Last week, we held a special event at McMaster Divinity College to honor Stanley E. Porter, President, Dean, and Professor of New Testament, as well as the Roy A. Hope Chair of Christian Worldview. He has served as President of MDC for over 25 years (and is celebrating his 70th birthday this month), an achievement that not many have accomplished throughout their careers.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, we presented him with a Festschrift. Here is a blurb from the Preface:

It is not common for a scholar to receive a Festschrift in his or her honor; it is even less common for a scholar to receive two Festschriften, and both within his or her lifetime. However, we believe that the work and career of Stanley E. Porter merit a second Festschrift, considering his contributions to biblical scholarship and Christian higher education. The first Festschrift highlighted Stan as a general scholar, here we display his role as a teacher, mentor, and developer of methodological rigor. Here we want to acknowledge the circumstances and people sur-rounding the publication of this volume. The co-editors initially envisioned this project back in 2019, with the goal of offering it to Stan for his 65th birthday in 2021. However, as the entire world witnessed, COVID-19 escalated into a global crisis in early 2020, which caused not only a delay in this project but disrupted life in general. As the COVID pandemic and the various lockdowns and limitations associated with it seemed to wane in the following year, we thought targeting a 2026 publication, coinciding with his 70th birthday, would be much more appropriate. We are pleased that we have been able to bring this volume to a timely completion in time to celebrate Stan’s 70th birthday

The Table of Contents is as follows:

PART 1 – INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction to the Festschrift / 1
   – David I. Yoon and Chris S. Stevens
2. A Brief Biography of Stanley E. Porter / 8
   – David I. Yoon
3. Methodology in Biblical Studies / 19
   – Stanley E. Porter

PART 2 – FOUNDATIONAL, HISTORICAL, AND TEXTUAL APPROACHES

4. Paradigms and Paradigm Shifts: Kuhnian Influences / 23
   – David I. Yoon
5. Biblical Hermeneutics and Intercultural Responsibility / 51
   – Stephanie L. Black
6. A Biography of Aristotle: An Essay in Honor of Stanley E. Porter / 79
   – Adam Z. Wright
7. The Jewish War and the Synoptic Gospels / 98
   – Karl L. Armstrong
8. Crowds and the Christ: The Great Omission as a Lesson in Misidentification / 117
   – Daniel I. Morrison
9. Did the Scribes of the Past Have a Suspicious Work Ethic? / 141
   – A. Moises Zumaeta
10. Proposing METIS 2.0: An Omnibus Protocol and Software for Identifying Fragmentary and Heavily Damaged Papyri / 165
    – James A. Libby

PART 3 – METHODS IN LINGUISTICS, SOCIOLINGUISTICS, AND
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

11. The Orthodox Corruption of the Preposition: Grammar, Theology, or Evangelical Ideology? / 201
    – Chris S. Stevens
12. Paul’s Grammatical Metaphors and the Letter to the Ephesians / 226
    – John J. H. Lee
13. The Resurrection in Revelation 7:14: Aktionsart of οἱ ἐρχόμενοι and Semantic Constraints / 241
    – Alan E. Kurschner
14. Linguistic Anthropology of the Social Identities of Believers and Sinners in John 9:1–41 / 261
    – Sung Min Park
15. The Purpose of John’s Gospel: A Rhetorical-Relational Analysis / 287
    – Yan Ma
16. Embedded Polarization in the Fourth Gospel: Overt Pronominal Subjects as a Rhetorical Summons to Take Sides / 305
    – Gustavo Martín-Asensio
17. Division or Reconciliation? A Tenor Analysis of Paul’s Rebuke of Peter in Galatians 2:11–21 / 352
    – Ji Hoe Kim
18. Power and Authority as Apostolic Strategy: An Assessment of Pauline Ideology in 1 Corinthians 4 / 378
    – Vinh T. Nguyen and Wm. Craig Price

PART 4 – APPROACHES TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

19. The Use of the Old Testament in the New in Light of Translation Theory: The Analysis of the Formulaic Quotation of Micah 5:2 in Matthew 2:6 / 412
    – Woojin Chung
20. Paul’s Concept of the Messiah in the Letter to the Romans: An Intertextual Analysis / 460
    – Xiaxia Xue
21. Jesus, the Fulfillment of Isaiah 61:1–2a: An Intertextual-Field Analysis of Isaiah 61:1–2a (58:6) in Luke 4:16–21 / 482
    – Hojoon J. Ahn

We honor Stan for his many contributions to biblical scholarship, Christian higher education, and mentorship to students, both directly and indirectly through his work.

To purchase a copy of this volume, we recommend going directly to the publisher’s website (Wipf & Stock) and using the upcoming conference discount when checking out.

— David I. Yoon