Discourse Analysis of the New Testament Writings

by Todd a Scacewater (Editor)

For the first time, one volume includes a discourse analysis of every writing in the New Testament. Discourse analysis of written texts involves examining units of language higher than the sentence and considering how the author used those units of language to accomplish communicative purposes. But discourse analysis is not a clearly defined method. Rather, it is a linguistic perspective that provides numerous ways to approach and better comprehend a discourse. For this reason, most analysts bring their own unique research questions about a discourse and, therefore, their own methodology. Each author in this volume explains their methodology, presents a macrostructure of the discourse, and then analyzes microstructures and other aspects of the discourse that support the proposed macrostructure. The reader is able to see each methodology on display, each with their emphases, strengths, and potential weaknesses. Each chapter also provides the reader with a useful analysis of the discourse as a holistic unit, which will aid students, pastors, and scholars in studying entire New Testament writings to see how each part contributes to the whole.

772 pages, Hardcover

Published December 1, 2020

Reviews

[Matthew Bonzon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful book!
If you want to take your NT studies to a deeper level this will be a helpful add to your exegetical tool belt. This could help you refocus your eyes on a pericope-level understanding of the text (and larger).
I wouldn’t call this an introductory book by any means, but the introduction itself is very helpful.
Mark and Romans were very helpful to me, though I didn’t agree with everything.