Each chapter opens with a "What to Expect" section and closes with Suggestions for Further reading, Key Terms, and Questions for Study and Reflection | |
Boxes | |
Preface to the Second Edition | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Notes on Suggestions for Further reading | |
Credits | |
Master Time Line | |
Introduction: What Is The New Testament? | |
The New Testament: Some Basic Information | |
Other Early Christian Writings | |
The Development of the Christian Canon | |
Implications for Our Study | |
The New Testament: One Other Set of Problems | |
At a Glance: The New Testament Canon | |
Excursus: Some Additional Reflections: The Historian and the Believer | |
The Environment Of Early Christian Traditions: The Greco-Roman World | |
The Problem of Beginnings | |
One Remarkable Life | |
The Environment of the New Testament: Religions in the Greco-Roman World | |
At a Glance: The World of Early Christianity | |
The Environment Of Early Christian Traditions: The World Of Ancient Judaism | |
Monotheism: The Belief in One True God | |
The Covenant: Israel's Pact with Its God | |
The Law: Israel's Convenantal Obligations | |
Temple and Synagogue: Israel's Places of Worship | |
Forms of Early Judaism | |
Political Crises in Palestine and Their Ramifications | |
The Formation of Jewish Sects | |
The Jewish Context for the Traditions About Jesus | |
At a Glance: The World of Early Judaism | |
The Traditions Of Jesus In Their Greco-Roman Context | |
Oral Traditions Behind the Gospel | |
The Gospels as Biographies of Jesus | |
At a Glance: The Traditions of Jesus | |
Some Additional Reflections: The Authors of the Gospels | |
Jesus, The Suffering Son Of God: The Gospel According To Mark | |
The Synoptic Problem | |
The Beginning of the Gospel: Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God Who Fulfills Scripture | |
Jesus the Authoritative Son of God | |
Jesus the Opposed Son of God | |
Jesus the Misunderstood Son of God | |
Jesus the Acknowledged Son of God | |
Jesus the Suffering Son of God | |
Jesus the Crucified Son of God | |
Jesus the Vindicated Son of God | |
Conclusion: Mark and His Readers | |
At a Glance: The Gospel of Mark | |
Jesus, The Jewish Messiah: The Gospel According To Matthew | |
A Redactional Approach to Matthew | |
The Importance of Beginnings: Jesus the Jewish Messiah in Fulfillment of the Jewish Scriptures | |
The Portrayal of Jesus in Matthew: The Sermon on the Mount as a Springboard | |
Jesus Rejected by the Jewish Leaders | |
Matthew and His Readers | |
At a Glance: Matthew | |
Jesus, The Savior Of The World: The Gospel According To Luke | |
A Comparative Overview of the Gospel | |
The Preface to Luke's Gospel | |
Luke's Birth Narrative in Comparative Perspective | |
From Jew to Gentile: Luke's Portrayal of Jesus the Rejected Prophet | |
Luke's Distinctive Emphases Throughout His Gospel | |
Conclusion: Luke in Comparative Perspective | |
At a Glance: The Gospel of Luke | |
Jesus, The Man Sent From Heaven: The Gospel According To John | |
The Gospel of John from a Literary-Historical Perspective | |
The Gospel of John from a Redactional Perspective | |
The Gospel of John from a Thematic Perspective | |
The Gospel of John from a Comparative Perspective | |
The Author of the Fourth Gospel | |
At a Glance: The Gospel of John | |
The Historical Jesus | |
Problems with Sources | |
Using Our Sources | |
Jewish Apocalypticism | |
Jesus in His Apocalyptic Context | |
The Beginning and End as Keys to the Middle | |
The Apocalyptic Deeds of Jesus | |
The Apocalyptic Teachings of Jesus | |
The Apocalyptic Death of Jesus | |
At a Glance: Jesus the Apocalyptic Prophet | |
From Jesus To The Gospels | |
The Beginning of Christianity | |
Jesus' Resurrection from an Apocalyptic Perspective | |
Jesus' Death, According to the Scriptures | |
The Emergence of Different Understandings of Jesus | |
At a Glance: From Jesus to the Gospels | |
Luke's Second Volume: The Book Of Acts | |
The Genre of Acts and Its Significance | |
The Thematic Approach to Acts | |
From Gospel to Acts: The Opening Transition | |
Themes in the Speeches of Acts | |
At a Glance: The Book of Acts | |
Conclusion: The Author and His Themes in Context | |
Paul The Apostle: The Man And His Mission | |
The Study of Paul: Methodological Difficulties | |
The Life of Paul | |
At a Glance: Paul and His Mission | |
Paul And His Apostolic Mission: I Thessalonians As A Test Case | |
The Founding of the Church in Thessalonica | |
The Beginnings of the Thessalonian Church: A Socio-Historical Perspective | |
The Church at Thessalonica after Paul's Departure | |
Conclusion: Paul the Apostle | |
At a Glance: I Thessalonians | |
Paul And The Crises Of His Churches: The Corinthian Correspondence | |
Corinthians | |
At a Glance: 1 Corinthians | |
Corinthians | |
At a Glance: 2 Corinthians | |
Paul And The Crises Of His Churches: Galatians, Philippians, And Philemon Galatians | |
At a Glance: Galatians | |
Philippians | |
At a Glance: Philippians | |
Philemon | |
At a Glance: Philemon | |
The Gospel According To Paul: The Letter To The Romans | |
The Occasion and Purpose of the Letter | |
The Theme of the Epistle | |
Pauline Models for Salvation | |
The Flow of Paul's Argument | |
Conclusion: Paul and the Romans | |
At a Glance: Romans | |
In The Wake Of The Apostle: The Deutero-Pauline And Pastoral Epistles | |
Pseudonymity in the Ancient World | |
The Deutero-Pauline Epistles | |
At a Glance: The Deutero-Pauline Epistles | |
The Pastoral Epistles | |
The Historical Situation and Authorship of the Pastoral Epistles | |
At a Glance: The Pastoral Epistles | |
From Paul's Female Colleagues To The Pastor's Intimidated Women: The Oppression Of Women In Early Christianity | |
Women in Paul's Churches | |
Women Associated with Jesus | |
Paul's Understanding of Women in the Church | |
Women in the Aftermath of Paul | |
Ancient Ideologies of Gender | |
Gender Ideology and the Pauline Churches | |
At a Glance: Women in Early Christianity | |
Christian Conflicts With Jews And Pagans: Hebrews And 1 Peter | |
Christians and Jews | |
Early Christian Self-Definition | |
Continuity and Superiority: The Epistle to the Hebrews | |
At a Glance: Hebrews | |
Christians and Pagans | |
Christians in a Hostile World: The Letter of 1 Peter | |
At a Glance: 1 Peter | |
Christian Conflicts With Christians: James, 2 Peter, Jude, And The Johannine Epistles | |
Christian Conflicts with Christians | |
The Epistle of James | |
Jude 2 Peter | |
The Johannine Epistles | |
Understanding the Johannine Epistles | |
Reflections on the Contextual Method for Understanding the Johannine Epistles | |
Conflicts within the Early Christian Communities | |
At a Glance: Christian Internal Conflicts | |
Christians And The Cosmos: The Book Of Revelation | |
The Content and Structure of the Book of Revelation | |
The Book of Revelation from a Historical Perspective | |
Apocalyptic World Views and Apocalypse Genre | |
The Revelation of John in Historical Context | |
At a Glance: The Book of Revelation | |
Glossary of Terms | |
Index | |
Photo Essays | |
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