| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xxvi, 465 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. What is the New Testament? : the early Christians and their literature -- ch. 2. The world of early Christian traditions -- ch. 3. The traditions of Jesus in their Greco-Roman context -- ch. 4. The Christian gospels : a literary and historical introduction -- ch. 5. Jesus, the suffering son of God : the gospel according to Mark -- ch. 6. The synoptic problem and its significance for interpretation -- ch. 7. Jesus, the Jewish messiah : the gospel according to Matthew -- ch. 8. Jesus, the savior of the world : the gospel according to Luke -- ch. 9. Luke's second volume : the Acts of the apostles -- ch. 10. Jesus, the man sent from heaven : the gospel according to John -- ch. 11. From John's Jesus to the gnostic Christ : the Johannine epistles and beyond -- ch. 12. Jesus from different perspectives : other gospels in early Christianity -- ch. 13. The historical Jesus : sources, problems, and methods -- ch. 14. Excurus : the historian and the problem of miracle -- ch. 15. Jesus in context -- ch. 16. Jesus, the apocalyptic prophet -- ch. 17. From Jesus to the gospels -- ch. 18. Paul the apostle : the man and his mission -- ch. 19. Paul and his apostolic mission : 1 Thessalonians as a test case -- ch. 20. Paul and the crises of his churches : 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, and Philemon -- ch. 21. The gospel according to Paul : the letter to the Romans -- ch. 22. Does the tradition miscarry? : Paul in relation to Jesus, James, Thecla, and Theudas -- ch. 23. In the wake of the apostle : the Deutero-Pauline and pastoral Epistles -- ch. 24. From Paul's female colleagues to the pastor's intimidated women : the oppression of women in early Christianity -- ch. 25. Christians and Jews : Hebrews, Barnabas, and later anti-Jewish literature -- ch. 26. Christians and pagans : 1 Peter, the letter of Ignatius, the martyrdom of Polycarp, and later apologetic literature -- ch. 27. Christians and Christians : James, the Didache, Polycarp, 1 Clement, Jude, and 2 Peter -- ch. 28. Christians and the cosmos : the Revelation of John, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the Apocalypse of Peter -- ch. 29. Epilogue. Do we have the original New Testament? |
| Subject |
Bible. New Testament -- Introductions.
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| ISBN |
0195126394 paperback alk paper |
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9780195126396 paperback alk paper |
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