Table of Contents

Contents
1. Approach: Theology of the New Testament as Meaning-Formation
2. Structure: History and Meaning
3. Jesus of Nazareth: The Near God
4. The First Transformation: The Emergence of Christology
5. The Second Transformation: The Early Christian Mission without the Precondition of Circumcision
6. Paul: Missionary and Thinker
7. The Third Transformation: Composition of Gospels as Innovative Response to Crises
8. The Sayings Source, the Synoptic Gospels, and Acts: Meaning through Narration
9. The Fourth Transformation: The Gospel in the World
10. The Deutero-Pauline Letters: Paul's Thought Extended
11. The Catholic Letters: Voices in Dangerous Times
12. Johannine Theology: Introduction to the Christian Faith
13. Revelation: Seeing and Understanding
Indexes

About the Author

Udo Schnelle (DrTheol, University of Göttingen) is professor of New Testament at the University of Halle in Germany. He is the author of numerous works, including Apostle Paul: His Life and Theology and History and Theology of the New Testament Writings, both translated by M. Eugene Boring. M. Eugene Boring (PhD, Vanderbilt University), before retiring, was the I. Wylie and Elizabeth M. Briscoe Professor of New Testament at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas.