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Publisher
Saint Mary's Press of Minnesota
ISBN-10
1599822717
ISBN-13
9781599822716
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209829548
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
254 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Beyond the Obvious
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Biblical Studies / New Testament
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion
Format
Trade Paperback
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8.2 in
Item Width
5.4 in
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College Audience
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In Beyond the Obvious: Doorways to Understanding the New Testament, Dale Walker has written an engaging, insightful collection of essays that offers a fresh way to introduce the historical study of the New Testament to students of the Bible. With clarity and brevity, each essay explores a critical observation to open up historical analysis of the New Testament for the reader. Each essay is accessible to the nonspecialist and offers an ideal prompt for classroom discussion. This book is an excellent guide through the historical complexity of the production of the texts that came to be included in the New Testament. Christopher Mount DePaul University, Dale Walker has reimagined the introduction to critical study of the New Testament. Beyond the Obvious: Doorways to Understanding the New Testament provides reliable, incisive treatments of classic problems of scholarship. But it does this while also modeling the sort of creative, sustained development of basic premises that professors want to see in student essays. In Walker's hands, seemingly obvious points become rich with historical meaning, jumping-off points for exploring the wider implications of critical, historical study. This is an eminently readable book that should be ideal not only for generating classroom discussion but for anyone looking for an accessible guide to what the historical study of the New Testament is really all about. --Matt Jackson-McCabe Cleveland State University, Dale Walker's new book, Beyond the Obvious: Doorways to Understanding the New Testament, represents an introduction to the New Testament unlike any other. Rather than outlining and analyzing each New Testament text, Walker begins each of the seven chapters of the work with an observation about the New Testament. In each chapter, Walker then goes "beyond the obvious" to explore the ramifications of the observation with which he began. For example, the chapter "There Are Four Gospels" provides Walker with the opportunity, first, to show how the church struggled with this plurality and, second, how that plurality is actually a boon to contemporary scholars by providing them with valuable information about the various communities that created the Gospel texts. Walker's writing is superb. Instead of overwhelming his readers with factual information, he instead demonstrates to them how scholars investigate texts. Walker's book meets students where they are intellectually, and it sensitively leads them to a point where they can begin their own exploration of the New Testament texts. I look forward to using Beyond the Obvious in my own class. --Paul B. Duff George Washington University, Dale Walker's new book, Beyond the Obvious: Doorways to Understanding the New Testament , represents an introduction to the New Testament unlike any other. Rather than outlining and analyzing each New Testament text, Walker begins each of the seven chapters of the work with an observation about the New Testament. In each chapter, Walker then goes "beyond the obvious" to explore the ramifications of the observation with which he began. For example, the chapter "There Are Four Gospels" provides Walker with the opportunity, first, to show how the church struggled with this plurality and, second, how that plurality is actually a boon to contemporary scholars by providing them with valuable information about the various communities that created the Gospel texts. Walker's writing is superb. Instead of overwhelming his readers with factual information, he instead demonstrates to them how scholars investigate texts. Walker's book meets students where they are intellectually, and it sensitively leads them to a point where they can begin their own exploration of the New Testament texts. I look forward to using Beyond the Obvious in my own class. --Paul B. Duff George Washington University
Table Of Content
Table of Contents Introduction Observation #1: The New Testament is a Library Observation #2: The New Testament is Written in Greek Observation #3: The New Testament is Written Observation #4: There are Four Gospels Observation #5: The Gospels are Anonymous Observation #6: There are More Than Four Gospels Observation #7: Paul Wrote First Concluding Remarks: Creativity Past and Present Glossary Index
Synopsis
Beyond the Obvious: Doorways to Understanding the New Testament Donald Dale Walker How many Gospels are there? Most people would answer, "Four." But is that the correct answer? Beyond the Obvious demonstrates that what may seem obvious is, upon reflection, a doorway to exploring some of the most important questions about the New Testament, the early church, and Christianity by examining what might otherwise be overlooked. The book's unique essay format allows for exploration of seven crucial observations about the New Testament--such as "The New Testament is a library" or "Paul wrote first"--across multiple texts, bundling together information often analyzed in distinct parts. With thoughtful reflection questions and suggested reading lists, Beyond the Obvious: Doorways to Understanding the New Testament informs continued discussion and invites critical, innovative thinking.
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BS2330.3.W35 2014
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