Face of New Testament Studies, The: A Survey of Recent Research (Paperback)

~ (Editor), Grant Osborne (Editor)

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In The Face of New Testament Studies, editors Scot McKnight and Grant R. Osborne bring together New Testament experts who track developments in their specialized fields of research-and why those developments are important. It provides scholars and students with a useful survey of the "state-of-the-question" in New Testament Studies.

About the Author

Scot McKnight (Ph.D., University of Nottingham) is Karl A. Olsson Professor of Religious Studies at North Park University and the author of several books, including Turning to Jesus. Grant R. Osborne (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) is professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and the author of several books, including Revelation (BECNT) and The Hermeneutical Spiral.

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Baker Academic (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801027071
• ISBN-13: 978-0801027079
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #742,477 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Library In A Book, May 21, 2005

By	Steve Jackson "stevejackson100atyahoocom" (New England) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

It's incredible how many scholarly books and articles are written every year on the New Testament. Even if you had the time to keep up with all the research, you probably wouldn't have access to all the relevant material unless you lived next to a seminary with a large library.

A book that summarizes the recent findings of NT research and makes it accessible to the layman would be tremendously valuable. To a large extent, Scot McKnight and Grant Osborne have accomplished this in THE FACE OF NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES: A SURVEY OF RECENT RESEARCH. This book collects essays by leading NT scholars hitting on all the major areas of NT studies. The contributors are a mix of conservatives (Blomberg and Twelftree) and moderates-liberals (Dunn and Chilton).

By "recent" the authors don't mean just the last five years. For example, McKnight's article on the Jesus of history discusses Bultmann and Dodd, although more time is spent on N. T. Wright and J. P. Meier. The articles are all informative, but a couple (those on textual criticism and Greek grammar) are a bit too technical for the casual reader.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Work, July 14, 2005

By	David S. Ritsema (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This was a required text in my doctoral program in New Testament Studies. I found the book to be very thorough and quite readable. The only disadvantage was that the book does not have bibliographical information at the end of each chapter. The chapters are up to date and written by fine scholars. There is also a complimentary volume on the Old Testament that I have not yet written. I recommend the text strongly.