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    The document summarizes two books about the New Testament: Hagner's commentary on Matthew 1-13 and Bryan's book about Mark's literary and cultural settings. It provides brief descriptions of each book and notes their contributions to biblical scholarship.

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    Journal for the Study of

    the New Testament


    http://jnt.sagepub.com

    HAGNER, D.A., Matthew 1-13 (WBC, 33A: Dallas: Word


    Books, 1993), pp. vii + 407. $24.99. ISBN 0-8499-0232-0
    Journal for the Study of the New Testament 1995; 17; 121
    DOI: 10.1177/0142064X9501705706
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    BOOKLIST

    HAGNER, D.A., Matthew 1-13 (WBC, 33A: Dallas: Word Books, 1993), pp. vii +
    407. $24.99. ISBN 0-8499-0232-0.
    While admitting the obvious benefits of the new literary criticism at the outset and
    at times employing the methods within his text, Hagner remains convinced that the
    best approach to an ancient text is the historical-critical approach. He proposes first to
    discover what the text meant in its original setting. This first volume on Matthew I-133
    meets his criteria well. He recognizes that the term certainty has no place in the
    terminology of historical reconstructions and offers instead findings that are in his
    words probable.
    This commentary has something for everyone. Of interest to the scholar are
    Hagners text-critical notes, comprehensive bibliography at the beginning of each new
    section, and his detailed analyses of each pericopes form, structure and setting. Of
    special interest to the pastor or Bible-study leader is the section entitled explanation.
    These succinct paragraphs take more of a hermeneutical approach, that is, they attempt
    to explain what the text means for twentieth-century humankind.
    This commentary is an enjoyable read, offering both illumination of Matthews
    Gospel in its historical setting and fresh application of it for the contemporary church.
    SAH

    BRYAN, Christopher, A Preface to Mark: Notes on the Gospel in its Literary and
    Cultural Settings (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993), pp. xi + 220. £25.00.
    ISBN 0-19-508044-0.
    The purpose of this book is to explore how Mark may have been understood in its
    original setting. Closely related to this aim, according to Bryan, is the question of the
    evangelists intent. The scope of enquiry is twofold. In the first part of the book
    Bryan seeks to establish the genre of Mark which, he argues by means of comparison
    with Graeco-Roman texts (primarily by Plutarch and Lucian), would have been

    perceived as a Hellenistic Life by any averagely educated Graeco-Roman audience.


    Bryan surveys eleven generic elements that would have been expected of a Hellenistic
    Life and notices that Mark conforms exactly to eight of them. In the second part of
    the book Bryan argues that Mark was intended to be heard, not read. Bryan supports
    his claim by surveying several characteristics of oral composition, both past and
    present, and by comparing them to Marks structure and style. The acoustic nature of
    Mark is considered an essential element for a proper understanding of the narrative

    Downloaded from http://jnt.sagepub.com by Andreas Gerstacker on November 23,


    2007
    1995 SAGE Publications. All rights reserved. Not for commercial use or
    unauthorized distribution.

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