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1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Interdisciplinary Approaches to Biblical Studies

Edited By Rodrigo de Sousa, Elizabeth E. Shively Copyright 2026

568 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

Description

This volume offers a foundational resource for understanding, practicing, and teaching interdisciplinarity in biblical studies, fostering informed, reflective, and critically responsible engagement across disciplinary boundaries. Part I explores the conceptual, ethical, and pedagogical dimensions of interdisciplinarity, providing readers with conceptual tools for assessing how interdisciplinary... Read more

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Introduction - Rodrigo de Sousa and Elizabeth E. Shively

Part I: Interdisciplinarity in Theory and Practice

1. Constructing an object of study: What do ‘Biblical Studies’ study? - Rebekah Van Sant

2. What is Interdisciplinarity? An Introduction, Overview, and Justification of the Concept for Biblical Studies - A K M Adam

3. The Structure of Disciplines and Methods in the Study of Ancient Literature - William A. Tooman

4. Interdisciplinarity in the Study of the Hebrew Bible: Issues and Debates - Hugh Pyper

5. Issues and Debates: “Disciplining” Interdisciplinarity in New Testament Studies - Louise J. Lawrence

6. Biblical Studies and the Scholarly Imagination of Religion - Luigi Walt

7. Scripture as the primary intertext of theology - Frederike Van Oorschot

8. Teaching Interdisciplinarity and Teaching Interdisciplinarily:Four Points, Three Steps, and Two Poems - Brent A. Strawn

9. Building Interdisciplinary Higher Education Programs - Alison Jack

Part II: Interdisciplinarity in Approach

10. The Visual Commentary on Scripture: Interdisciplinary in Practice - Michelle Fletcher and Jennifer Sliwka

11. Archaeology and Material Culture - Benjamin D. Gordon

12. Art, Iconography, and Aesthetics - Laura Quick

13. Classics - Antonella Bellantuono

14. Cognitive Science - István Czachesz

15. Intersectionality - Marianne Bjelland Kartzow

16. Digital Humanities - Soham Al-Suadi

17. Disability Studies - Louise A. Gosbell

18. Biblical Ecological Hermeneutics - Maricel S. Ibita

19. Critical Race Theory - Wongi Park

20. Gender Studies - Davina C. Lopez

21. History - Babett Edelmann-Singer

22. Historical Geography - Chris McKinny

23. Linguistics - Stanley E. Porter

24. Literary Studies - Jan Rüggemeier

25. Screening Scripture: The Bible and Film - Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch

26. Memory Theory - Sandra Huebenthal

27. Migration Studies - Jina Kang

28. Modern Philosophy - Jaco Gericke

29. Papyrology - Thomas J. Kraus

30. Psychology - Joanna Collicutt

31. Performance Studies - Kelly R. Iverson

32. Political Theory - Rudolf von Sinner and Luiz José Dietrich

33. Engaging hegemony and/of the Bible: Postcolonial biblical studies - Jeremy Punt

34. Queer Theory - Jimmy Hoke

35. Reception Studies - Andrew Mein

36. Greco-Roman Rhetoric - Ben Witherington, III

37. Ritual Studies - Gerard Rouwhorst

38. Sociology - Christopher Porter

39. Theological Interpretation - Mark W. Elliott

40. Trauma Hermeneutics - Elizabeth Boase

Index

Editor(s)

Biography

Rodrigo de Sousa is professor of Old Testament at the Institut protestant de théologie, Montpellier, France. His research focuses on the history of the transmission and interpretation of biblical text. Publications include Eschatology and Messianism in LXX Isaiah 1-12.

Elizabeth E. Shively is Professor of Christian Scriptures at Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University, USA. Her research focuses on Mark’s Gospel and narrative methods; publications include Apocalyptic Imagination in the Gospel of Mark and Cognitive Linguistics and New Testament Narrative (Special Issue of Interpretation).

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