Intro to NT Text

[belichick]

I'm curious to know what schools are using for their intro to NT text (other than the NT, of course). Any thoughts on recommendations/texts-to-avoid?

 

 

[goodbye I]

It certainly varies from school to school and from professor to professor, but Mark Allen Powell has one (Introducing the New Testament) that is, in my opinion, exceptional. David deSilva also has one put out by IVP that was widely used in Evangelical institutions. It was published in 2004; I'm not sure if it is still a popular choice.

[Body Politics]

We use New Testament Story by Barr. During my year, though, the prof switched to LTJ's Writings of the New Testament. I prefer Barr's to LTJ's.

[Lux Lex Pax]

Despite his recent, more polemical work, Ehrman's introduction to NT is great for providing the contextual, historical, literary background; it's well written, and a pleasure to read. For a theological perspective that reads the NT through the eyes of faith, I would recommend Luke Timothy Johnson's introduction to NT. When I was at PTS, we used Johnson's intro, but I supplemented it with Ehrman's; the two complement each other nicely.

[sacklunch]

I second Ehrman's intro text (though I didn't want to read any theology). 

[bondsdw]

A third for Ehrman.  I'd definitely recommend it.

[Kuriakos]

Ehrman is great. Achtemeier, Green, and Thompson is good if you want something a bit longer or perhaps more theological.

[Qaus-gabri]

Though a bit dated, Helmut Koester's two-volume critical intro is still quite useful, in my humble opinion.

[11Q13]

I used Koester... but he was teaching the course. I'm not a super big fan of Ehrman, despite his best efforts to be neutral, he still comes off as a bit anti-theology/izing to me.

I'm teaching an intro to New Testament right now and I just picked an assortment of articles for reading, there's no shortage.