A Concise Theology of the New Testament

by Frank Matera

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 2020

Overview

A nontechnical overview of New Testament theology that summarizes the diverse theologies in the writings of the New Testament, identifies its overall theological vision, and explains the contribution that New Testament theology can make to the life of the Church and the contribution that the life of the Church can make to it.

Product Details

• Title: A Concise Theology of the New Testament
• Author: Frank Matera
• Series: Biblical Studies from the Catholic Biblical Association of America
• Volume: 1
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 120
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. › Theology; Catholic Church › Doctrines
• ISBNs: 9780809154333, 9781587688287, 0809154331, 158768828X
• Resource ID: LLS:CNCSTHNWTSTMNT
• Resource Type: text.monograph.biblical-theology
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:27:05Z

About Frank Matera

A priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford, Frank Matera was born in New Britain Connecticut. He studied at Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, St. Bernard Seminary in Rochester, and at the Catholic University of Louvain, where he received his MA. After several years of parish work, he pursued doctoral studies at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, VA, where he received his PhD in 1981. His dissertation, The Kingship of Jesus: Composition and Theology in Mark 15 was subsequently published by Scholars Press. Professor Matera taught at St. John’s Seminary in Boston from 1982–1987 and has taught at the Catholic University of America since 1988. A student of Paul, he is the author of commentaries on Galatians and 2 Corinthians and is presently working on a commentary on Romans. Interested in the theological dimension of the New Testament, he has published books on the Passion Narratives, New Testament Ethics, New Testament Christology and, most recently, the Theology of the New Testament.