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| Abbreviations | |
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| What Is the New Testament? | |
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| The Literary Angle | |
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| The Historical Angle | |
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| The New Testament as the Church's Scripture | |
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| The World of the New Testament | |
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| The Many Worlds of the New Testament | |
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| Environmental Conditions | |
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| Institutional Contexts | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Nature of the Gospels | |
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| Jesus and the Gospels: Milestones | |
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| What Is a "Gospel"? | |
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| The Gospel Tradition | |
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| Literary Forms in the Gospels | |
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| Reading New Testament Narratives | |
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| Epilogue: The Gospels and Acts as Scripture | |
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| The Gospel according to Matthew | |
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| The Plan of the Gospel of Matthew | |
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| The Narrative of Matthew | |
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| The Gospel of Matthew, the Jews, and the Church | |
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| The Gospel according to Mark | |
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| Narrating the Story of Jesus | |
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| Jesus, the Disciples, and the Authorities in Mark | |
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| Mark's Dramatic Narrative | |
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| The Setting and Purpose of Mark's Gospel | |
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| The Gospel according to Luke | |
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| The Character of Luke's Gospel (and Acts) | |
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| The Unity of Luke-Acts | |
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| The Narrative of the Gospel of Luke | |
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| "He Has Lifted Up the Lowly" | |
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| The Gospel according to John | |
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| In the Beginning | |
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| Jesus, Conflict, and Confession | |
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| John's Narrative | |
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| John and the Other Gospels | |
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| The Setting and Purpose of the Gospel | |
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| Jesus of Nazareth | |
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| The Quest of the Historical Jesus | |
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| The Beginning of Jesus' Public Ministry | |
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| The Kingdom of God | |
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| The Miracles of Jesus | |
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| Jesus and the Messianic Task | |
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| The Death of Jesus | |
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| The Resurrection of Jesus | |
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| The Acts of the Apostles | |
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| Acts and the New Testament Canon | |
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| The Book of Acts as "History" | |
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| The Narrative Progression of the Mission in Acts | |
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| The Speeches in Acts | |
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| The Purpose of Acts | |
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| The Authorship of Acts | |
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| Letters in the New Testament | |
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| Writing Materials and Delivery of Letters | |
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| Development and Purpose of Letters | |
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| Aramaic Letters | |
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| Hellenistic Letters | |
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| Letters in the New Testament | |
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| Paul and His World | |
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| The World | |
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| The Life of Paul | |
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| Paul's Intellectual World | |
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| Paul's Letter to the Christians in Rome | |
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| The Purpose of the Letter | |
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| Where the Letter Was Written | |
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| The Letter's Author and Integrity | |
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| The Theme of the Letter | |
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| The Content of the Letter | |
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| Paul and the Christians in Corinth | |
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| Corinth as Paul Knew It | |
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| The Corinthian Correspondence | |
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| 1 Corinthians | |
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| 2 Corinthians | |
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| The Letter to the Galatians | |
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| The Letter | |
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| Some Problems | |
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| The Letter to the Ephesians | |
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| Some Questions | |
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| Content | |
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| Paul and the Christians in Philippi | |
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| The Letter | |
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| Some Questions | |
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| Paul and the Christians at Colossae: Colossians and Philemon | |
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| Colossians | |
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| Philemon | |
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| Paul's Letters to the Thessalonian Christians | |
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| 1 Thessalonians | |
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| 2 Thessalonians | |
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| 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus | |
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| 1 Timothy | |
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| 2 Timothy | |
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| Titus | |
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| Some Questions | |
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| Hebrews | |
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| The Origins of "The Epistle to the Hebrews" | |
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| Use of the Old Testament | |
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| "In These Last Days, He Has Spoken to Us through a Son" | |
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| Jesus, the Pioneer and Perfecter of Faith | |
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| The Pilgrim People of God | |
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| "Such a Great High Priest" | |
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| James | |
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| "James, a Servant of God" | |
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| James and Jewish Christianity | |
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| "To the Twelve Tribes in the Dispersion" | |
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| The Genre of James | |
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| James and Jesus | |
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| Doers of the Word | |
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| Hearing and Doing, Faith and Works | |
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| James within the Canon | |
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| 1 and 2 Peter, Jude | |
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| "Catholic" Epistles? | |
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| 1 Peter | |
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| 2 Peter | |
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| Jude | |
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| 1, 2, and 3 John | |
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| The Setting of the Epistles of John | |
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| The Conflict: Data from the Epistles | |
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| Historical Parallels and the Shape of the False Teaching | |
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| 1 John | |
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| 2 John | |
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| 3 John | |
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| Revelation | |
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| The Genre of Revelation | |
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| The Historical Context of the Book of Revelation | |
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| The Revelation of Jesus Christ | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Formation of the New Testament Canon | |
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| Internal Forces Affecting the Shape of the Canon | |
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| External Forces Affecting the Shape of the Canon | |
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| The Growth of the New Testament Canon | |
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| The Process of Canonical Selection | |
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| Criteria of Canon Selection | |
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| Index of Names and Subjects | |