Features a comprehensive application of postcolonial criticism to the biblical texts, with its focus on the entire corpus of the New Testament. This book places the reality and ramifications of imperial-colonial frameworks and relations at the centre of biblical criticism.

Acknowledgements; Contributors; Fernando F. Segovia (The Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA) - Introduction: Configurations Approaches, Findings, Stances; Warren Carter (St. Paul's School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, USA) - The Gospel of Matthew; Tat-siong Benny Liew (Pacific School of Theology, Berkeley, California, USA) - The Gospel of Mark; Virginia Burrus (The Theological School, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, USA) - The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles; Fernando F. Segovia (The Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA) - The Gospel John; Neil Elliott (United Theological Seminary, New Brighton, Minnesota, USA) - The Letter to the Romans; Richard Horsley (University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA) - The First and Second Letters to the Corinthians; Sze-kar Wan (Andover-Newton Theological Seminary, Newton, Massachusetts, USA) - The Letter to the Galatians; Jennifer G. Bird (The Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA) - The Letter to the Ephesians. Efrain Agosto (Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Connecticult, USA) - The Letter to the Philippians; Gordon Zerbe (Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, Canada) and Muriel Orevillo-Montenegro (The Divinity School, Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Philippines) - The Letter to the Colossians; Abraham Smith (Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA) - The First and Second Letters to the Thessalonians; Ralph Broadbent (University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK) - The First and Second Letters to Timothy and the Letter to Titus; Allan Dwight Callahan (Seminario Teologico Batista de Nordeste, Bahia, Brazil) - The Letter to Philemon; Jeremy H. Punt (Faculty of Theology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa) - The Letter to the Hebrews; Sharon H. Ringe (Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C., USA) - The Letter of James; Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza (The Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) - The First Letter of Peter; Cynthia Briggs Kittredge (Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas, USA) - The Second Letter of Peter; R. S. Sugirtharajah - The First, Second and Third Letters of John; Rohun Park (The Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA) - The Letter of Jude; Stephen D. Moore (The Theological School, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, USA) - The Revelation to John; R. S. Sugirtharajah (University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK) - Postcolonial and Biblical Interpretation: The Next Phase.

"A very impressive book: Highly recommended." Marcella Althaus-Reid, University of Edinburgh, UK "These studies are uniformly well written by scholars already known to us for their excellent scholarship, and here they continue to provoke us to new levels of encountering the New Testament with chapters that are informative, at times even inspiring, always provocative, and more than a little unsettling." Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, Loyola Marymount University, California, USA"

This Postcolonial Commentary on the New Testament Writings represents a critical benchmark in postcolonial biblical criticism. Indeed, the Commentary stands as the most comprehensive application to date of postcolonial criticism to the biblical texts, with its focus on the entire corpus of the New Testament. It places the reality and ramifications of imperial-colonial frameworks and relations at the centre of biblical criticism.