New Testament Interpretation

by I. Howard Marshall

Publisher:

Paternoster

, 1997

Overview

New Testament Interpretation offers a comprehensive yet succinct guide for students and all concerned with interpreting the New Testament in the modern world. Seventeen NT scholars cooperate to introduce the various disciplines utilized in New Testament study.

Editor I. Howard Marshall focuses on four main areas. First, the presuppositions with which one approaches the subject of interpretation. Second, the various types of critical study which contribute to the exegesis of the text of the New Testament. Third, the actual models of exegesis itself. Lastly, the meaning of the text today and how to allow it to affect our attitudes and understandings.

The contributors have written as conservative evangelicals who combine a high regard for the authority of Holy Scriptures with the belief that they are to study it with the full use of their minds. Practical, constructive and never superficial, this unique survey will be especially welcomed by all who fear that critical study undermines faith.

Praise for the Print Edition

Well informed, accurate and fair.

—Reformed Theological Review

A remarkably comprehensive initiation for a student of the New Testament. Apart from structuralism, which the editor is well aware has been omitted, the four sections comprising seventeen expert essays introduce all the essential specialized disciplines; and for good value, 20 pages of select, annotated bibliography… the contributors all maintain a high standard of excellence.

—C. F. D. Moule, Journal of Theological Studies

Maintains an impressively even standard… a high level of scholarship throughout, combined with a refreshingly sane judgment… gets better and better as one goes along.

—J. A. T. Robinson

In my opinion, Marshall’s volume contributes in an outstanding way to evangelical hermeneutical discussion. Here is the most sophisticated scholarly treatment I know of, from an evangelical point of view, discussing cutting edges of modern biblical interpretation.

—Vern S. Poythress Westminster Theological Journal

Product Details

• Title: New Testament Interpretation: Essays on Principles and Methods
• Editor: I. Howard Marshall
• Publisher: Paternoster
• Publication Date: 2005
• Pages: 412

About I. Howard Marshall

I. Howard Marshall (1934-2015) was a world-renowned New Testament scholar and the author or editor of at least thirty-eight books and more than 120 essays and articles. He taught New Testament at the University of Aberdeen for thirty-five years and was a professor emeritus for sixteen years. Among his numerous publications on the New Testament are his commentaries on the Gospel of Luke, Acts, 1-2 Thessalonians, the Pastoral Epistles and 1 Peter and 1-3 John. He is coauthor of Exploring the New Testament: A Guide to the Letters and Revelation and coeditor of the New International Greek Testament Commentary series, as well as the author of the series' volume on Luke. He has also authored New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel. Marshall was an evangelical Methodist who was born and lived most of his life in Scotland. He received a PhD from the University of Aberdeen and a DD from Asbury Theological Seminary.