Rhetoric, History, and Theology

Todd D. Still serves as the Charles J. and Eleanor McLerran DeLancey Dean and the William M. Hinson Professor of Christian Scriptures at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary.Jason A. Myers is associate professor of biblical studies at Greensboro College and lecturer in New Testament at WTC Theology (U.K.).

In this remarkably readable volume, which includes chapters by Jeffrey Weima and N.T. Wright, Rhetoric, History, and Theology acts as an enriching guide into the complexities of the New Testament while simultaneously honoring the seventieth birthday of a preeminent Methodist biblical scholar. Pick up andread is good advice. But familiarizing yourself with the rhetorical goals, culture and history, and thetheological and Christological commitments of the various authors is an indispensable aid in picking upand reading the New Testament. This book is a great companion guide as it provides some of that contextfor readers to build from when dealing with most influential book in human history.

• 1.Divine Revelation in the PentateuchBill T. Arnold2.Mary, Martha, Jesus, and Their Jewish ContextAmy-Jill Levine3.Why is John’s Gospel Different?Richard Bauckham4.Hermeneutics, Revelation, and the Drama of St. John’s GospelGary M. Burge5.The Obedient Son: Jesus’s Sonship in Light of Ancient Honor ConventionsCraig S. Keener6.The Story and Mission of God in Luke-ActsDavid A. DeSilva7.The Origin of the Household Codes in the Light of 1 Corinthians 7 as Anti-Aristotelian Advice on Household ManagementJudith Gundry8.Sister Phoebe: ?de?f? As an Honorific Descriptor in Rom 16:1-2Nijay K. Gupta9.Eusebeia as Social Respectability: The Public Life of the Christian PastorScot McKnight10.Rhetoric for the Rusticas: In Search of the Historical Timothy and Implications for the Rhetoric of 1–2 TimothyJason A. Myers11.Onesimus: Still a Runaway SlaveJeffrey A. D. Weima12.Paul and “the Good”: A Survey of the SubjectTodd D. Still13.Water, Blood, and Spirit in 1 John