De-Introducing the New Testament: Texts, Worlds, Methods and Stories is a clear and comprehensive engagement with current New Testament scholarship, considering ways that we might reconsider how the New Testament is introduced. While it may appear that the information is focused solely for New Testament scholars, the consideration for the ways this subject is introduced also are important to tangential fields such as Hebrew Bible, Homiletics, Liturgics, and other fields that utilize the work of New Testament persons. Persons in other fields will find the close look at methodology and attention to the ways disciplines are introduced helpful. The use of clear examples at the beginning of each of the chapters ensure that this work is accessible and offers tangible illustrations that are supported and discussed throughout the chapter. For persons unfamiliar with the work in New Testament, these robust descriptions and in depth stories told at the beginning of each chapter will offer a place of access and ability to understand the more difficult and abstract discussions of the chapters.
The book opens with a story about the statue of Lady Justice. The authors describe that the statue had graffiti written on it. While some individuals were appalled that someone had put graffiti on the statue, the
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Objects found in archaeological studies are helpful in crafting narratives of ancient history, even as the narrative for that specific object is crafted. Objects also are important for media coverage and ways of opening New Testament scholarship to mainstream audiences. It can be tempting to limit ourselves specifically to texts as a gateway to narrative, but the objects are equally as important in constructing the narrative of the ancient