Reading the New Testament an introduction - Perkins, Pheme (New York : Paulist Press, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-313) and indexes.
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Keywords: Bible. -- Introductions; RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament; Electronic books