Interpreting the New Testament / James L. Price.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The purpose of New Testament study -- The choice of a method -- pt. 1. The recovery of Christian origins: Reconstructing the setting of early Christianity ; The beliefs and practices of Palestinian Jews ; A narrative of Christian beginnings : Acts 1-12 ; Belief's of the first Christians ; Eastly Christian organization, missions, and opposition ; Early oral and written traditions concerning Jesus ; Three ortraits of Jesus : Matthew, Mark, and Luke ; The ministry of Jesus : prolegoma ; The ministry of Jesus : in Galilee ; The ministry of Jesus : beyong Galilee and in Judea -- pt. 2. Early expansion of Christianity and the career of Paul: The environment of Gentile Christianity ; The Acts narrative of Paul's missions ; Paul's letters to Thessalonica and to Corinth ; The Galatians and Roman letters ; Letters from prison -- pt. 3. Conflict and consolidation in the Postapostolic Age: Christianity in the Postapostolic Age ; Writings from the Pauline circle ; Five "open letters" to Christians ; Writings from the Johannine circle ; The Gospel according to John.