Exploring the New Testament

• Jewish and Greco-Roman background
• literary genres and forms
• issues of authorship, date, and setting
• the content and major themes of each book
• various approaches to the study of the Gospels and Acts
• the intersection of New Testament criticism with contemporary faith and culture
• the impact of social memory theory on Gospel studies
• the relationship of John's Gospel to the Synoptics
• recent work on characterization in narrative studies of the Gospels
• the way the Hebrew Scriptures are read by the New Testament authors
• the contribution of archaeology to New Testament studies
• updated bibliographies highlighting the most important and influential works published in the last decade.