The New Testament in the Graeco-Roman World

Abraham J. Malherbe (1930 - 2012), taught Theology of New Testament and Early Christianity at the Abilene Christian University, Dartmout, and was Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and Literature Emeritus at Yale Divinity School. A member of The Society of Biblical Literature for over fifty years, Abe was a highly productive scholar who made major contributions in several areas.

This book in honor of Prof. Abe Malherbe is the product of South African and international scholars honoring the memory of a great New Testament scholar working in the USA and influencing especially the country of his birth South Africa

Marius Nel is Professor of New Testament at North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Fika J. van Rensburg is Dean of the Faculty of Theology, North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa.