History of New Testament research. Volume 3, From C.H. Dodd to Hans Dieter Betz / [electronic resource]. William Baird.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 697-736) and indexes.

Previous volumes -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- part I. The renaissance of New Testament criticism -- The zenith of enlightenment criticism -- The new biblical theology -- The Bultmann school -- part II. The revisiting of critical problems -- New discoveries, archaeology, textual criticism -- Historical backgrounds : Judaism -- Developments in historical criticism -- Confessional research : Roman Catholic scholarship -- The development of scholarly societies -- part III. Theological and synthesizing movements -- Theological and hermeneutical developments -- Critical, exegetical, and theological accomplishments : Europe -- Critical, exegetical, and theological accomplishments : North America -- Epilogue -- Select bibliography -- Index of subjects -- Index of names -- Index of scripture.

In this masterful volume--the culmination of his three-volume History of New Testament Research; (vol. 1, From Deism to Tubingen, 1992; vol. 2, From Jonathan Edwards to Rudolf Bultmann, 2012)--William Baird continues his insightful, balanced, and accessible survey of the major developments in New Testament scholarship. Volume 3 charts the dramatic discoveries and breakthroughs in method and approach that characterized the mid- and late twentieth century. Baird gives attention to the biographical and cultural setting of persons and approaches, affording both beginning student and seasoned scholar an authoritative account of the evolution of historical-critical study of the New Testament.

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