Nordic interpretations of the New Testament : challenging texts and perspectives / Louise Heldgaard Bylund [and 3 others] (eds.).

Format:

Book

Series:

Studia Aarhusiana Neotestamentica ; 2364-2165 v. 5.

Studia Aarhusiana Neotestamentica, 2364-2165 ; volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Scandinavia.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament.

New Testament scholars--Scandinavia.

New Testament scholars.

Scandinavia.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

308 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, [2020]

Summary:

"This volume brings together contributions from the ongoing conversation among and between New Testament scholars from the Nordic Countries, namely Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The aim is to challenge the New Testament texts and their interpretation but also to be challenged by these texts and interpretations; how to read, interpret and contextualize the impact of these texts, and how to conceptualize the power and authority attributed to them. As neighbours in peripheral Europe, partly sharing language and history, scholars of this region also aim to participatie in the broader international discourse. The fact that their common academic language is English begs the question whether many of the current essays could have been written in different settings, since they do not explicitly reflect on contextual issues. Or is this the case? What characterizes that part of the world are social democracies with relatively high standards of living, a strong protestant past but an increasing multicultural population, public welfare systems, and gender equality. Public universities still have money and can prioritize mobility and internationalisation; accordingly, although few people live in the Nordic countries relatively many biblical scholars have roots there." --back cover

Contents:

I. Text, translation, and reception. "Permit the slaves to come to me:" Reimagining Markan church and household ethics / Gitte Buch-Hansen

Social scientific interpretation of the New Testament and a hermeneutics of dialogue / Halvor Moxnes

Who are the pharisees of today? Gospel reception in Norwegian lectionary resources / Gunnar Haaland

Negotiating Christology: The translation of Colossians 1:15 as a case study / Morten Beckman.

II. Gender, empire, emotion, and drama. Jesus, a wise and courageous man: representations of masculinity in the fourth gospel / Martin Friis

Voicing the resurrection: Narrative, authority, and gender in stories of the women at the tomb / Maria Sturesson

After anti-imperial readings: Early Christians in the empire re-examined / Niko Huttunen

An early Christian view on emotions: Stoic thought in the Tripartite Tractate / Paul Linjamaa

TETELESTAI (John 19:28 and 30): A dramatic and eschatological turning point / Louise Heldgaard Bylund.

III. Perspectives on Paul and Jesus. From Jewish to Gentile "Christianity": A change of perspective within the radical New Perspective on Paul / Magnus Zetterholm

Children of promise: Ishmael, Isaac and Isaiah in an intertextual reading of Gal 4:21-5:1 / Samuel Tedder

Do we uphold the law for the "weak"? Rom 3:31 and 14:1-15:6 / Jacob P. B. Martensen

Jesus as philosopher in the Gospel of Mark / Runar M. Thorsteinsson

The Jesus of the text: Unmanipulated parables as an alternative to historical and theological reconstructions / Lauri Thurén

Divine or human emotions? The character of Jesus in the Gospel of John / Kari Syreeni.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783525554562

3525554567

OCLC:

1196330159

Publisher Number:

99985952034