CONTENTS

Contributors

Abbreviations

Introduction

Reading the Christian New Testament in the Contemporary World Kwok Pui-lan

Negotiating the Jewish Heritage of Early Christianity Lawrence M. Wills

Rootlessness and Community in Contexts of Diaspora Margaret Aymer

The Apocalyptic Legacy of Early Christianity David A. Sánchez

Jesus and the Christian Gospels Raymond Pickett

Matthew Warren Carter

Mark Raquel S. Lettsome

Luke Robert L. Brawley

John Adele Reinhartz

Acts as a History of the Early Church Demetrius K. Williams

The Acts of the Apostles Michal Beth Dinkler

Situating the Apostle Paul in His Day and Engaging His Legacy in Our Own Neil Elliott

Romans Cynthia Briggs Kittredge

1 Corinthians Laura S. Nasrallah

2 Corinthians David E. Fredrickson

Galatians Brigitte Kahl

Ephesians Jennifer G. Bird

Philippians Julia Lambert Fogg

Colossians Sylvia C. Keesmaat

1, 2 Thessalonians Edward Pillar

1, 2 Timothy Deborah Krause

Titus Deborah Krause

Philemon Eric D. Barreto

Introduction to Hebrews, the General Epistles, and Revelation Neil Elliott

Hebrews David A. deSilva

James Timothy B. Cargal

1 Peter David L. Bartlett

2 Peter Pheme Perkins

1, 2, 3 John Jaime Clark-Soles

Jude Pheme Perkins

Revelation Barbara R. Rossing