New Testament Theology and the Greek Language
A Linguistic Reconceptualization

Offers a unique, language-based critique of New Testament theology and reconceptualizes it using categories of modern linguistics.

Stanley E. Porter (Author)

9781009240048, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 October 2022

350 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2.7 cm, 0.69 kg

In this book, Stanley E. Porter offers a unique, language-based critique of New Testament theology by comparing it to the development of language study from the Enlightenment to the present. Tracing the histories of two disciplines that are rarely considered together, Porter shows how the study of New Testament theology has followed outmoded conceptual models from previous eras of intellectual discussion. He reconceptualizes the study of New Testament theology via methods that are based upon the categories of modern linguistics, and demonstrates how they have already been applied to New Testament Greek studies. Porter also develops a workable linguistic model that can be applied to other areas of New Testament research. Opening New Testament Greek linguistics to a wider audience, his volume offers numerous examples of the productivity of this linguistic model, especially in his chapter devoted to the case study of the Son of Man.

New Testament theology and Greek linguistics: A contextualized introduction
Part I. The Origins of New Testament Theology and Greek Linguistics: 1. The first history: Language and linguistics
2. The second history: New Testament theology
Part II. The Present State of New Testament Theology and Greek Linguistics: 3. Modern linguistics, New Testament Greek study, and New Testament theology
4. Proposals and counter-proposals in contemporary New Testament theology
Part III. The Possible Futures of New Testament Theology: 5. Alternative futures of New Testament theology
6. A linguistic foundation for New Testament theology
7. A linguistic model for New Testament theology
8. The problem of the Son of Man in New Testament theology
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG], New Testaments [HRCF2], Translation & interpretation [CFP], Historical & comparative linguistics [CFF]