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| Preface | |
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| An Invitation to the New Testament | |
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| An Overview of the New Testament | |
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| How the New Testament Was Formed and Handed Down to Us | |
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| The Three Worlds in Which Christianity Originated | |
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| The Diverse World of First-Century Judaism | |
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| The World of Greek Thought and Culture | |
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| The World of Roman Political Power | |
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| Diverse Portraits of Jesus | |
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| The Gospels: Form and Purpose | |
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| Mark's Portrait of Jesus: The Hidden Messiah and Eschatological Judge | |
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| Matthew's Portrait of Jesus: a Teacher Greater than Moses | |
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| Luke's Portrait of Jesus: a Savior for "All Nations" | |
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| Luke's Portrait of the Early Church: Jesus' Followers Continue His Work | |
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| John's Portrait of Jesus: Divine Wisdom Made Flesh | |
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| The Continuing Quest for the Historical Jesus | |
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| Paul and the Pauline Tradition | |
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| Paul: Apostle to the Nations | |
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| Unity, Freedom, and Christ's Return: Paul's Letters to Thessalonica and Corinth | |
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| Freedom from Law and Justification by Faith: Galatians and Romans | |
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| Letters from Prison: Philippians and Philemon | |
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| Continuing the Pauline Tradition: 2 Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians, the Pastoral Epistles, and Other Early Christian Writings Influenced by Pauline Thought | |
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| General Letters and Some Visions of End Time | |
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| General Letters on Faith and Behavior: Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and the Noncanonical Teachings (Didache) of the Twelve Apostles | |
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| Continuing the Apocalyptic Hope: The Book of Revelation and Other Jewish/Christian Apocalyptic Works | |
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| The Judeo-Christian Bible and Subsequent History | |
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| Appendix: The Other Gospels: Additional Portraits of Jesus | |
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| Glossary of New Testament Terms and Concepts | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |