Derek Tidball on Sociology and New Testament Studies

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

Derek J. Tidball, "On Wooing a Crocodile: An Historical Survey of the Relationship Between Sociology and New Testament Studies," Vox Evangelica 15 (1985): 95-110.

I have never studied the sociology of the New Testament in detail before and so found this a very helpful introduction. It also provides a good overview of the literature on the subject up to the mid-1980's.