Table of Contents

Preface

PART I: INTRODUCTION

Christian Origins and the New Testament

PART II: TOOLS FOR THE TASK

Knowledge: Problems and Varieties

Literature, Story and the Articulation of Worldviews

History and the First Century

Theology, Authority and the New Testament

PART III: FIRST-CENTURY JUDAISM WITHIN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD

The Setting and the Story

The Developing Diversity

Story, Symbol, Praxis: Elements of Israel's Worldview

The Beliefs of Israel

The Hope of Israel

PART IV: THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CENTURY

The Quest for the Kerygmatic Church

Praxis, Symbol and Questions: Inside Early Christian Worldviews

Stories in Early Christianity (1)

Stories in Early Christianity (2)

The Early Christians: A Preliminary Sketch

PART V: CONCLUSION

The New Testament and the Question of God

Appendix: Chronological Chart of Second-Temple Jewish History and of Early Christianity

Bibliography

Abbreviations

Indexes

About the Author

N. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world's leading Bible scholars. He has taught New Testament at Oxford, St. Andrews, McGill and Cambridge. His award-winning books include The Case for the Psalms, How God Became King, Simply Jesus, and Jesus and the Victory of God.