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| Maps, Timelines, and Diagrams | |
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| Preface to the Third Edition | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Notes on Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Credits | |
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| Time Line | |
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| What Is the New Testament? The Early Christians and Their Literature | |
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| The World of Early Christian Traditions | |
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| The Traditions of Jesus in Their Greco-Roman Context | |
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| The Christian Gospels: A Literary and Historical Introduction | |
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| Jesus, the Suffering Son of God: The Gospel according to Mark | |
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| The Synoptic Problem and Its Significance for Interpretation | |
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| Jesus, the Jewish Messiah: The Gospel according to Matthew | |
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| Jesus, the Savior of the World: The Gospel according to Luke | |
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| Luke's Second Volume: The Acts of the Apostles | |
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| Jesus, the Man Sent from Heaven: The Gospel according to John | |
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| From John's Jesus to the Gnostic Christ: The Johannine Epistles and Beyond | |
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| Jesus from Different Perspectives: Other Gospels in Early Christianity | |
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| The Historical Jesus: Sources, Problems, and Methods | |
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| Excursus: The Historian and the Problem of Miracle | |
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| Jesus in Context | |
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| Jesus, the Apocalyptic Prophet | |
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| From Jesus to the Gospels | |
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| Paul the Apostle: The Man and His Mission | |
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| Paul and His Apostolic Mission: 1 Thessalonians as a Test Case | |
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| Paul and the Crises of His Churches: 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, and Philemon | |
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| The Gospel according to Paul: The Letter to the Romans | |
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| Does the Tradition Miscarry? Paul in Relation to Jesus, James, Thecla, and Theudas | |
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| In the Wake of the Apostle: The Deutero-Pauline and Pastoral Epistles | |
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| From Paul's Female Colleagues to the Pastor's Intimidated Women: The Oppression of Women in Early Christianity | |
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| Christians and Jews: Hebrews, Barnabas, and Later Anti-Jewish Literature | |
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| Christians and Pagans: 1 Peter, the Letters of Ignatius, the Martyrdom of Polycarp, and Later Apologetic Literature | |
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| Christians and Christians: James, the Didache, Polycarp, 1 Clement, Jude, and 2 Peter | |
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| Christians and the Cosmos: The Revelation of John, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the Apocalypse of Peter | |
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| Epilogue: Do We Have the Original New Testament? | |
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| Glossary of Terms | |
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| Index | |