Reddit reviews The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation
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>I know it's an acquired taste. I've just not had the time, energy, care, or money to acquire taste for anything good... or anything at all.
Don't listen. I think I'm a fairly good writer (I paid most of my way through college by winning essay contests; I majored in English), and I drink very infrequently, like probably 5-6 times a year, and am fairly certain that I have never been legally intoxicated. Find your inspiration elsewhere
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>What would you recommend for a 20-something college student trying to attain basic biblical literacy.
Hmmm. Um, well, first, I'd do a pretty good survey read of the text. I think everyone who flies the flag of "Christian" should, at a bare minimum, be familiar with Genesis, Exodus, 1Samuel-2Kings, Isaiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1+2 Corinthians, and Hebrews.
If that's out of the way, I really liked Luke Timothy Johnson's introduction to the NT. It is suitable for a college student who does not know Greek. For the OT, which isn't my wheelhouse, I'd look into Walter Brueggemann's introduction.
Before you plunk down your hard earned college student dollars though, iTunes University has a number of free courses available from seminaries (usually more conservative ones; sadly PTS, YDS, Duke, etc. aren't down for sharing for the betterment of the Gospel) and universities, which can provide very good information, for free. For example, Yale University's course on the New Testament is available as a free recording. While that's going to be secular and focused on critical scholarship, it should give you a lot of info about the book.
Finally, however, if you're after more than just knowledge, I can't recommend enough Eugene Peterson's Eat This Book, which really changed my view on a series of documents that I had devoted years to digging into. In fact, if you'd like, PM me your address and I'll Amazon you a copy.
Yep. Here are my sources:
(http://www.amazon.com/Inculturation-Jesus-Tradition-Impact-Cultures/dp/1563382954/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top)