Includes bibliographical references and indexes

The challenge of hearing the New Testament / Joel B. Green -- New Testament interpretation in historical perspective / Anthony C. Thiselton -- Traditio-historical criticism and study of Jesus / Bruce Chilton -- Historical criticism and social-scientific perspectives in New Testament study / Stephen C. Barton -- The relevance of extra-canonical Jewish texts to New Testament study / Richard Bauckham -- The relevance of Greco-Roman literature and culture to New Testament study / Loveday C.A. Alexander -- Textual criticism of the New Testament / Bart D. Ehrman -- Modern linguistics and the New Testament / Max Turner -- Discourse analysis and New Testament interpretation / Joel B. Green -- Genre analysis / James L. Bailey -- The use of the Old Testament by New Testament writers / Richard B. Hays and Joel B. Green -- Narrative criticism / Mark Allan Powell -- Rhetorical criticism / C. Clifton Black -- Presuppositions in New Testament study -/ Edgar V. McKnight -- The reader in New Testament interpretation / Kevin J. Vanhoozer -- Global perspectives on New Testament interpretation / John R. Levison and Priscilla Pope-Levison -- Feminist hermeneutics / Sandra M. Schneiders --Reading the New Testament in canonical context / Robert W. Wall -- The New Testament, theology, and ethics / Stephen E. Fowl -- The practice of reading the New Testament / Joel B. Green