Abstract:
The article is the second of a series that aim to introduce socialscientific
exegesis of New Testament texts. Social-scientific criticism
represents an exegetical approach by means of which the
rhetoric of texts is interpreted in light of their cultural environment
and the social interaction that determines this context and semeiotic
codes. The first article focuses on the initiators in the field of
historical-critical exegesis who paved the way to social scientific
criticism and it explains key facets of the “new” exegetical
approach. This article explains some models and methods of social scientific
criticism and focuses on some advantages of social scientific criticism.
