The conversations in this collection open by challenging ideas that have become standard and subjecting them to critical re-examination. The central thread of all these essays is a reflection on the processes of reading and theologizing. Many focus on the relation of Paul to the energetic and complex Judaism of the 1st century, and one reads the Gospel of John in this light. Others highlight eschatology. Among the contributors to this volume are David E. Aune, Jouette Bassler, Daniel Boyarin, Neil Elliott, Victor Paul Furnish, Lloyd Gaston, Steven J. Kraftchick, Robert C. Morgan, J. Andrew Overman, Mark Reasoner, Peter Richardson, and Robin Scroggs. Juanita Garciagodoy and David H. Hopper offer appreciations of Calvin Roetzel as a teacher and colleague.

Inspired by and engaging with the provocative and prolific work of Stephen D. Moore, Bible and Theory showcases some of the most current thinking emerging at the intersections of critical methods with biblical texts. The result is a plurality of readings that deconstruct customary disciplinary boundaries. These chapters, written by a wide range of biblical scholars, collectively argue by demonstration for the necessity and benefits of biblical criticism inflected with queer theory, literary criticism, postmodernism, cultural studies, and more. Bible and Theory: Essays in Biblical Interpretation in Honor of Stephen D. Moore invites the reader to rethink what constitutes the Bible and to reconsider what we are doing when we read and interpret it.

Since its publication by Fortress Press in 1992, Mark and Method has been an invaluable resource for the study of Mark, and of the range of methods used in interpreting the New Testament. This second edition offers a new introduction and chapters brought up to date with the latest developments in interpretation, including new chapters on Cultural Studies and Post-Colonial Criticism. Contents Preface to the Second Edition 1. Introduction: The Lives of Mark, Janice Capel Anderson and Stephen D. Moore 2. Narrative Criticism: How Does the Story Mean? Elizabeth Struthers Malbon 3. Reader-Response Criticism: Figuring Mark's Reader, Robert M. Fowler 4. Deconstructive Criticism: Turning Mark Inside Out, Stephen D. Moore 5. Feminist Criticism: The Dancing Daughter, Janice Capel Anderson 6. Social Criticism: Crossing Boundaries, David Rhoads 7. Cultural Studies: Making Mark, Abraham Smith 8. Post-Colonial Criticism: Echoes of a Subaltern's Contribution and Exclusion, Benny Liew