Preface
Introduction
Introduction
to the Second Edition
PART
I THE WORLD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I
1.
The Nature of the Documents
2.
The Legacy of Alexander
Hellenistic
Paganism
Hellenistic
Judaism
3.
Images of Jesus in the Gospels and Paul
John:
The Stranger from Heaven
Luke/Acts:
The Messiah of the Gentiles
Matthew:
The Christ of the Scriptures
Mark:
The Secret Messiah
Paul:
The Christ of the Parousia
4.
Hellenism and Christianity
PART
II THE WORLD OF JUDAISM, 65
5.
The Idea of Israel
The
Biblical View of the Past
The
Expectation of Redemption: Restoration Theology
Palestinian
Judaism in the Time of Jesus
6.
Toward a Historical Image of Jesus
The
First Reading
The
Second Reading
7.
Jesus of Nazareth
PART
III THE CHRISTS OF THE CHURCHES, 131
8.
Responses to the Resurrection
The
Kerygma of the Early Mission
Jewish
Persecutions of the Early Mission
The
Apostle to the Gentiles
9.
Between the Resurrection and the Parousia
Mark:
The End of the Age and the Birth of the Past
The
Later Synoptic Gospels: Establishing the Present
John:
The Eternal Word
10.
Jesus of Nazareth in Christian Tradition
List
of Abbreviations
Glossary
Suggested
Reading
Bibliography
Index
of Passages
Name
Index
Subject
Index
