RONALD ALLEN's book Reading the New Testament for the
First Time has chapters, among others, on the world of the
New Testament, its content, Jesus, the Early Church, and using its
writings in the Church today (Wm B. Eerdmans/Alban, £12.99
(£11.69); 978-0-8028-6735-3).
W. Gordon Campbell takes a thematic approach in Reading
Revelation: God reveals himself; humanity finds itself;
and when God and humanity meet. Within these themes, he explores
divinity, worship, testimony, belonging, and covenant (James Clarke
& Co., £30.50; 978-0-227-17383-1).
The Question of John the Baptist and Jesus' Indictment
of the Religious Leaders starts with John's asking of his
cousin: are you the one who is to come? Roberto Martinez takes a
predominantly narrative-critical approach to his interpretation,
but begins his study with a survey of theologians' thinking on this
verse and its context (James Clarke & Co., £20.50;
978-0-227-68011-7).
The Early Text of the New Testament analyses
and assesses the pre-fourth-century transmission of the writings.
Essays look at scribal culture, early manuscripts, and how other
texts use the NT. The book is edited by Charles Hill and Michael
Kruger. Contributors include Larry Hurtado, Stanley Porter, Peter
Head, and Christopher Tuckett (OUP, £90 (£81);
978-0-19-956636-5).
David Peterson's Transformed by God: New covenant life
and ministry is centred on the promise of new covenant in
Jeremiah 31.31-34.The first chapter concentrateson these verses,
before the author looks at how the ideas therein expressed
influenced NT writers (IVP, £9.99 (£9);
978-1-84474-567-8).
Getting"Saved": The whole story of salvation in the
NT. Charles Talbert and Jason Whitlark, with others,
approach the NT in four sections: Pauline corpus, Gospels, Catholic
Epistles, and Revelation (Eerdmans/Alban, £21.99 (£19.79);
978-0-8028-6648-6).