An undergraduate textbook for use on modules introducing the New Testament. It argues that the New Testament reflects four streams of apostolic tradition, reflected in the 4 gospels. It includes bibliographies at the end of each section to guide the...

E. P. Sanders offers a comprehensive study of Paul's life and work, drawing on a lifetime of studying Christianity's most controversial apostle, a rabbi who became the apostle to the Gentiles

Drawing on recent scholarship on the Pauline tradition within early Christianity, this book examines Paul's theology of baptism and highlights its practical application in ministry today.

The first completely new introduction to the New Testament to appear from Germany since the 1970s and likely to replace the standard work by W.G. Kümmel. Provides a comprehensive account of the current state of scholarship.

How the early Christians saw themselves in relation to their community according to the evidence provided by the Gospel-writers.

Most college and seminary courses on the New Testament include discussions of the process that gave shape to the New Testament. Now David Dungan re-examines the primary source for this history, the Ecclesiastical History of the fourth-century Bishop...

Offers an introduction to the area of theological study. Aimed at level one students, this work covers the main areas tackled in introductory New Testament courses, such as the contents and diversity of the New Testament, how the texts came to be...

Preface By Stanley J GrenzWolfhart Pannenberg is one of the giants of twentieth century German systematic theology, and all serious students of Christian doctrine are obliged to take account of his work. In particular, his weighty but succinct...

Looking at the "last words" of some of our New Testament books, this book considers their purpose and message. Focusing on the Gospels and Acts, the author finds that the ending of each narrative is carefully crafted, in order to pick up some of the...

John Macquarrie turns to one of the few areas of Christian theology to which he has not yet devoted systematic attention - that of Christology. After an introductory chapter, the first part considers the main New Testament sources and also the...