Jesus” 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWays of Knowing a Subject of Study 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrdering Principles in the Study of the New Testament 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWays of Knowing New Testament “Things” 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Foregrounding New Testament Backgrounds: Contextualizing Interpretation 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJew” or “Judean”? The Present Confronts the Past 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing the New Testament: Making Meaning with the Context 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackgrounding the Backgrounds Approach 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackgrounding the Character of Early Christianity: Liberty against Tyranny 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContexts Matter, Ancient and Modern 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Objects, Objectives, and Objectivities: Material and Visual Culture and New Testament Studies 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOf Fragments and Forgeries 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchaeology and the Making of Objects 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExcavating Discourses that Produce Ancient Objects 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Do We Do with Ancient Objects? 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Do We Want with Ancient Objects? 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Brand(ish)ing Biblical Scholars(hip):\u003c\/b\u003e New Testament Studies and Neoliberal Subjectivity 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Can Be a “New Testament Scholar?” 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeoliberalism and the Politics of Identity 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBranding as a Practice of Neoliberal Subjectivity 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBranding New Testament Scholars(hip) 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe One-Dimensional New Testament Scholar? 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack to the Future: Concluding Observations on History, Method, and Theory in New Testament Studies 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 000\u003c\/p\u003e Lopez, associate professor of religious studies at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg FL, suggest that part of the radical potential of de-introducing the NT lies in the refusal to give up on history, and historical criticism, while continuing to think through methodological questions and issues in the discipline (New Testament Abstracts 2016) \u003cb\u003eDavina C. Lopez \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eApostle to the Conquered: Reimagining Paul's Mission\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd Penner \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eContextualizing Gender in Early Christian Discourse \u003c\/i\u003e(with Caroline Vander Stichele, 2009) and \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Christian Origins: Stephen and the Hellenists in Lukan Apologetic Historiography \u003c\/i\u003e(2004). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth Lopez and Penner conducted research for this book as scholars-in-residence at the Burke Library of Union Theological Seminary\/Columbia University between 2010 and 2011. In addition, they are both Senior Editors for the \u003ci\u003eOxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies \u003c\/i\u003e(2014) and have co-authored numerous essays together related to method and its consequence for interpretation in the study of the New Testament.  \u003ci\u003eDe-Introducing the New Testament\u003c\/i\u003e offers an exciting and provocative look at how we conduct critical New Testament scholarship in our present historical moment and socio-economic landscape. Challenging some of the methodologies and trajectories central to the area, the authors use the term “de-introducing” to denote a practice of unmasking the most basic categories and frameworks in the field so that we might better understand and appraise what discourses are at work therein. The authors acknowledge the interplay of ancient texts and modern disciplinary formation as important sites for the expression of identity and power relationships, and raise questions about the connections we seek to cultivate with the past.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Engaging with several dominant rhetorical paths in the field, the authors raise critical questions about the stories we tell in the field of New Testament studies: about who we are as New Testament scholars, what it is we think we do in the discipline, on what terms, and to what ends. Ultimately, the authors argue for a renewed commitment to the defamiliarizing power of New Testament studies and a reclaiming of the discipline as one that exemplifies the best practices of the humanities and the radical potential of liberative ethics. \u003cp\u003eThe critical focus in \u003ci\u003eDe-Introducing the New Testament\u003c\/i\u003e on the modernist genre of writing and type of intellectual-cultural-political practice that is the “Introduction to the New Testament” is long overdue and much needed. The writers are bold and expansive in their critique and in their proposals. Their book merits serious attention. I hope it provokes sustained rethinking and reorientation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVincent L. Wimbush, Institute for Signifying Scriptures \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989027668197,"sku":"NP9781405187688","price":93.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405187688.jpg?v=1761782498","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/de-introducing-the-new-testament-isbn-9781405187688","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}