ONLINE ARTICLES AND BOOKS:
Religion
Online
A collection of online materials, from which most of the following have been
selected.
The following are selections from "Religion Online." It is by no means
an exhaustive list of works
included there that touch on NT Theology, but these will give you some idea of
the material available at the above link, and seem particularly applicable to
our work in this course:
The
Historical Jesus and Christian Preaching, by Marcus Borg
Borg suggests how the "historical Jesus" can, and should,
become a more prominent part
of the church's proclamation.
Jesus and the Word, by Rudolf Bultmann
Despite the famous opening line of his "Theology of the
New Testament," Bultmann was not
dismissive of the historical aspects of understanding Jesus. Here is his study
of Jesus' life and words, of course through Bultmann's demythologizing lens.
Biblical
Theology in Crisis, by Brevard Childs
A critique of the "Biblical Theology Movement" which
developed following World War II,
this book was published in 1970 and develops Childs' suggestions for
a new way of doing
Biblical theology.
Jesus,
by Martin Dibelius
In this book, pubished in English in 1949, Dibelius insists that although the
Bible is shaped by settings in which it was written, it nonetheless testifies to
an historical event. Here,
Dibelius attempts to reconstruct the life and teachings of Jesus.
The
Apostolic Preaching and Its Development, by C. H. Dodd
This book began as a series of 3 lectures that Dodd
delivered at King's College in 1935,
and explores the preaching of the earliest church as found in the synoptic
gospels, Paul,
and John.
Salvation
by Trust? Reading the Bible Faithfully, by Richard B. Hays
Based on a 1996 address to the Society of Biblical
Literature, Hays discusses the
current "hermeneutic of suspicion," and insists that we must also be
suspicious of our
own perspectives.
Honest
to Jesus: Giving the Historical Jesus a Say in Our Future, by Gregory C.
Jenks
An address given in 2000, Gregory Jenks was at that time the
Associate Director of
the Westar Institute, the parent organization of the Jesus Seminar.
The Central Message of the New Testament, by Joachim Jeremias
One of the primary scholars involved in the so-called "New
Quest" (or "Second Quest") for
the historical Jesus, this book was published in 1965.
Taking
the Bible Seriously, by Leander E. Keck
In this book, Keck discusses how modern scholarship
provides a way of reading
scripture that opens the door to faith without closing the door to
critical thought.
The
Real Jesus of the Sayings Q Gospel, by James M. Robinson
An address given at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1997 by
the co-chair of the
International Q Project.
The
Bible in Human Transformation, by Walter Wink
In this 1973 book, Wink discusses and critiques
the divide between biblical scholarship
and the community of faith, and suggests new ways of approaching scripture
that may
draw those two poles back together.
God's
Way of Acting, by N. T. Wright
Adapted from the book The Meaning of Jesus: Two
Visions (with Marcus Borg),
Wright explores the meaning of the birth narratives in Matthew and
Mark, and argues
for keeping historical judgment on these events open.
Resurrection Faith: N.T. Wright Talks About History and Belief
Wright argues that the gospel writers
were describing events which they believed had
actually happened in the world of time and space; if they did not "really"
happen, then Wright
says he has better things to do with his life. First published in The
Christian Century, Dec 18-31, 2002.
The
Use of the Bible in Theology, by John Howard Yoder
A chapter in the 1984 book The Use of the Bible in
Theology: Evangelical Options,
Yoder discusses how the Bible can and should function as the
authority within the
community of the church.
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES:
Resources on the Historical Jesus
A set of links from "New Testament Gateway"
The Jesus Seminar Forum
Here is the homepage for the Westar Institute and the Jesus Seminar.
"In Focus -- Who
Is Jesus?"
From the Lutheran, material by Mark Powell (Trinity Seminary) looks
at the Jesus Seminar and the search for the "historical Jesus."
"The Coming Radical Reformation - 21 Theses"
By Robert W. Funk, co-founder of the Jesus Seminar, this essay proposes a view
of
Jesus that Funk finds more consistent with modern ways of viewing reality.
Chart
of differing canons for Hebrew scriptures
From Dr. Felix Just