Introducing the New TestamentDrane's newest edition retains the clarity, accessibility, and graphic interest that have made it a favorite introduction for a decade. This revised edition also adds a full account of recent scholarly developments in areas such as the historical Jesus, the theologies of the four Gospels, and the role of Paul in the transformation of the church into a separate movement from Judaism. This edition also includes a new chapter on the interpretation of the New Testament. |
Contents
The Beginning of the Story | 9 |
The Greek heritage | 15 |
Traditional Greek religion | 20 |
Traditional deities of Greece and Rome | 26 |
Palestine and its people | 29 |
Religious loyalties | 35 |
The apocalyptists | 39 |
Chapter 2 | 46 |
The Acts of the Apostles | 257 |
The missing apostles | 265 |
The different accounts of Pauls conversion | 284 |
Chapter 16 | 291 |
Freedom and legalism | 299 |
Who were the Galatians? | 300 |
Philippi | 306 |
Chapter 17 | 314 |
Jesus Birth and Early Years | 47 |
Jesus is baptized | 54 |
The stories of Jesus birth | 58 |
Who was Jesus? | 63 |
The meaning of Son of man | 64 |
The Son of | 70 |
Chapter 4 | 74 |
Palestinian politics and justice under | 88 |
Why do the accounts differ? | 102 |
Eschatology and the kingdom | 116 |
Chapter 7 | 127 |
Signs of the Kingdom | 141 |
The miracles and their meaning | 147 |
Jesus on trial 78 | 159 |
Understanding the Gospels | 167 |
Preaching and writing | 174 |
New light on old problems | 182 |
Four Portraits of Jesus | 196 |
Lukes purpose in writing | 202 |
John | 208 |
Johns purpose in writing | 215 |
Positive evidence | 225 |
Prison again? | 320 |
Life in the world | 326 |
Facing up to problems | 333 |
Keeping the | 341 |
Under arrest | 347 |
Paul die? | 350 |
The church at Philippi | 356 |
Paul write the pastoral epistles? | 362 |
What Does it Mean | 366 |
Living the Christian life | 372 |
Chapter 20 | 378 |
Freedom and Community | 381 |
Jesus intend to found a church? | 389 |
Jesus abolish the Old Testament Law? | 410 |
Chapter 10 | 424 |
Chapter 11 | 434 |
Sayings of Jesus outside the New Testament | 454 |
Reading and Understanding | 458 |
The sociological context | 464 |
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