Overview
Richard Bauckham's The Jewish World around the New Testament explored various aspects of the significance of early Judaism for interpreting the New Testament. Now The Christian World around the New Testament brings together Bauckham's well-known work on Gospel origins, early Christianity, and patristic literature in one convenient volume. The book contains thirty-one studies that have been published over Bauckham's distinguished career. This affordable North American paperback by an internationally respected New Testament scholar will be published simultaneously with the prestigious European hardcover.
Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction
Gospel Audiences
Introduction
1. For Whom Were Gospels Written?
2. Is There Patristic Counter-Evidence?
A Response to Margaret Mitchell
Gospel Traditions
Introduction
3. The Transmission of the Gospel Traditions
4. Werner Kelber on Oral Tradition: A Critique
5. The Gospel of Mark: Origins and Eyewitnesses--A Discussion of the Work of Martin Hengel
6. Luke's Infancy Narrative as Oral History in Scriptural Form
7. Did Papias Write History or Exegesis?
8. The Gospel of John and the Synoptic Problem
9. Review Article: Gospel Writing by Francis Watson
10. Review Article: Seeking the Identity of Jesus
Gospels and Canon
11. The Canonicity of the Four Gospels
Early Christian People
12. 2 Corinthians 4:6: Paul's Vision of the Face of Jesus Christ as the Face of God
13. Barnabas in Galatians
14. The Martyrdom of Peter in Early Christian Literature
15. James at the Centre
16. The Estate of Publius on Malta (Acts 28:7)
Early Church
17. The Lord's Day
18. Sabbath and Sunday in the Post-Apostolic Church
19. Kerygmatic Summaries in the Speeches of Acts
20. Kingdom and Church according to Jesus and Paul
Early Christian Apocryphal Literature
21. The Two Fig Tree Parables in the Apocalypse of Peter
22. Apocryphal Pauline Literature
23. Apocryphal Gospels
24. The Acts of Paul as a Sequel to Acts
25. The Acts of Paul: Replacement of Acts or Sequel to Acts?
26. Apocryphal and Pseudepigraphal Literature
27. Non-canonical Apocalypses
28. Hell in the Latin Vision of Ezra
29. Early Christian Apocrypha as Imaginative Literature
Early Patristics
30. The Great Tribulation in the Shepherd of Hermas
31. The Fall of the Angels as the Source of Philosophy in Hermias and Clement of Alexandria
Indexes
Introduction
Gospel Audiences
Introduction
1. For Whom Were Gospels Written?
2. Is There Patristic Counter-Evidence?
A Response to Margaret Mitchell
Gospel Traditions
Introduction
3. The Transmission of the Gospel Traditions
4. Werner Kelber on Oral Tradition: A Critique
5. The Gospel of Mark: Origins and Eyewitnesses--A Discussion of the Work of Martin Hengel
6. Luke's Infancy Narrative as Oral History in Scriptural Form
7. Did Papias Write History or Exegesis?
8. The Gospel of John and the Synoptic Problem
9. Review Article: Gospel Writing by Francis Watson
10. Review Article: Seeking the Identity of Jesus
Gospels and Canon
11. The Canonicity of the Four Gospels
Early Christian People
12. 2 Corinthians 4:6: Paul's Vision of the Face of Jesus Christ as the Face of God
13. Barnabas in Galatians
14. The Martyrdom of Peter in Early Christian Literature
15. James at the Centre
16. The Estate of Publius on Malta (Acts 28:7)
Early Church
17. The Lord's Day
18. Sabbath and Sunday in the Post-Apostolic Church
19. Kerygmatic Summaries in the Speeches of Acts
20. Kingdom and Church according to Jesus and Paul
Early Christian Apocryphal Literature
21. The Two Fig Tree Parables in the Apocalypse of Peter
22. Apocryphal Pauline Literature
23. Apocryphal Gospels
24. The Acts of Paul as a Sequel to Acts
25. The Acts of Paul: Replacement of Acts or Sequel to Acts?
26. Apocryphal and Pseudepigraphal Literature
27. Non-canonical Apocalypses
28. Hell in the Latin Vision of Ezra
29. Early Christian Apocrypha as Imaginative Literature
Early Patristics
30. The Great Tribulation in the Shepherd of Hermas
31. The Fall of the Angels as the Source of Philosophy in Hermias and Clement of Alexandria
Indexes
Author
Richard Bauckham
Richard Bauckham (PhD, University of Cambridge) is senior scholar at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He is also a visiting professor at St. Mellitus College, London, and emeritus professor of New Testament at the University of St. Andrews. Bauckham is a fellow of the British Academy and the author of numerous books, including The Christian World around the New Testament, Gospel of Glory, The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple, The Jewish World around the New Testament, and Jesus and the Eyewitnesses.