▁literature , ▁also ▁developed . ▁Bib lic al ▁criticism ▁began ▁to ▁apply ▁new ▁literary ▁approaches ▁such ▁as ▁struct ural ism ▁and ▁r het or ical ▁criticism , ▁which ▁concentr ated ▁less ▁on ▁history ▁and ▁more ▁on ▁the ▁texts ▁themselves . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁scholar ▁E . ▁P . ▁Sand ers ▁( 1 9 3 7 - ▁) ▁advanced ▁the ▁New ▁Pers pective ▁on ▁Paul , ▁which ▁has ▁greatly ▁influenced ▁scholar ly ▁views ▁on ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁Paul ine ▁Christian ity ▁and ▁Jewish ▁Christian ity ▁in ▁the ▁Paul ine ▁ep ist les . ▁Sand ers ▁also ▁advanced ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁historical ▁Jesus ▁by ▁putting ▁Jesus ' ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁first - century ▁ ▁Second - Tem ple ▁J uda ism . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁the ▁the olog ian ▁ ▁Hans ▁Frei ▁published ▁The ▁Eclipse ▁of ▁Bib lic al ▁N arr ative , ▁which ▁became ▁a ▁land mark ▁work ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁post - crit ical ▁bib lic al ▁interpretation . ▁The ▁third ▁period ▁of ▁focused ▁study ▁on ▁the ▁historical ▁Jesus ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁with ▁the ▁Jesus ▁Sem inar . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁bib lic al ▁criticism ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁primarily ▁a ▁historical ▁discipline ▁but ▁had ▁instead ▁become ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁discipl ines ▁with ▁often ▁conflic ting ▁interests . ▁New ▁pers pect ives ▁from ▁different ▁eth nic ities , ▁femin ist ▁the ology , ▁Catholic ism ▁and ▁J uda ism ▁revealed ▁an