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| Maps, Time Lines, and Diagrams | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Notes on Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Credits | |
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| Master Time Line | |
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| What is the New Testament? The Early Christians and their Literature | |
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| The Canon of Scripture: The Diversity of Early Christianity | |
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| The Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament | |
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| The New Testament Canon of Scripture | |
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| The Common Era and Before the Common Era | |
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| The Layout of the New Testament | |
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| The New Testament: One Other Set of Problems | |
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| Implications for Our Study | |
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| The New Testament Canon: Excursus | |
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| Some Additional Reflections: The Historian and the Believer | |
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| The World of Early Christian Traditions | |
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| The Problem of Beginnings | |
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| Pagan and Gentile | |
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| The Greco-Roman World: One Remarkable Life | |
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| The Environment of the New Testament: Religions in the Greco-Roman World | |
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| The Roman Empire | |
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| Divine Rulers as Savior Gods | |
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| Christianity as a Mystery Cult | |
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| The World of Early Christianity | |
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| The Jewish Context of Jesus and his Followers | |
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| Judaism as a Greco-Roman Religion | |
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| The Septuagint: The Hebrew Bible in Greek | |
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| Political Crises in Palestine and Their Ramifications | |
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| Flavius Josephus: The Formation of Jewish Sects | |
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| Divine Revelation in the Dead Sea Scrolls | |
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| Women in the Synagogues | |
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| Other Jewish Miracle-Working Sons of God | |
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| The Jewish World of Early Christianity | |
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| The Traditions of Jesus in their Greco-Roman Context | |
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| Oral Traditions behind the Gospels | |
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| Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World | |
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| Mark and John on the Time of Jesus'' Death | |
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| The Traditions of Jesus: Excursus | |
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| Some Additional Reflections: The Authors of the Gospels | |
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| The Christian Gospels: A Literary and Historical Introduction | |
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| The Question of Genre | |
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| Biography as a Greco-Roman Genre | |
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| Plutarch on Biography: The Gospels as Ancient Biographies | |
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| The Christian Gospels | |
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| Jesus, The Suffering Son of God: The Gospel According to Mark | |
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| The Beginning of the Gospel: Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God Who Fulfills Scripture | |
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| The Jewish Messiah: Jesus the Authoritative Son of God | |
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| Jewish Scribes, Herodians, and Chief Priests: Jesus the Opposed Son of God | |
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| Jesus'' Opponents in Mark: Jesus the Misunderstood Son of God | |
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| Jesus the Angry Healer: Jesus the Acknowledged Son of God | |
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| The Messianic Secret in Mark: Jesus the Suffering Son of God | |
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| Son of God and Son of Man: Jesus the Crucified Son of God | |
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| The Charge of Blasphemy according to Mark | |
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| Jesus the Vindicated Son of God | |
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| Conclusion: Mark and His Readers | |
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| The Gospel of Mark | |
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| The Synoptic Problem and its Significance for Interpretation | |
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| Methods for Studying the Gospels | |
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| The Synoptic Problem | |
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| Ironing Out the Problems: One Potential Difficulty in Mark''s Account | |
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| The Contents of Q: The Methodological Significance of the Four-Source Hypothesis | |
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| The Synoptic Problem | |
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| Jesus, The Jewish Messiah: The Gospel According to Matthew | |
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| The Importance of Beginnings: Jesus the Jewish Messiah in Fulfillment of the Jewish Scriptures | |
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| Matthew''s Scheme of Fourteen | |
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| The Women in Matthew''s Genealogy: Jesus and His Forerunner from Matthew''s Perspective | |
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| The Portrayal of Jesus in Matthew: The Sermon on the Mount as a Springboard | |
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| The Golden Rule: Jesus and the Jewish Cultic Practices Prescribed by the Law | |
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| Jesus Rejected by the Jewish Leaders | |
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| Gentiles in Matthew''s Community | |
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| Was Matthew a Jew?: Matthew and His Readers | |
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| Matthew | |
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| Jesus, The Savior of the World: The Gospel According to Luke | |
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| The Comparative Method and the Gospel of Luke | |
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| A Comparative Overview of the Gospel | |
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| The Preface to Luke''s Gospel | |
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| Apologetic Literature in Early Christianity: Luke''s Birth Narrative in Comparative Perspective | |
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| Historical Problems with Luke''s Birth Narrative | |
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| The Virginal Conception in Matthew and Luke | |
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| From Jew to Gentile: Luke''s Portrayal of Jesus the Rejected Prophet | |
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| Luke''s Distinctive Emphases throughout His G | |