Studying The New Testament

Bruce Chilton and Deirdre J. Good, two well respected New Testament scholars, provide a narrative of the historical context and social world of the books of the New Testament, a chronological survey of the Gospels and Paul, and the remainder writings (Apocrypha, Apocalyptic) with their special focus on the emerging church. Together with textboxes, exercises, questions, further readings, maps, timeline, and glossary, this brief introduction surveys and employs leading methods of study and equips students with the general literacy needed for successful and serious study of New Testament writings.

Bruce Chilton is the Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College. He previously taught at Yale and Sheffield (UK) universities and is the author of numerous books including Abraham's Curse: The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (2008), Rabbi Paul: An Intellectual Biography (2004), and Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography (2000). Deirdre Good is Professor of New Testament at General Theological Seminary. She has acted as a consultant for the BBC and the History Channel and is the author of Jesus and Family Values (2006) and Jesus the Meek King (1999).

List of maps, figures, boxes, and tables	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Dictionaries, Translations, Commentaries and Websites	p. 9
Books of the New Testament	p. 14
Jesus and his social worlds	p. 17
Rural Jewish Galilee	p. 20
The movement of John the Baptist	p. 26
The towns Jesus encountered as a rabbi	p. 31
The rule of Herod Antipas	p. 35
Deep controversy concerning the Temple in Jerusalem	p. 44
Bibliographical background	p. 47
Exercises	p. 49
Further reading	p. 52
Paul and his letters	p. 55
Tarsus and Jerusalem	p. 59
The call	p. 61
The apostle	p. 64
Paul's letters	p. 65
Paul's last visit to Jerusalem	p. 72
Paul's letters after his arrest	p. 73
Timothy's edition of Paul	p. 75
Letters in Paul's name	p. 78
Bibliographical background	p. 84
Exercises	p. 85
Further reading	p. 90
The Gospels	p. 91
Gospels before the Gospels	p. 94
Written Gospels	p. 104
Bibliographical background	p. 117
Exercises	p. 118
Further reading	p. 127
Catholic and apocalyptic writings	p. 131
The Catholic Epistles	p. 133
Apocalyptic convictions	p. 141
Acts	p. 144
The Revelation of John	p. 148
Bibliographical background	p. 156
Exercises	p. 158
Further reading	p. 161
Glossary	p. 163
Index	p. 167
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