Beth M Sheppard-The Craft of History and the Study of the New Testament-Society of Biblical Literature 2012 by Sheppard, Beth M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

The Craft of History and the Study of the New Testament Contents Abbreviations Introduction Part 1: Theory 1. A Meeting of Two Disciplines

1.1. Who Is a Historian? 1.2. What Historians Do 1.3. The Nature of History 1.4. Defining Terms

1.4.1. Historiography 1.4.2. Philosophy of History 1.4.3. Historical Criticism

2. Theoretical Underpinnings

2.1. The Role of Time 2.2. Selectivity

2.2.1. Settling on a Topic 2.2.2. Scope 2.2.3. The “Types” of History 2.2.4. Methods

2.3. Sources

2.3.1. The Value of Eyewitnesses 2.3.2. Inspired Sources 2.3.3. Canons of Sources: Another Aspect of Selection

3. Basic Philosophical Matters

3.1. The Uses of History 3.2. The Two Philosophical Traditions of History

3.2.1. Elements of Analytical History 3.2.2. Traits of Speculative History

4. Stumbling Blocks in Histories

4.1. Logical Traps 4.2. Errors of Fact

4.2.1. Factual Accuracy and Verification 4.2.2. Context

4.3. Errors of Perspective 4.4. Problems with Project Design

4.4.1. Equivocation and Reification 4.4.2. Formulating the Question 4.4.3. Limits of Particular Methods

4.5. Developing an Eye for Good History

Part 2: Historiography: The History of Writing History 5. Emergence of a Discipline: Methods from Antiquity to the Modern Era

5.1. History in Western Antiquity

5.1.1. Hebrew Historiography 5.1.2. Greek Historiography 5.1.3. Roman Historiography 5.1.4. Ancient Historiography and the “Truth” 5.1.5. The Role of Biography in the Classical World

5.2. The Middle Ages: Speculative History Triumphs 5.3. The Early Modern Period: The Advent of Philological History 5.4. The Industrial Age and Objective History

5.4.1. The Elements of Historicism 5.4.2. New History/New Historicism

6. History Blossoms: The Modern Era to the Mid-Twentieth Century

6.1. Marxist History

6.1.1. An Overview of Materialism 6.1.2. Knotty Issues for Marxism and Biblical Interpretation

6.2. Social History 6.3. Psychohistory 6.4. Economic History and the Numbers

7. New Lenses for History: The Late Twentieth Century to Present

7.1. Revisionist History 7.2 Cultural History and Approaches Influenced by Anthropology or Ethnology 7.3. The Postmodern Critique of History 7.4. Postcolonialism 7.5. Imaginative Histories 7.6. Summary

Part 3: Application 8. Counting Sheep: Clothing and Textiles in Luke’s Gospel

8.1. Methodological Caveats 8.2. Textiles and the Ancient Economy 8.3. Everyday Clothing and the Gospel of Luke 8.4. Evidence for Textile Manufacturing in the Gospel of Luke 8.5. Observations and Thoughts

9. A Scarlet Woman? John 4

9.1. Roman Contexts and New Testament Texts 9.2. Too Many Marriages and One Peculiar Relationship? 9.3. Conclusion

10. Drinking the Spirit: Ancient Medicine and Paul’s Corinth

10.1. The Difficulty with 1 Corinthians 12:13b 10.2. Some Basics of Greco-Roman Medicine 10.3. In the Shadow of a Healing Cult: Health and 1 Corinthians 10.4. The Link between Healing and Prophecy 10.5. Pneuma and Ancient Medicine 10.6. Conclusion

Epilogue Bibliography Index of Ancient and Medieval Texts and Persons Index of Modern Persons Index of Subjects