Maps and Tables
Abbreviations
Preface
1. The New Testament as History
Excursus 1A: New Testament Chronology
Excursus 1B: History and Myth
2. The Impact of Christ
3. The Hellenistic Background to Jesus
4. Herod, Idumaean, King of the Jews
5. Jesus' Birth Boyhood
6. Jesus' Context: Galilee Peraea
7. Jesus' Context: Judea
Excursus 7A: The Search for the historical Pontius Pilate
8. Jesus of Nazareth (c. 29-33)
Excursus 8A: Working Assumptions
Excursus 8B: The Criterion of Dissimilarity
Excursus 8C: Did Jesus Make Claims to Deity?
9. Resurrection, Exaltation the Spirit
10. The Community of the Messiah in Jerusalem
Excursus 10A: The Use of Acts 1-5 for Historical Reconstruction
11. The Scattering of the Community the Conversion of Saul (c.
34/35)
12. Peter in Palestine (33-47)
13. The Apostolate of Saul in the "Unknown Years" (c. 34-47)
Excursus 13A: Paul's Mission Strategy According to Rainer
Riesner
Excursus 13B: Jews, Proselytes and God-fearers
14. The Inclusion of the Gentiles (47-49)
Excursus 14A: An Early Dating for Galations
Excursus 14B: The Missionary Agreement and the Jerusalem
Council
15. James, Cephas John
16. Paul's Later Ministry (c. 50-65)
17. Churches Evangelists (33-100)
18. The Four Gospels
19. The Kindgom of Christ
20. Epilogue
Excursus 20A:The Birth of Christianity According to J. Dominic
Crossan
Select Bibliography
Indexes
Barnett (Ph.D., London University), was until his retirement Anglican bishop of North Sydney, Australia. He remains a visiting fellow in ancient history at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) and research professor at Regent College (Vancouver, British Columbia). He has written several books.
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