What is New Testament Theology?: The Rise of Criticism and the Problem of a Theology of the New Testament

by Hendrikus Boers

Product Details 95 pages Fortress Press (1979) English

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[Jarrett Knight]

An excellent introduction to the complex history of the relationship between New Testament scholarship's attempts at historical-critical exegesis and theological appropriation, effectively beginning with Joseph Gabler (1770-1771), proceeding through the 19th century and the history of religions school and up to the 20th century works of William Wrede (1859-1906), Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1906), and Herbert Braun (1903-1991). The coverage is necessarily selective, but the overall narrative is apt inasmuch as it presents the history of New Testament theology as a series of permutations of Gabler's initial set of distinctions between a true and a pure biblical theology and between biblical and dogmatic theology. We used it as a primer in my doctoral seminar. It's a shame it's out of print.