The Theology of the Pastoral Letters- Series: New Testament Theology: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: The Pastoral Letters have often been marginalized in modern New Testament studies. Regarded as not authentically Pauline, not very theological, and mostly evidence of the church settling down in the world, their patriarchal orientation has more recently fut... Details...

The Theology of the Second Letter to the Corinthians- Series: New Testament Theology: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: The resonances in the dialogue of Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians are difficult to detect unless the reader has some knowledge of the social, religious, and economic situation of the community to which the apostle was writing. In this lucid and clea... Details...

The Theology of the Shorter Pauline Letters- Series: New Testament Theology: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book breaks new ground in offering an exposition of the theological message of the Shorter Pauline Letters. Karl P. Donfried puts 1 and 2 Thessalonians in their cultural context, and identifies a number of key themes in these letters, such as the notio... Details...

The Voice of Jesus in the Social Rhetoric of James: — Series: Society for New Testament Studies in Monograph (No. 106): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This programmatic socio-rhetorical investigation approaches the Epistle of James as an instance of written deliberative rhetoric, and it seeks to ascertain the social texture of James 2.5, a rhetorical performance of language that in other contexts is expli... Details...

The Zion Traditions and the Aims of Jesus — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 91): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book provides an exciting reinterpretation of the sayings and actions of Jesus. Setting Him firmly in the context of first century Judaism, it asks how important the city of Jerusalem and the theological ideas attached to it were to Jesus. Dr. Tan conc... Details...

What Are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 70): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: While the nineteenth-century assumption that the Gospels could be likened to biographies has been denied by the scholarly consensus of this century, in recent years a biographical genre has begun to be assumed once more. Richard Burridge provides a good fou... Details...

Wisdom in the Q-Tradition: The Aphoristic Teaching of Jesus — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 61): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: One of the least well-researched aspects of the teaching of Jesus found in the gospels is the use of proverbs, or aphorisms. Whilst the parables of Jesus have drawn great interest and study, this other kind of saying has been relatively neglected, although ... Details...

Women in the Earliest Churches — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 59): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book examines the roles and functions that women assumed in the early Christian communities from AD 33 to the Council of Nicaea. It surveys, too, the views about women held by various New Testament authors including Paul and the Evangelists. Details...

Women in the Ministry of Jesus: A Study of Jesus’ Attitudes to Women and their Roles as Reflected in His Earthly Life — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 51): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments:A fascinating and original contribution to the exegesis of Biblical passages relevant to the current debate on women's roles in the Church and society Details...

Women in the Ministry of Jesus: A Study of Jesus’ Attitudes to Women and their Roles as Reflected in His Earthly Life — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 51): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments:A fascinating and original contribution to the exegesis of Biblical passages relevant to the current debate on women's roles in the Church and society Details...