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This work shows how the rhetorical and dramatic shaping of Mark's gospel emphasizes the conflict of good and evil at many levels. It also looks at the social context of the gospel, which Painter argues to be that of the Pauline mission to the nations.

This study introduces a number of literary approaches to John's Gospel. The author examines the character of Jesus, using reader response criticism; he examines the plot, using structuralist literary criticism; and then analyzes the structure using deconstructionism.

This volume analyzes the many ways in which the New Testament can be read and interpreted. Rather than prescribing one "correct" way of reading, this study offers an overview of and introduction to influential theories of recent scholarship.

In this study, Kitchen draws together historical and literary methodologies in his reading of the Epistle of the Ephesians, bringing his analysis into the framework of contemporary biblical criticism.

For the first time, this volume offers a commentary of the Gospel of Thomas, which has previously been accessible only to theologians and scholars.

Philip F. Esler provides a detailed and accessible interpretation of the text, which draws on contemporary and modern literary models. He outlines the problems often associated with reading Galatians.

Provides a schematic reading of Luke's Gospel in six main parts. The text introduces the Gospel and the narrative theory on which the Gospel rests. It offers a detailed, chapter-by-chapter exposition of the Gospel and also alternative perspectives, such as feminism and deconstruction.

This study seeks a way of understanding "Revelation" by analyzing the structure of the book. Emphasizing the context, Alan Garrow uses the historical circumstances to elucidate the genre of the book.

The second letter to the Thessalonians is read as part of a process of communication between its sender and the original addressees, making it accessible to the modern reader.

Richard Bauckham explores the different types of material included in the text and demonstrates how a close appreciation of these literary aspects can enhance understanding of the epistle.