Cover title of 2002 ed: Handbook to the exegesis of the New Testament.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

What is exegesis? : an analysis of various definitions / Stanley E. Porter and Kent D. Clarke -- The basic tools of exegesis of the New Testament : a bibliographical essay / Stanley E. Porter -- Textual criticism in the exegesis of the New Testament, with an excursus on canon / Eldon Jay Epp -- The Greek language of the New Testament / Stanley E. Porter -- The genres of the New Testament / Brook W.R. Pearson and Stanley E. Porter -- Source, form and redaction criticism of the New Testament / David R. Catchpole -- Discourse analysis / Jeffrey T. Reed -- Rhetorical and narratological criticism / Dennis L. Stamps -- New Testament literary criticism / Brook W.R. Pearson -- Ideological criticisms, liberation criticisms, and womanist and feminist criticisms / Tina Pippin -- Social-scientific criticism / Stephen C. Barton -- Canonical criticism / Robert W. Wall -- Hellenistic philosophy and the New Testament / Gregory E. Sterling -- Jewish backgrounds / Paul R. Trebilco -- The Roman Empire as a context for the New Testament / David W.J. Gill -- Exegesis in the Second Century / Thomas H. Olbricht.

The life of Jesus / Craig A. Evans -- The Synoptic Gospels and Acts / Christopher M. Tuckett -- Exegesis of the Pauline letters, including the Deutero-Pauline letters / Stanley E. Porter -- The Johannine literature / John Painter -- New Testament exegesis of Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles / George H. Guthrie.