This volume explores whether New Testament studies can become part of a cross-disciplinary, multi-perspective project of knowledge production, arguing that in such an exchange, New Testament scholarship could express its own characteristics and strengths and still be connected to current debates in other disciplines. A variety of methods, theories, and methodologies are present within the contributions to this collection, as solutions to the question of what can be done to bridge the gap between ancient and contemporary contexts.
Beginning with a discussion on the potential of interdisciplinary exchanges between New Testament studies and Theology, the contributors map new horizons in historical critical research, ethical and political implications of scholarship, social-material realities, and finally the concepts that can fashion new connections between the past and present. This volume thus suggests a future in which the field of New Testament studies shows its relevance among the theological disciplines and in interdisciplinary exchanges with likewise crucial areas of research.
