Christian Origins »

Pt. 1 From Judaism to Jesus 1

1 About Christian Origins 3

2 The Nature of the Sources 6

3 In Search of Ancient Israel 18

4 The God of Ancient Israel 28

5 The Interpretation of Scripture 35

6 The Synagogue 41

7 The Temple 44

8 Jewish Parties 47

9 Diaspora Judaism 55

10 Jewish Eschatological Hope 58

Pt. 2 Jesus and His Mission 73

11 An Approach to Jesus 75

12 A Brief History of Jesus 89

13 The Message of Jesus 98

14 Who Did Jesus Think That He Was? 107

15 The Trial of Jesus 137

16 The Resurrection of Jesus 148

Pt. 3 Paul and His Christian Beginnings 157

17 On Paul the Apostle 159

18 Christianity before Paul 171

19 The Writings of Paul 177

20 Paul and Christian Salvation 195

21 Paul and the Future 209

22 Pauline Ethics 216

Pt. 4 The Birth of Early Christianity 225

23 The Eschatological Framework of Christianity 227

24 The Post-Pauline Writings of the New Testament 234

25 The Emergence of Beliefs about Jesus 258

26 The Breach between Christianity and Judaism 266

27 The Symbols of the Kingdom 276

28 The Development of the Christian Ministry 283

29 Early Christian Ethics 295

30 The Rise of Gnosticism 312

31 Summary and Conclusion 322

Appendix The Gospels as Sources for Jesus 326

Notes 335

Index of Ancient Sources 435

Index of Names 445