Hope for the Future of New Testament Theology

This paper presents the author’s hope for changes in New Testament (NT) theology particularly as currently experienced in American Christian culture. Those changes are based on exegetical work that seeks to place the NT texts into their Jewish first-century thought world. The first part of the paper...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a84e9d47ae7349de84158647ecd498de2021-11-25T18:53:01ZHope for the Future of New Testament Theology10.3390/rel121109752077-1444https://doaj.org/article/a84e9d47ae7349de84158647ecd498de2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/975https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444This paper presents the author’s hope for changes in New Testament (NT) theology particularly as currently experienced in American Christian culture. Those changes are based on exegetical work that seeks to place the NT texts into their Jewish first-century thought world. The first part of the paper presents examples of theological concepts that have crept into NT exegesis, translations, and Christian thinking, concepts that appear to be foreign to or contrary to that original-audience thought world. The second part of the article seeks to present a reading of Rom 3:21–26 that better represents Paul’s thinking than what is found in some English translations that read the text through the lenses of some of the foreign concepts mentioned in Part 1. The resulting vision for the future of NT theology is twofold: for NT theologies to self-critically rid themselves of the infiltration of foreign concepts, and for the field to better ground its work in exegesis and translations that better respect the Jewish thought world of the texts.Rodney K. DukeMDPI AGarticleNew Testament theologybiblical theologytheological exegesistheological hermeneuticsNew Testament translationsrighteousness of GodReligions. Mythology. RationalismBL1-2790ENReligions, Vol 12, Iss 975, p 975 (2021)
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topic New Testament theology
biblical theology
theological exegesis
theological hermeneutics
New Testament translations
righteousness of God
Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BL1-2790
spellingShingle New Testament theology
biblical theology
theological exegesis
theological hermeneutics
New Testament translations
righteousness of God
Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BL1-2790
Rodney K. Duke
Hope for the Future of New Testament Theology
description This paper presents the author’s hope for changes in New Testament (NT) theology particularly as currently experienced in American Christian culture. Those changes are based on exegetical work that seeks to place the NT texts into their Jewish first-century thought world. The first part of the paper presents examples of theological concepts that have crept into NT exegesis, translations, and Christian thinking, concepts that appear to be foreign to or contrary to that original-audience thought world. The second part of the article seeks to present a reading of Rom 3:21–26 that better represents Paul’s thinking than what is found in some English translations that read the text through the lenses of some of the foreign concepts mentioned in Part 1. The resulting vision for the future of NT theology is twofold: for NT theologies to self-critically rid themselves of the infiltration of foreign concepts, and for the field to better ground its work in exegesis and translations that better respect the Jewish thought world of the texts.
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