The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 4, From 1750 to the Present

John Riches is Emeritus Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow. His publications include The Bible: A Very Short Introduction (2000), Conflicting Mythologies: Identity Formation in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew (2000) and Galatians through the Centuries (2008).

Introduction John Riches; Part I. Producing the Text: 1. Critical editions and the development of text-critical methods, part 2: from Lachmann (1831) to the present Eldon Epp; 2. Producing the text: production and distribution of popular editions of the Bible Leslie Howsam and Scott McLaren; 3. Translations of the Bible and the cultural impulse Lamin Sanneh; Part II. New Modes of Study of the Bible: 4. The History of Religions School Wayne A. Meeks; 5. The archaeological study of the Bible Keith Whitelam; 6. Source, form, redaction, and literary criticism Janice Capel Anderson; 7. Social-scientific readings Halvor Moxnes; 8. Reception history Ian Boxall; 9. The uses of the Bible in theology W. T. Dickens; 10. Idealist/Hegelian readings Peter C. Hodgson; 11. Liberal readings of the Bible and their conservative responses Mark Chapman; 12. The use of the Bible in dialectical theology Timothy Gorringe; 13. Existential(ist) interpretation of the New Testament Robert Morgan; 14. Liberationist readings of the Bible Christopher Rowland; 15. Feminist readings Jorunn Økland; 16. Postcolonial readings Stephen D. Moore; 17. Jewish readings of the Bible Marc Zvi Brettler and Edward Breuer; 18. The Bible in philosophy and hermeneutics Werner G. Jeanrond; 19. Fundamentalist readings of the Bible Harriet Harris; Part III. Reception of the Bible Geographically: 20. The Bible in Africa Gerald West; 21. The Bible in North America Mark Noll; 22. The Bible in Latin America Néstor Míguez and Daniel Bruno; 23. The Bible in Asia R. S. Sugirtharajah; 24. The Bible in Europe David Thompson; Part IV. Reception of the Bible Confessionally: 25. The Bible in the Orthodox Church from the seventeenth century to the present day Konstantinos Skouteris and Constantine Belezos; 26. The reception of the Bible in Roman Catholic tradition Peter Neuner; 27. The Bible in Protestantism from 1750 to 2000 Mark W. Elliott; 28. New churches: Pentecostals and the Bible Edmund J. Rybarczyk; 29. The Bible in interfaith dialogue S. Wesley Ariarajah; Part V. Thematic Overview: Reception and Use of the Bible, 1750–2000: 30. The Bible in society Willard M. Swartley; 31. The Bible in literature Elena Volkova; 32. The Bible in film Gaye Ortiz and William R. Telford; 33. The Bible in music Tassilo Erhardt; 34. The Bible in art Michael Wheeler; 35. The Bible and science Nicolaas A. Rupke; 36. The Bible and hymnody J. R. Watson; Conclusion John Riches.