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ISBN:	9781839737114
Imprint:	Langham Global Library
Format:	Paperback
Dimensions (mm):	229 x 152 x 18
Publication Date:	31/08/2024
Pages:	346
Series:	Foundations in Asian Christian Thought
Language:	English

Exploring the New Testament in Asia

Name: Exploring the New Testament in Asia
Brand: Langham Global Library
SKU: 9781839737114
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Evangelical Perspectives

Edited By

Samson L. Uytanlet

and

Bennet Lawrence

£20.99

There is a growing recognition that God’s design is for us to read Scripture alongside the whole church in all of its cultural and linguistic diversity. Exploring the New Testament in Asia is a textbook for students and scholars of the New Testament to help the church hear and see the good news of Jesus anew.

This collection of essays offers theological reflections on New Testament themes from Asian perspectives, while addressing contextual issues in light of the New Testament. Touching on topics such as salvation, holiness, poverty, ethnic tensions, reconciliation, honoring elders, persecution, and hospitality, the scholars in this book demonstrate the importance of a varied contemporary context for understanding the New Testament. The result is a theological contribution that is both contextually relevant and biblically faithful.

Author Bios

Samson L. Uytanlet

(Edited By)

SAMSON L. UYTANLET has a PhD in New Testament from London School of Theology, UK and he is an associate professor of New Testament and chair of the biblical studies department at the Asian Theological Seminary, Philippines. He is the author of the commentaries on Matthew and 2 Peter & Jude for the Asia Bible Commentary Series by Langham Publishing, in partnership with the ATA.

Bennet Lawrence

(Edited By)

BENNET LAWRENCE has a PhD from Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines, and serves as the regional secretary of Asia Theology Association India. He is the author of a number of books, including Comparative Characterization in the Sermon on the Mount (Wipf & Stock, 2017) and Approaches to the New Testament (SAIACS Press, 2018).

Endorsements

The essays in Exploring the New Testament in Asia are an informative attempt to listen to the New Testament with Asian ears, hear what stands out, explain its relevance to the many Asian contexts, and show others, especially those of us in the West, how we can learn from and with our brothers and sisters spread across Asia in terms of how to read Scripture faithfully.

Michael F. Bird, PhD
Deputy Principal,
Ridley College, Australia

This volume, edited by Samson L. Uytanlet and Bennet Lawrence, represents the very best combination of unswerving faithfulness to the non-negotiables of Scripture with the need to communicate gospel truths in the most relevant way possible in each of the world’s cultures and to address the biggest questions spawned by those cultures. A welcome and treasured gift for the church worldwide.

Craig L. Blomberg, PhD
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of New Testament,
Denver Seminary, Colorado, USA

A good way to interrupt our own localized readings of the Bible is to hear from readers in other contexts. The authors of Exploring the New Testament in Asia provide an expansive set of lenses for understanding the New Testament. Taking seriously the inevitability of hermeneutics, this volume seeks to open up avenues for mutual understanding and thoughtful recontextualization.

Jeannine K. Brown, PhD
David Price Professor of Biblical and Theological Foundations,
Director of Online Programs,
Bethel University, Minnesota, USA

Exploring the New Testament in Asia is biblically sound, contextually relevant, and comprehensive in scope for facilitators and students of theological education. Articles by eminent scholars provide exceptional insights as they speak from their excellent learning, teaching experience, and down-to-earth approach in their contexts of Asian realities with global expressions of the New Testament. I highly recommend this compilation of essays for teaching and as an introduction to scholarly research undertaking.

Ashish Chrispal, PhD
Senior Advisor, Overseas Council

If previous generations emphasized historical context for making sense of the New Testament, today we have also learned the importance of our varied contemporary contexts. Exploring Scripture with Asian eyes and ears, these scholars provide us with fresh insight into both the message of the New Testament and the ongoing challenges of faithful interpretation.

Joel B. Green, PhD
Senior Professor of New Testament Interpretation,
Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA

Using “Asian ears” that hear the Scriptures afresh and “Asian eyes” that see Asia today, the chapters in this book re-explore the New Testament’s Christology, salvation, visions of holiness, gender relations, and hope for the future. There are also chapters that introduce areas particularly relevant in Asia, such as poverty, persecution, ethnic strife, filial piety, hierarchy, and the spirit world, where the New Testament needs to speak afresh. This is an excellent resource.

Robert M. Solomon, PhD
Bishop Emeritus, The Methodist Church in Singapore

Abbreviations
Introduction
Samson L. Uytanlet and Stephen T. Pardue
Chapter 1: Multifaceted Portrayals of Jesus: The Fourfold Gospel and Contextual Christologies
Narry F. Santos
Chapter 2: Breaking down the Dividing Walls: The Gospel of Reconciliation/Solidarity from a Chinese Perspective
Xiaxia E. Xue
Chapter 3: Metaphors of Salvation in the New Testament and their Implications in Asia
Johnson Thomaskutty
Chapter 4: Holiness in the New Testament: Its Various Expressions and Practices
Bennet Lawrence
Chapter 5: The Household of God: Gender Dynamics, Biblical Ethics, and Asian Ideals
Joyce Wai-Lan Sun
Chapter 6: The Hope of Glory: New Testament Vision and a Hope for Asian Christians
Siang-Nuan Leong
Chapter 7: Liberty for the Captives and Good News for the Poor
Thawng Ceu Hnin
Chapter 8: Reconciliation and Justice: A Study of Samaria and Spatial Perspective in Luke-Acts
Kazuhiko Yamazaki-Ransom
Chapter 9: Honoring Elders, Living and Dead: Redeeming Filial Piety for Contemporary Christians
Steven S. H. Chang
Chapter 10: Responding to Persecution and Marginalization of Christians
Chee-Chiew Lee
Chapter 11: Powers and Principalities: The Spirit World in the New Testament and Asian Contexts
Samson L. Uytanlet
Chapter 12: Power and Leadership: Structures of the World and Jesus’s Expectations of Servanthood for Asian Leaders
Alroy Mascrenghe
Chapter 13: Practicing Hospitality: Ancient Cultural Values and the Contemporary Asian Christians
Andrew B. Spurgeon
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index

Contributors

Joyce Wai-Lan Sun

JOYCE WAI-LAN SUN is an assistant professor and the librarian at China Graduate School of Theology in Hong Kong. She obtained her PhD in New Testament Studies from the University of Edinburgh, UK and is a trained lawyer. She regularly writes on Christian identity and Christian social ethics and has published a number of academic articles.

Chee-Chiew Lee

Chee-Chiew Lee is professor of New Testament at Singapore Bible College. Her publications include When Christians Face Persecution (IVP, 2022), Interpreting New Testament Epistles (in Chinese), and The Blessing of Abraham, the Spirit, and Justification in Galatians (Wipf & Stock, 2013). She also serves on the editorial board for Langham Chinese Bible Commentary and on the advisory board of Evangelical Quarterly.

Xiaxia E. Xue

XIAXIA E. XUE is an associate professor of New Testament at China Graduate School of Theology. She holds a PhD in New Testament studies from McMaster Divinity College, Canada, and has published several academic articles. Her current interests are in New Testament Greek and Paul’s use of the Old Testament.

Mark Alroy Mascrenghe

Alroy Mascrenghe writes commentaries to the books of the Bible in the Tamil language. He is the author of Samson as God’s Adulterous Wife (Peter Lang, 2019). He is an honorary research associate at the University of Cape Town.

Steven S. H. Chang

Thawng Ceu Hnin

Thawng Ceu Hnin is the academic dean and a professor of New Testament at Hindustan Bible Institute and College, India. He contributed essays includ- ing “Discourse Analysis” and “Performance Criticism” in Approaches to the New Testament: A Handbook for Students and Pastors (SAIACS Press, 2021), and “The Letter to Philemon” in An Asian Introduction to the New Testament (Fortress Press, 2021).

Andrew B. Spurgeon

ANDREW B. SPURGEON is a professor of New Testament Studies and holds a PhD from Dallas Theological Seminary, USA. He teaches as a visiting professor in India, Philippines, Nepal, and Singapore. He is the author of 1 Corinthians(Primalogue, 2012), Romans (ATA, 2013), and editor of Leitourgia (Primalogue, 2015), as well as Chairman of Publications for the Asia Theological Association. He and his wife Lori live and travel throughout Asia and have three sons.

Siang-Nuan Leong

Siang-Nuan Leong is a senior lecturer at the School of Theology, TCA College. Her PhD research at the University of Edinburgh was on the book of Revelation. Two essays were published based on her dissertation: “The Teaching Point of Revelation Clothed in Beasts and Harlots” in Honouring the Past, Looking to the Future: Essays from the 2014 International Congress of Ethnic Chinese Biblical Scholars (Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2014) and “Death of a Queen or Goddess? Overtones to Jezebel’s Vilification at her Death Scene in the Hebrew Bible” in Voices: Postgraduate Perspectives on Inter-disciplinarity (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011).

Kazuhiko Yamazaki-Ransom

Kazuhiko Yamazaki-Ransom serves as the academic dean of Covenant Seminary in Tokyo and as the associate pastor of Tsurumi Covenant Church in Yokohama. He is the author of The Roman Empire in Luke’s Narrative (T&T Clark, 2010) and a contributor to Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, 2nd ed. (IVP, 2013). He currently lives in Yokohama with his family.

Johnson Thomaskutty

Johnson Thomaskutty is professor of New Testament in the department of biblical studies at The United Theological College, Bengaluru, India. He is the author of Dialogue in the Book of Signs: A Polyvalent Analysis of John 1:19– 12:50 (Brill, 2015), Saint Thomas the Apostle: New Testament, Apocrypha, and Historical Traditions (T&T Clark, 2018), and editor of An Asian Introduction to the New Testament (Fortress, 2022). His upcoming works include a commen- tary on John in the Asia Bible Commentary Series (Langham Global Library) and Asian Biblical Hermeneutics (Fortress Press).

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