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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• List of Figures
• List of Maps
• List of Boxes
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Timeline
• Prologue: Orientation to the Academic Study of the New Testament
• Chapter Overview
• A Contemporary Introduction to the New Testament
• Different Designations and Different Bibles
• The Contents of the New Testament
• Abbreviations, Translations, and Annotations
• New Terminology for Old Texts
• PROLOGUE REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• APPENDIX: TRANSLATION AND PARAPHRASE COMPARISON OF JOHN 1:18
• 1 The New Testament Writings in Multiple Contexts
• Chapter Overview
• A History of Trauma under Imperial Rule
• The New Testament Writings in their Ancient Literary Context
• The New Testament Writings in their Ancient Social Context
• Acts 16:11–40
• Conclusion: The New Testament in a Complex World
• CHAPTER ONE REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• 2 The Jesus Movement in the Context of the Roman Empire
• Chapter Overview
• Rome Comes to Jerusalem
• Searching for the Historical Jesus: Problems and Proposals
• The Earliest Jesus Traditions
• CHAPTER TWO REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• 3 Introducing Paul and His Letters
• Chapter Overview
• Introduction to the Study of the Pauline Letters
• Paul’s Earliest Surviving Letter: 1 Thessalonians
• Paul’s Letter to the Philippians
• Paul’s Letter to Philemon
• CHAPTER THREE REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• 4 Reading Paul within Judaism
• Chapter Overview
• Paul’s Gentile Problem in Galatia
• Paul on his “Earlier Life” (Gal 1:13)
• Why and Why Not Circumcision in Galatia?
• Paul’s Letter to the Romans: The Righteousness of God in Relation to Jews and Gentiles
• The Problem of Israel and the Place of the Gentiles (Romans 9–11)
• CHAPTER FOUR REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• 5 Conflicts with the Corinthian Christ Group
• Chapter Overview
• The Urban Setting of Corinth
• Status Problems in Corinth
• Conflicts over the Body and Sexuality in Corinth
• Conflicts over Meat Consumption in Corinth
• Disputing Ritual Practices in Corinth
• Afflictions and Accusations in 2 Corinthians
• Disputes Regarding the Collection for Jerusalem (2 Corinthians 8–9)
• Paul’s Self‐Defense against Gendered Status Attacks
• 2 Cor 11:16–12:13
• CHAPTER FIVE REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• 6 Claiming Pauline Authority
• Chapter Overview
• Ancient Pseudonymity and the New Testament Writers
• Three Deutero‐Pauline Letters: 2 Thessalonians, Colossians, and Ephesians
• Conforming to Roman Imperial Values: The New Testament Household Codes
• The Paul of Legend: The Acts of Paul and Thecla
• From Local Letters to Scriptural Authority
• CHAPTER SIX REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• 7 The Gospel of Mark
• Chapter Overview
• The Jewish War (66–70 CE)
• Clues to the Dating and Context of the Gospel of Mark
• The Story of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark
• The Rising Popularity of Jesus and Rising Conflict with the Authorities
• Teaching and Misunderstanding “on the Way”
• Mark’s Suffering Messiah
• An Enigmatic Ending
• Mark 12:1–12
• CHAPTER SEVEN REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• 8 The Gospel of Matthew
• Chapter Overview
• The Synoptic Problem
• The Structure of the Gospel of Matthew
• The Matthean Jesus and Jewish Tradition
• The Matthean Jesus, Righteousness, and Torah Obedience
• The Matthean Jesus, Wisdom, and Torah
• Matthew’s Apocalyptic Vision and the Kingdom of Heaven
• The Matthean Polemic against the Pharisees
• Matt 25:31–46
• CHAPTER EIGHT REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• 9 The Gospel of Luke
• Chapter Overview
• Reading the Clues in the Lukan Prologue
• The Lukan Jesus in Continuity with Israel’s Past
• God’s Plan of Salvation for Israel and the Gentiles
• The Lukan Jesus and Imperial Imitation
• The Role of the Holy Spirit in the LukanNarrative
• The Travel Narrative and Lukan Parables
• Jesus’s Sermon in Nazareth (Luke 4:14–30)
• CHAPTER NINE REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• 10 The Spread of “the Way” in the Roman Empire
• Chapter Overview
• Salvation to Israel and to the Gentiles in Acts
• The Role of the Spirit in Acts
• The Acts of Jesus and the Acts of the Apostles
• Looking Beyond the Leading Men of Luke–Acts
• Paul and the Spread of “the Way” in the Roman Empire
• Acts 8:26–40
• Conclusion: Luke–Acts’ Ambivalent Response to Empire
• CHAPTER TEN REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• 11 The Gospel of John and the Johannine Letters
• Chapter Overview
• Who Is the Johannine Jesus?
• The Johannine Prologue: Jesus as Pre‐existent Logos Made Flesh
• The Johannine Jesus as God’s Divine Agent in the World
• The “I Am” Sayings in the Gospel of John
• Knowing and Believing in the Johannine Jesus
• Opposition from the World
• The Problem of “the Jews” in the Gospel of John
• John 17
• The Johannine Letters
• CHAPTER ELEVEN REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• 12 Following Christ in the Empire
• Chapter Overview
• The Revelation to John: Visions of “Conquering” Roman Power
• Revelation 17–18
• Hebrews: Platonic Perspectives on Christ
• 1 Peter: Living as Aliens and Accommodating to the Empire
• Conclusion: Three Different Relationships to the Roman Empire
• CHAPTER TWELVE REVIEW
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• Epilogue: The Final Formation of the New Testament Canon
• Glossary
• Appendix A Brief Overview of Some Interpretive Approaches to the Bible
• RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
• Index
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