Fortress Introduction to the New Testament

by John Bowden, Gerd Theissen, John Bowden (Translator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800636227
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	08/07/2003
Series:	Fortress Introductions
Edition description:	FORTRESS P
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	Abbreviations	ix
	Maps	xi
1.	The 'New Testament' and Its Literary Forms	1
2.	Jesus of Nazareth	15
3.	The Jesus Tradition in the First Generations: The Logia Source and the Oral Tradition of Jesus	27
	The sources of the gospels: the synoptic question	28
	Traditions of the itinerant charismatics: the logia source	34
	Traditions of the local communities: the passion and the synoptic apocalypse	41
	Popular traditions: the miracle stories	44
4.	Paul of Tarsus	47
5.	The Beginnings of the Letter Literature in the First Generation: The Letters of Paul	59
	1 Thessalonians--a letter arising out of the situation	59
	The anti-Judaizing letters: Galatians and Philippians	62
(a)	Galatians	62
(b)	Philippians	67
(c)	Philemon	69
	The anti-enthusiastic letters: the letters to the Corinthians	70
(a)	Paul and the community in Corinth	71
(b)	1 Corinthians	77
(c)	2 Corinthians	79
	The theological synthesis: Romans as Paul's	81
6.	The Synoptic Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles: The New Form of Literature in the Second and Third Generations	91
	The Gospel of Mark	96
	The Gospel of Matthew	102
	Luke-Acts	108
	Writing the gospels and directing the community	118
(a)	The Gospel of Mark	119
(b)	The Gospel of Matthew	121
(c)	Luke-Acts	122
7.	Pseudepigraphical Letters: The Continuation of the Literature of the First Generation	125
	The origin of the pseudepigraphy of primitive Christianity	126
	The Deutero-Pauline letters	131
(a)	2 Thessalonians	131
(b)	Colossians	133
(c)	Ephesians	134
(d)	The Pastoral letters	136
	The Catholic letters	137
(a)	1 Peter	138
(b)	James	139
(c)	Jude	140
(d)	2 Peter	141
	Hebrews	141
8.	Johannine Writings: The Link between Gospel and Letter Literature	145
	The Gospel of John	146
	The Johannine letters	160
(a)	1 John	161
(b)	2 and 3 John	162
	The Apocalypse of John	163
9.	The Way to the 'New Testament' as a Literary Unity	171
	Further Reading	187
	Glossary	191
	Index of Biblical References	197