Fortress Introduction to the New Testament

All the main issues for reading the New Testament are covered in this exciting new introduction by one of the world's foremost biblical scholars.

Gerd Theissen is Professor of New Testament at the University of Heidelberg, Germany

Preface

vii

Abbreviations

ix

Maps

xi

The `New Testament' and Its Literary Forms

1

(14)

Jesus of Nazareth

15

(12)

The Jesus Tradition in the First Generations: The Logia Source and the Oral Tradition of Jesus

27

(20)

The sources of the gospels: the synoptic question

28

(6)

Traditions of the itinerant charismatics: the logia source

34

(7)

Traditions of the local communities: the passion and the synoptic apocalypse

41

(3)

Popular traditions: the miracle stories

44

(3)

Paul of Tarsus

47

(12)

The Beginnings of the Letter Literature in the First Generation: The Letters of Paul

59

(32)

1 Thessalonians -- a letter arising out of the situation

59

(3)

The anti-Judaizing letters: Galatians and Philippians

62

(8)

Galatians

62

(5)

Philippians

67

(2)

Philemon

69

(1)

The anti-enthusiastic letters: the letters to the Corinthians

70

(11)

Paul and the community in Corinth

71

(6)

1 Corinthians

77

(2)

2 Corinthians

79

(2)

The theological synthesis: Romans as Paul's

81

(10)

The Synoptic Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles: The New Form of Literature in the Second and Third Generations

91

(34)

The Gospel of Mark

96

(6)

The Gospel of Matthew

102

(6)

Luke--Acts

108

(10)

Writing the gospels and directing the community

118

(7)

The Gospel of Mark

119

(2)

The Gospel of Matthew

121

(1)

Luke--Acts

122

(3)

Pseudepigraphical Letters: The Continuation of the Literature of the First Generation

125

(20)

The origin of the pseudepigraphy of primitive Christianity

126

(5)

The Deutero-Pauline letters

131

(6)

2 Thessalonians

131

(2)

Colossians

133

(1)

Ephesians

134

(2)

The Pastoral letters

136

(1)

The Catholic letters

137

(4)

1 Peter

138

(1)

James

139

(1)

Jude

140

(1)

2 Peter

141

(1)

Hebrews

141

(4)

Johannine Writings: The Link between Gospel and Letter Literature

145

(26)

The Gospel of John

146

(14)

The Johannine letters

160

(3)

1 John

161

(1)

2 and 3 John

162

(1)

The Apocalypse of John

163

(8)

The Way to the `New Testament' as a Literary Unity

171

(16)

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Fortress Introduction to the New Testament

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