Norman Perrin was one of the most innovative New Testament scholars of the twentieth century. This volume brings together some of his best-known works on historical Jesus research, parables, redaction criticism, and New Testament theology.
With an introduction and bibliography as well as updated notes, this volume brings Perrin's insights to a new generation of students and scholars.
Table of Contents:
Abbreviations
Editor's Foreword
Acknowledgments
> The Kingdom of God - Interpreting a Biblical Symbol
The Ancient Near East
Ancient Israel
Jesus and the Kingdom
Augustine and the Kingdom
Rauschenbusch and the Kingdom
Bultmann and the Kingdom
Conclusion
Eschatology and Hermeneutics
Parables and Hermeneutics
Six Interpreters of Jesus' Parables
The Hermeneutical Problem: Author, Text, and Reader
Conclusion
The Evangelist as Author
History of Methods
A Methodology for Literary Criticism and the Gospels
The Interpretation of the Gospel of Mark
From Wrede to Lohmeyer
Redaction Criticism
Rom Redaction Criticism to Literary Criticism
Conclusion
The Christology of Mark
Methodology
Mark's Christology
Conclusion
Jesus and the Theology of the New Testament
Three Major Problems
Addressing the Three Major Problems
Aspects of a New Testament Theology
Conclusion
The Challenge of New Testament Theology
The Problem of the Historical Jesus
The Question of Demythologizing
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Norman Perrin's Major Works
Assessments of Norman Perrin's Work
The Historical Jesus
Parables
The Gospel of Mark
New Testament Theology
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Terms and Phrases
Index of Ancient Sources
About the Author :
Norman Perrin was Professor of New Testament at the University of Chicago and the author of major works in New Testament scholarship.
K. C. Hanson (PhD Claremont Graduate School) is editor in chief at Wipf and Stock Publishers (Eugene, Oregon), after having taught biblical studies for sixteen years (1982-1998) and working as senior editor for biblical studies at Fortress Press (1998-2005). In addition to writing two volumes in the Proclamation series for Fortress, he compiled and edited seven volumes for Fortress Classics in Biblical Studies. He translated Andre LaCocque's Ruth from the French for the Continental Commentary series (Fortress, 2004) and Renate Bethge's Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Brief Life (Fortress, 2003). He also edited Sigmund Mowinckel's Religion and Cult(Cascade, 2012) and translatedand edited Hermann Gunkel's Elijah, Yahweh, and Baal (Cascade, 2014).
