Historical-Theological Interpretation (Commentary Series)

The Historical Theological Interpretation (HTA) is a series of commentaries on the New Testament published by R. Brockhaus Verlag in cooperation with Brunnen Verlag .

The aim of the commentary series is to interpret the Bible scientifically conservatively. This is intended to make the series an alternative to historical-critical works. It is one of the first German evangelical commentary series on a scientific and academic level for some time. The last series with such a claim was the Commentary on the New Testament , published by Theodor Zahn at the beginning of the 20th century. Other evangelical commentaries such as the Wuppertal Study Bible or the Edition C Commentary on the New Testament do not have this scientific claim.

The idea for this series of commentaries arose within the framework of the New Testament (FAGNT) working group of the Evangelical Theology Working Group (AfeT).

The commentary is edited by the four-person editorial team Gerhard Maier , Rainer Riesner , Heinz-Werner Neudorfer and Eckhard J. Schnabel .

target

The aim of the commentary series is to build on a historically-philologically exact exegesis to transport the relevance and statements of the text in the context of the community today. The commentator should not deal with the complete history of interpretation, but important positions of interpretation should be presented in a balanced way and critically questioned.

construction

The structure of the comments follows a given scheme:

• At the beginning, various relevant introductory questions are discussed, such as: B. the question of the author or the addressee .
• Then follows the actual interpretation of the Bible book. The interpretation itself is divided into four sections:
  • In the first section, the pericope to be examined is translated from the original Greek text as precisely and verbatim as possible. This translation is then the working basis for the interpretation.
  • In the second section, the section to be examined is examined in terms of context, structure, literary genre, etc.
  • The third section provides a verse-by-verse exegesis.
  • In the 4th section a short summary is given that is intended to bundle the results achieved. In this summary, u. a. a bridge to be built into the present. It should also be shown how the text can be understood and applied in practice today.

Volumes published so far (chronological)

• Heinz-Werner Neudorfer: Paul's first letter to Timotheus. 2004, ISBN 3-417-29721-4
• Gerhard Maier: The letter of James. 2004, ISBN 3-417-29722-2
• Eckhard J. Schnabel: The first letter of Paul to the Corinthians. 2006, ISBN 3-7655-9724-4
• Hans F. Bayer: The Gospel of Mark. 2008, ISBN 978-3-417-29726-3
• Gerhard Maier: The Revelation of John 1–11. 2009, ISBN 978-3-417-29727-0
• Gerhard Maier: The Revelation of John 12-22. 2012, ISBN 978-3-7655-9728-2
• Heinz-Werner Neudorfer: Paul's letter to Titus. 2012, ISBN 978-3-417-29729-4
• Gerhard Maier: The Gospel of Matthew 1–14. 2015, ISBN 978-3-417-29730-0
• Eckhard J. Schnabel: Paul's letter to the Romans, chapters 1–5. 2015, ISBN 978-3-417-29731-7
• Detlef Häußer: Paul's letter to the Philippians. 2016, ISBN 978-3-7655-9732-9
• Eckhard J. Schnabel: Paul's letter to the Romans, chapters 6-16. 2016, ISBN 978-3-417-29735-5
• Heinz-Werner Neudorfer: The second letter of Paul to Timotheus. 2017, ISBN 978-3-417-29734-8
• Gerhard Maier: The Gospel of Matthew 15–28. 2017, ISBN 978-3-417-29732-4
• Joel White: Paul's Letter to the Colossians. 2018, ISBN 978-3-765-59736-7

literature

• Heinz-Werner Neudorfer: "Historical-Theological Interpretation of the New Testament", project report on a new series of comments . In: Yearbook for Evangelical Theology (JETh). R. Brockhaus Verlag , 2000, ISBN 3-417-26744-7 , pp. 157-160.