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Kenneth Berding, "The Hermeneutical Framework of Social-Scientific Criticism: How much can Evangelicals get involved?" The Evangelical Quarterly 75.1 (Jan-Mar. 2003): 3-22. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder] | |
P.F. Craffert, "The origins of resurrection faith: the challenge of a social scientific approach," Neotestamentica 23.2 (1989): 331-348. pdf | |
David A. DeSilva, "Embodying the Word: Social-Scientific Interpretation of the New Testament" in Scot McKnight and Grant R. Osborne (ed.) The Face of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004. | |
J.H. Elliott, "Social-Scientific Criticism of the New Testament: More on Methods and Models," Semeia 35 (1986): 1-33. | |
J.H. Elliott, "Social scientific criticism: Perspective, process and payoff. Evil eye accusation at Galatia as illustration of the method," HTS Teologiese Studies 67.1 (2011): 1-10. | |
Philip F. Esler, The First Christians in their social worlds: social scientific approaches to New Testament interpretation. London: Taylor & Francis, 2002. ISBN: 9781134833801. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link] | |
Paul A. Himes, "First Peter's Identity Theology and the Community of Faith: a test-case in how social scientific criticism can assist with theological ethics via biblical theology," The Evangelical Quarterly 89.2 (April 2018): 115-132. | |
Bruce J. Malina, "Social-Scientific Approaches and the Gospel of Matthew" in Mark Allan Powell (ed.) Methods for Matthew. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. | |
Carolyn Osiek, "The New Handmaid: The Bible and Social Sciences" Theological Studies 50 (1989): 260-278. | |
Jerome H. Neyrey, "God, Benefactor and Patron: The Major Cultural Model for Interpreting the Deity in Greco-Roman Antiquity" Journal for the Study of the New Testament 27.4 (2005): 465-492. | |
Donald Senior, "Friend or foe?: the historical-critical method," The Priest 70.4 (April 2014): 35-39, 51-52. |
Bibliography based on that provided by Pastor Lijo Devadhas, Chennai, India