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Embedded Genres in the New Testament Understanding Their Impact for Interpretation Jeannine K. Brown ACADIA STUDIES IN BIBLE AND THEOLOGY H. Daniel Zacharias, series editor Recognizing what we are reading—the genre—is crucial for under- standing any written work, including the books of the New Testa- ment. However, we may not always realize we use genre categories as we interpret, whether explicitly or implicitly. Embedded genres, or genres within genres, can substantively impact the interpreta- tion of an entire New Testament book. This short, accessible book introduces embedded genres, their impact on New Testament interpretation, and how they contribute to the message of the New Testament authors. Seasoned teacher Jeannine Brown offers hermeneutical guidance for interpreting embedded genres and explores the hermeneutical questions they raise. She focuses on three case studies of embedded genres that have been contested, underidentified, or underappreciated across the New Testament corpus: the Christ poem in Philippians 2, riddles in Matthew, and the household code in 1 Peter. Professors and students of the New Testament, biblical scholars, pastors, and ministry leaders will value this work. “This book is a boon to all serious teachers and students of the New Testament.” —SUSAN EASTMAN, Duke Divinity School (emerita) “Accessible and engaging. This book is an invitation to the art of noticing, a call to sit and ruminate that will move readers of the New Testament to realize that, all too often, they have been seeing without seeing.” —DALE C. ALLISON JR., Princeton Theological Seminary “Every interpreter of the Bible, whether a professional or a serious student, will benefit from Brown’s latest work.” —KAREN H. JOBES, Wheaton College (emerita) “Centering our attention on embedded literary forms in the Bible, Brown cultivates good habits by urging us to slow down and listen up. Her work with texts from Philippians, Matthew, and 1 Peter is stimulating on its own terms, and even more so as she addresses larger interpretive possibilities and invites us to do the same.” —JOEL B. GREEN, Fuller Theological Seminary
JUNE 2024 • 160 pp. • paper • $21.99 • 9781540967619
Jeannine K. Brown (PhD, Luther Seminary) is the David Price Professor of Biblical and Theological Foundations at Bethel Semi- nary, St. Paul. She is the author of Scripture as Communication, The Gospels as Stories , two commentaries on Matthew, and a commen- tary on Philippians. She is also a coeditor of the revised Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels and has served as a translation consultant for the New International Version, Common English Bible, and New Century Version.
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