Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The challenge of hearing the New Testament / Joel B. Green -- Textual criticism of the New Testament / Bart D. Ehrman -- Historical criticism and social-scientific perspectives in New Testament study / Stephen C. Barton -- The relevance of extracanonical Jewish texts to New Testament study / Richard Bauckham -- The relevance of Greco-Roman literature and culture to New Testament study / Loveday C.A. Alexander -- Traditio-historical criticism / Holly J. Carey -- The use of the Old Testament by New Testament writers / Richard B. Hays ; Joel B. Green -- Genre analysis / James L. Bailey -- Rhetorical criticism / C. Clifton Black -- Modern linguistics and word study in the New Testament / Max Turner -- Discourse analysis and New Testament interpretation / Joel B. Green -- Narrative criticism / Mark Allan Powell -- The reader in New Testament interpretation / Kevin J. Vanhoozer -- Feminist criticism / F. Scott Spencer -- African American criticism / Emerson B. Powery -- Latino/a hermeneutics / Efrain Agosto -- Reading the New Testament in canonical context / Robert W. Wall -- The New Testament, theology, and ethics / Stephen E. Fowl.