From Jesus to the New Testament

Early Christian Theology and the Origin of the New Testament Canon
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-60258-823-3
Verlag: Baylor University Press

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity

As the inaugural volume in the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity series, Jens Schröter's celebrated From Jesus to the New Testament is now available for the first time in English. Schröter provides a rich narrative to Christian history by looking back upon the theological forces that created the New Testament canon. Through his textual, historical, and hermeneutical examination of early Christianity, Schröter reveals how various writings that form the New Testament's building blocks are all held together. Jesus not only bound the New Testament, but launched a theological project that resulted in the canon. Schröter's study will undoubtedly spark new discussion about the formation of the canon.

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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Editors' Introduction
- Preface to the English Edition
- Preface to the German Edition
- Introduction
- Part I: Recollection and History in Early Christianity
- 1 New Testament Science beyond Historicism
- 2 Reflections on the Relationship between Historiography and Hermeneutics in New Testament Science
- 3 Construction of History and the Beginnings of Christianity
- 4 History in Light of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ
- Part II: Jesus--Paul--Luke
- 5 Beginnings of the Jesus Tradition
- 6 On the Historicity of the Gospels
- 7 The Unity of the Gospel
- 8 The Universalizing of the Law in Galatians
- 9 Metaphorical Christology in Paul
- 10 Luke as Historiographer
- 11 Salvation for the Gentiles and Israel
- Part III: On the Way to the New Testament
- 12 Jesus and the Canon
- 13 The Acts of the Apostles and the Emergence of the New Testament Canon
- 14 "The Church Has Four Gospels, the Heresy Many"
- Part IV: What Is "Theology of the New Testament"?
- 15 Particularity and Inclusivity in Early Christianity
- 16 The Meaning of the Canon for a Theology of the New Testament
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Modern Authors
- Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jens Schröter is Professor for Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament and New Testament Apocrypha at the Faculty of Theology at the Humboldt-University in Berlin.Wayne Coppins is Professor of Religion at The University of Georgia.Simon Gathercole is Reader in New Testament Studies at the University of Cambridge.