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Bruce J. Malina
Bruce J. Malina is an American New Testament scholar of the late twentieth and early twenty first century, working within social scientific approaches rather than confessional church theology.
He is known for helping readers notice the cultural assumptions of the first century Mediterranean world, especially honour and shame, patronage, kinship, and group identity. Used carefully, his work can help pastors avoid projecting modern individualism onto biblical texts and can sharpen historical sensitivity in interpretation and application.
He remains valued for raising questions many readers never think to ask, even where his conclusions should be tested against the text and a robust doctrine of Scripture. Recommended titles include The New Testament World, Insights from Cultural Anthropology, Social Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels, and Social Science Commentary on the Letters of Paul.
Theological Perspective: Non-Evangelical/Critical
Bruce J. Malina
Bruce J. Malina is an American New Testament scholar of the late twentieth and early twenty first century, working within social scientific approaches rather than confessional church theology.
He is known for helping readers notice the cultural assumptions of the first century Mediterranean world, especially honour and shame, patronage, kinship, and group identity. Used carefully, his work can help pastors avoid projecting modern individualism onto biblical texts and can sharpen historical sensitivity in interpretation and application.
He remains valued for raising questions many readers never think to ask, even where his conclusions should be tested against the text and a robust doctrine of Scripture. Recommended titles include The New Testament World, Insights from Cultural Anthropology, Social Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels, and Social Science Commentary on the Letters of Paul.
Theological Perspective: Non-Evangelical/Critical