Since the publication of The Face of New Testament Studies (henceforth, FNTS) in 2004, numerous changes and innovations occurred in the world of NT scholarship. Nijay K. Gupta and Scot McKnight, who was one of the editors of that compendium, ventured out to present a macrocosmic contour of such changes and innovations in this compendium with 21 NT experts. Greg Carey (ch. 1) explores the impetus behind the rise of empire criticism in recent years. Lynn H. Cohick (ch. 2) recounts the failures and future of properly construing Jewish, Christian, and pagan women in the NT and its related literature.
Dennis E. Edwards (ch. 3) primarily focuses on introducing the hermeneutical approaches that received deserved attention in the postmodern era. Matthew W. Bates (ch. 4) offers a notable conspectus of recent discussions on the NT use of the OT that ultimately suggests diachronic intertextuality and intertextual encyclopedia as a...
