Reading the New Testament an introduction / [electronic resource] :
Pheme Perkins.
- 3rd ed., rev. and updated.
- New York : Paulist Press, c2012.
- 1 online resource (vii, 328 p.) : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-313) and indexes.
Why study the Bible? -- The world of Jesus -- The life of Jesus -- The preaching of Jesus -- The resurrection of Jesus -- The beginnings of Christology -- The world of Paul -- The life of Paul -- Christians: Jew and Gentile -- Divisions in Corinth -- Universalizing Paul's message -- Mark: Jesus, suffering messiah -- Matthew: Jesus, teacher of Israel -- Luke: Jesus, the Lord -- John: Jesus, the divine son -- Acts: the gospel to the nations -- Hebrews: the heavenly high priest -- The Pastoral Epistles: a Pauline tradition -- The Catholic Epistles: an apostolic heritage -- The Johannine Epistles: a church divided -- Revelation: Christianity and the empire.