The New Testament around the World

As the church continues to expand and strengthen in non-Western contexts, it is increasingly important for students of the New Testament to be aware of how our global brothers and sisters exegete and apply Scripture. Even when we share a grammatical-historical approach with others, our interpretation of biblical texts is invariably affected by social location and cultural context, which influence the questions we ask of the text and how we apply it. Western readers can become aware of how our culture influences our interpretation by learning from others from different perspectives, including those whose experience may match the original audience more closely than our own.

This volume, ideal as a supplemental textbook for courses in the New Testament, brings together distinguished scholars from around the world with perspectives we might not typically encounter and includes some minority voices focused on life of minorities in the United States as well. Each contributor writes on a biblical book or group of books, and together they cover the whole New Testament. These authors expose students and pastors in the West to new questions and ways of reading familiar texts. The result is an eye-opening, spiritually enriching experience that will supplement and strengthen our own biblical interpretation.

Introduction
Part 1: Gospels and Acts
1. The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats as a Summons to Total Discipleship: Matthew 25:31-46 in Conversation with "Integral Orthodoxy" Bernardo Cho, Brazil
2. Seeing the Divine Beauty on the Way to the Cross: Reading the Transfiguration in Mark from a Russian Perspective Viktor Roudkovski, Russia
3. Power and Exorcism in Luke: An Indonesian Reading Dany Christopher, Indonesia
4. "For God So Loved Hong Kong/Hongkongers": A Literary and Territoriality Reading of John 3:16-21 Josaphat Tam, Hong Kong, China
5. Empowering Place and Expanding "Eden": A Batak Reading of the Theology of the Land in the Book of Acts Chakrita Saulina, Indonesia
Part 2: Pauline Epistles
6. Reading Romans in the Midst of Empire: Chinese Readers Grappling with Romans 13:1-7 Sze-kar Wan, China
7. Spoilage of Jang-Yu-Yu-Seo: Paul's Response through 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 Jin Hwan Lee, South Korea
8. Sin, Pollution, and Cleansing in 2 Corinthians 7:1: An African Perspective J. Ayodeji Adewuya, Nigeria
9. A Kenyan Rereading of Galatians Elizabeth Mburu, Kenya
10. Galatians as the Basis for Resisting American Evangelicalism's "Works of the Law": A Word for Ethnic Minorities Miguel G. Echevarría, USA, Latin American
11. Grace at Work: Reading Ephesians 2:11-22 with the Filipino Diaspora Gabriel J. Catanus, Philippines
12. Philippians and a Spirituality of Joy: A Colombian Rereading Davinson Kevin Bohorquez, Colombia
13. Colossians and Philemon: An Egyptian Coptic Perspective Fady Mekhael, Egypt
14. Paul's Dokimazō in 1 Thessalonians 2:4 in Light of Ancient Greece Dokimasia of the Orators: Implications for Ministers of the Gospel in the Twenty-First Century Gift Mtukwa, Zimbabwe
15. The Pastoral Epistles and Training the Younger Generation on Ancient Crete Lyn M. Kidson, Australia
Part 3: Hebrews through Revelation
16. Christ Intercedes or Judges? An Examination of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church's Rendering and Interpretation of Entynchanō in Hebrews 7:25 Abeneazer G. Urga, Ethiopia
17. Patience in the Light of the Lord's Coming (James 5:7-11): A Latin American Reading Nelson Morales, Guatemala
18. Reading 1 Peter among the Elect Resident Aliens in Sri Lanka David A. deSilva, Sri Lanka
19. 1 Peter and African American Experience Dennis R. Edwards, USA, African American
20. An Appeal to Holiness in 2 Peter and Jude: Reading from an Indian Perspective Lanuwabang Jamir, India
21. Being Church in Post-Aparthaid South Africa: Theological Perspectives from1 John Caroline Seed, South Africa
22. Reading Revelation among the People Living with Symbolic Emperor System Masanobu Endo, Japan
Indexes