| CHAPTER ONE THE WORLD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT |
3 |
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| The Hellenistic World: The Cradle of Christianity |
4 |
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| Hellenistic Culture |
7 |
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| History of the Jews in the Greek and Roman Periods |
15 |
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| Major Features of Judaism in the Greek and Roman Periods |
22 |
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| Jewish Movements and Groups in Palestine |
30 |
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| Diaspora Judaism |
34 |
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| Further Reading |
35 |
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| CHAPTER TWO THE NATURE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT |
39 |
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| The New Testament Books |
39 |
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| Authorship and Date |
41 |
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| The New Testament as a Book and as a Collection of Books |
44 |
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| The New Testament as Proclamation and Parenesis |
46 |
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| The New Testament as Myth |
47 |
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| The New Testament as Myth and History |
53 |
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| The New Testament as Tradition and as Interpretation of Tradition |
60 |
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| Further Reading |
62 |
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| CHAPTER THREE A HISTORY OF NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY |
65 |
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| Three Important factors in the History of New Testament Christianity |
71 |
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| The Phases of New Testament Christianity |
73 |
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| Further Reading |
91 |
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| CHAPTER FOUR APOCALYPTIC CHRISTIANITY |
95 |
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| Some Characteristics of Jewish-Christian Apocalyptic |
96 |
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| The Source Q |
100 |
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| Apocalyptic Scenarios in the Writings of Paul and His Follower |
107 |
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| The Apocalyptic Discourses: Mark 13 and Its Parallels |
109 |
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| The Book of Revelation |
112 |
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| The Visions and Symbols of Apocalyptic |
120 |
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| The Enduring Influence of Early Christian Apocalyptic |
123 |
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| Further Reading |
124 |
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| CHAPTER FIVE PAUL: Apostle to the Gentiles |
127 |
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| Sources for the Life and Thought of Paul |
128 |
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| A Chronology of Paul's Career |
133 |
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| A Sketch of Paul's Life |
135 |
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| The Authority of Paul as Apostle |
144 |
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| Further Reading |
157 |
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| CHAPTER SIX THE THEOLOGY OF PAUL IN HIS LETTERS |
163 |
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| Paul as a Writer of Letters |
163 |
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| Traditions in Paul's Letters |
169 |
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| Paul's Letter to the Romans |
189 |
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| Paul's Theology and Ethics: A Summary |
197 |
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| The Impact of the Apostle Paul |
203 |
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| Further Reading |
204 |
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| CHAPTER SEVEN DEUTERO-PAULINE CHRISTIANITY and the Letter to the Hebrews |
207 |
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| Second Thessalonians |
208 |
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| Colossians |
209 |
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| Ephesians |
218 |
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| Deutero-Pauline Christianity as a Movement |
223 |
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| The Letter to the Hebrews |
226 |
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| Further Reading |
230 |
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| CHAPTER EIGHT THE GOSPEL OF MARK: The Apocalyptic Drama |
233 |
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| The Traditional Material Used by Mark |
233 |
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| Redaction Criticism |
235 |
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| Mark and the Apocalyptic Drama |
237 |
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| The Structure of the Gospel of Mark |
239 |
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| The Gospel of Mark and the Passion of Jesus |
240 |
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| The Evangelist and His Readers |
241 |
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| Mark, the Gentile Mission, and Galilee |
242 |
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| Exegetical Survey of the Gospel of Mark |
243 |
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| Further Observations |
254 |
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| Authorship and Place of Composition of the Gospel |
257 |
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| The Interpretation of the Gospel of Mark |
257 |
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| Further Reading |
260 |
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| CHAPTER NINE THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW: Christianity as Obedience to the New Revelation |
263 |
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| The Evangelist as a Man of the Hellenistic Jewish Christian Mission |
263 |
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| The Evangelist and the Problems of the Christianity of His Day |
266 |
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| The Church and the Church's Book |
270 |
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| The Idea of Salvation History |
272 |
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| The Structure of the Gospel of Matthew |
274 |
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| Exegetical Survey of the Gospel of Matthew |
274 |
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| The Interpretation of the Gospel of Mark by the Evangelist Matthew |
288 |
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| The Interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew |
289 |
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| Further Reading |
290 |
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| CHAPTER TEN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE AND THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES: The Idea of Salvation History |
293 |
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| The Author as a Man of the Hellenistic Jewish Christian Mission |
293 |
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| The Author and the Problems of the Christianity of His Day |
296 |
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| Salvation History in Luke-Acts |
301 |
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| The Structure of Luke-Acts |
309 |
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| Exegetical Survey of Luke-Acts |
311 |
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| The Interpretation of the Gospel of Mark by the Author of Luke-Acts |
323 |
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| The Interpretation of Luke-Acts |
326 |
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| CHAPTER ELEVEN THE GOSPEL AND LETTERS OF JOHN: The Literature of the Johannine School |
329 |
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| Historical Questions Concerning the Gospel and Letters |
330 |
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| The Gospel of John and Its Special Sources |
335 |
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| The Gospel and the Letters |
337 |
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| The Evangelist and the Problems of the Christianity of His Day |
338 |
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| The Thought World and Major Ideas of the Gospel of John |
341 |
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| Displacements Within the Text of the Gospel |
345 |
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| The Structure of the Gospel |
346 |
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| Exegetical Survey of the Gospel of John |
347 |
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| The First Letter of John |
362 |
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| The Second and Third Letters of John |
363 |
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| The Johannine School |
364 |
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| Further Reading |
367 |
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| CHAPTER TWELVE THE CHURCH ON THE WAY 1 BECOMING AN INSTITUTION |
371 |
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| The Letter of James |
372 |
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| The First Letter of Peter |
375 |
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| The Letter of Jude |
379 |
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| The Second Letter of Peter The Pastoral Letters: 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus |
384 |
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| The Characteristics of the Emerging Institutional Church |
388 |
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| The Interpretation of the Literature of the Emerging Institutional Church |
393 |
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| Further Reading |
393 |
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| CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE PRESUPPOSITION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: JESUS |
397 |
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| The Figure "Jesus” in the New Testament |
397 |
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| esus in Sources Other Than the New Testament |
406 |
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| The Life and Message of Jesus |
410 |
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| From Jesus to the New Testament |
426 |
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| Further Reading |
427 |
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| EPILOGUE: Ways of Being Religious in the New Testament |
431 |
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| APPENDIX 1: The Canon of the Bible |
435 |
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| APPENDIX 2: The Text of the New Testament |
447 |
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| APPENDIX 3: English Translations of the Greek New Testament |
455 |
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| APPENDIX 4: Major Archeological, Textual Discoveries, and Publications |
463 |
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| APPENDIX 5: Religious and Philosophical Texts from the Greco-Roman World |
471 |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
484 |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR RESEARCH PAPERS |
496 |
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| GLOSSARY |
501 |
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| INDEX |
507 |
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