The Origins of New Testament Theology

A Dialogue with Hans Dieter Betz

edited by Rainer Hirsch-Luipold and Robert Matthew Calhoun

Book cover: The Origins of New Testament Theology

Extent: 297 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Series volume number: 440

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(September 2020)

ISBN: 9783161595349

9.09 x 6.06 inches

Price: $187.00

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In contrast to studies of New Testament theology that ask or assume what it is , this volume investigates where it comes from . In a dialogue with Hans Dieter Betz, the contributors ask about the origins and preconditions of New Testament theology. How did it begin, both in terms of its historical stimuli and in terms of its earliest literary expressions? To what extent, if at all, did early Christians think of themselves as “doing theology”? How did early Christians come to understand their faith as an object of knowledge, and thus as theology? And, how did early Christians participate in and contribute to wider philosophical conversations about religion and what can be known about the divine in Roman antiquity?

  • Edited by Robert Matthew Calhoun
  • Edited by Rainer Hirsch-Luipold