In 1977 Howard Marshall edited a collection of essays on New Testament interpretation contributed by some of the best Evangelical scholars in the UK, many of whom have since gone to their reward, including Marshall himself. The volume has proved to be of enduring value to students, particularly F.F Bruce’s masterful summary of the history of New Testament study. All of the essays are available for free download in .pdf format, thanks to the kind permission of Paternoster Press. HT Rob Bradshaw Click on the individual articles to download.
I. Howard Marshall, ed. New Testament Interpretation: Essays on Principles and Methods. Carlisle: The Paternoster Press, 1977, revised 1979, 1985. Pbk. pp.406.
Contents
Introduction – I. Howard Marshall
Part I – The Background To Interpretation II
The History of New Testament Study – F.F. Bruce
Presuppositions in New Testament Criticism – Graham N. Stanton
Part II – The Use of Critical Methods in Interpretation
Semantics and New Testament Interpretation – Anthony C. Thiselton
Questions of Introduction – Donald Guthrie
The Religious Background – John W. Drane
Historical Criticism – I. Howard Marshall
Source Criticism – David Wenham
Form Criticism – Stephen H. Travis
Tradition History – David R. Catchpole
Redaction Criticism – Stephen S. Smalley
Part III – The Task of Exegesis XII
How the New Testament Uses the Old – E. Earle Ellis
Approaches To New Testament Exegesis – Ralph P. Martin
Exegesis in Practice: Two Examples – R.T. France
Demythologising – The Problem of Myth in the New Testament – James D.G. Dunn
The New Hermeneutic – Anthony C. Thiselton
The Authority of the New Testament – Robin Nixon