| Description |
xii, 540 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [523]-530) and index. |
| Contents |
The one Bible -- The background in the Graeco-Roman world -- The background in first-century Judaism -- The Gospel as the Glory of God -- The primitive Christian preaching -- The historicity of Jesus -- The Gospels -- The sources of the Gospels -- Form criticism -- The strength and weaknesses of form criticism -- Recent emphases in gospel criticism -- Toward understanding the synoptics: the new order -- The Gospel of the Kingdom of God -- The Scriptures fulfilled -- The agent of the Kingdom -- The Gospel of Mark -- The Gospel of Matthew -- The Gospel of Luke -- The sources -- The background of Paul -- On the road to Damascus -- Man and the universe -- The ancient enemy -- Hope fulfilled: a philosophy of history -- The great Pauline metaphors -- The new person and his new people -- The new way: in Christ -- The new way: the Spirit and the Law of Christ -- Introduction [to the Fourth Gospel]: date and authorship -- The sources behind the Fourth Gospel -- Gospel for two worlds: the Jewish background -- Gospel for two worlds: The Hellenistic background -- The challenge of the Fourth Gospel -- The Word become flesh -- The flesh -- The signs: Jesus and the world -- Farewell discourses: Jesus and the Church -- The Passion -- The return of Jesus: the Resurrection -- The Spirit and the Commandment. |
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Bible. New Testament -- Introductions.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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