BOXES PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES ON SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING CREDITS MASTER TIME LINE 1. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS THE NEW TESTAMENT? WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 2. THE ENVIRONMENT OF EARLY CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS: THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 3. THE ENVIRONMENT OF EARLY CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS: THE WORLD OF ANCIENT JUDAISM WHAT TO EXPECT MONOTHEISM: THE BELIEF IN ONE TRUE GOD THE COVENANT: ISRAEL'S PACT WITH ITS GOD THE LAW: ISRAEL'S COVENANTAL 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 4. THE TRADITIONS OF JESUS IN THEIR GRECO-ROMAN CONTEXT WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 5. JESUS, THE SUFFERING SON OF GOD: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 6. JESUS, THE JEWISH MESSIAH: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW WHAT TO EXPECT 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: THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 7. JESUS, THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 8. JESUS, THE MAN SENT FROM HEAVEN: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 9. THE HISTORICAL JESUS WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 10. FROM JESUS TO THE GOSPELS WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 11. LUKE'S SECOND VOLUME: THE BOOK OF ACTS WHAT TO EXPECT THE GENRE OF ACTS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE THE THEMATIC APPROACH TO ACTS FROM GOSPEL TO ACTS: THE OPENING TRANSITION THEMES IN THE SPEECHES IN ACTS AT A GLANCE: THE BOOK OF ACTS CONCLUSION: THE AUTHOR AND HIS THEMES IN CONTEXT SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 12. PAUL THE APOSTLE: THE MAN AND HIS MISSION WHAT TO EXPECT THE STUDY OF PAUL: METHODOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES THE LIFE OF PAUL AT A GLANCE: PAUL AND HIS MISSION SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 13. PAUL AND HIS APOSTOLIC MISSION: I THESSALONIANS AS A TEST CASE WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 14. PAUL AND THE CRISES OF HIS CHURCHES: THE CORINTHIAN CORRESPONDENCE WHAT TO EXPECT 1 CORINTHIANS AT A GLANCE: 1 CORINTHIANS 2 CORINTHIANS AT A GLANCE: 2 CORINTHIANS SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 15. PAUL AND THE CRISES OF HIS CHURCHES: GALATIANS, PHILIPPIANS, AND PHILEMON WHAT TO EXPECT GALATIANS AT A GLANCE: GALATIANS PHILIPPIANS AT A GLANCE: PHILIPPIANS PHILEMON AT A GLANCE: PHILEMON SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 16. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PAUL: THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 17. IN THE WAKE OF THE APOSTLE: THE DEUTERO-PAULINE AND PASTORAL EPISTLES WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 18. FROM PAUL'S FEMALE COLLEAGUES TO THE PASTOR'S INTIMIDATED WOMEN: THE OPPRESSION OF WOMEN IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 19. CHRISTIAN CONFLICTS WITH JEWS AND PAGANS: HEBREWS AND 1 PETER WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 20. CHRISTIAN CONFLICTS WITH CHRISTIANS: JAMES, 2 PETER, JUDE, AND THE JOHANNINE EPISTLES WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION 21. CHRISTIANS AND THE COSMOS: THE BOOK OF REVELATION WHAT TO EXPECT 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 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING KEY TERMS QUESTIONS FOR STUDY AND REFLECTION GLOSSARY OF TERMS INDEX
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