An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of ChristianityThis book offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the New Testament and early Christian literature for all students of the Bible and anyone interested in the origins of Christianity. It is designed primarily for undergraduate courses in the New Testament, biblical studies and early Christianity. There are questions for in-class discussion and written assignment, step-by-step reading guides on individual works, special box features, charts, maps and numerous illustrations designed to facilitate student use. With this textbook and the Bible, the student should therefore have all the necessary basic texts. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Jews among Greeks and Romans | 15 |
Religion of SecondTemple Judaism | 32 |
Varieties of SecondTemple Judaism | 45 |
Jewish hopes for the future | 60 |
Hellenistic religion philosophy and worldview | 72 |
An overview of early Christian history | 90 |
The making of the New Testament | 105 |
Gnostic Christianity | 407 |
The Gospel of Thomas | 415 |
ProtoOrthodox Christianity | 423 |
Conflict within the church 1 1 Clement | 431 |
Conflict within the church 2 the Pastoral Epistles | 436 |
Conflict within the church 3 Jude and 2 Peter | 446 |
Conflict within the church 4 the Johannine Epistles | 453 |
Conflict within the church 5 the letters of Ignatius | 463 |
Introduction to the Gospels | 121 |
The Synoptic problem | 140 |
The Gospel of Mark | 155 |
The Gospel of Matthew | 174 |
The Gospel of Luke | 195 |
The Gospel of John | 214 |
The apocryphal Jesus | 236 |
The quest for the historical Jesus | 243 |
The book of Acts | 263 |
Paul his letters and his churches | 289 |
Gentiles and the Law 1 Galatians | 303 |
Gentiles and the Law 2 Romans | 315 |
Problems of church life 1 Corinthians | 328 |
Problems of church life 2 Corinthians | 339 |
The imminent parousia 1 and 2 Thessalonians | 345 |
Prison Epistles 1 Philippians and Philemon | 353 |
Prison Epistles 2 Colossians and Ephesians | 362 |
Judaic Christianity | 379 |
The letter of James | 389 |
The Didache | 396 |
Relation of Christianity to Judaism 1 Hebrews | 469 |
Relation of Christianity to Judaism 2 the Epistle of Barnabas | 480 |
Conflict with the Roman world 1 1 Peter | 484 |
Conflict with the Roman world 2 Revelation | 497 |
Lucian on sacrifices | 519 |
The Essenes | 520 |
Jewish messianic hopes | 524 |
Divine men and their births | 529 |
Apotheoses | 536 |
Miracle stories in the ancient world | 539 |
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas | 549 |
The Gospel of Peter | 553 |
The Didache | 557 |
Selections from the Gospel of Thomas | 564 |
Selections from 1 Clement | 572 |
Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans 19 | 576 |
Selections from the Epistle of Barnabas | 579 |
Conflict with Rome | 584 |
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