Exploring the New Testament

• Jewish and Greco-Roman background
• Paul's life, mission, and theology
• the structure and major themes of each book
• issues of authorship, date, and setting
• methods in reading and interpreting the Letters and Revelation
• the intersection of New Testament criticism with contemporary issues of faih and culture
• the theological links between Jesus and Paul
• the way New Testament authors read the Hebrew Scriptures
• the contribution of archaeology to New Testament studies
• updated bibliographies highlighting the most important and influential works published in the last decade