Profile and appreciation of John Nolland / Craig Smith -- John Nolland selected bibliography -- List of contributors -- The Nazareth of Jesus / Rainer Riesner -- 'On this rock I will build my church' (Matthew 16.18) : was the promise to Peter a response to tetrarch Philip's proclamation? / Craig A. Evans -- Biographies of Jesus in Old Testament and rabbinic style : the genre of the New Testament gospels / Armin D. Baum -- The provenance of Jesus' quotations of scripture from a social memory perspective / Thomas R. Hatina -- Son of man-lord of the temple? : gospel echoes of Psalm 8 and the ongoing christological challenge / N.T. Wright -- Authority and accountability in Luke 11.24-13.9 / Darrell Bock -- Pharisees and Jesus' power of persuasion in Luke-Acts : another consideration of their characterization / Robert L. Brawley -- Jesus, son of Adam and son of God (Luke 3.38) : Adam-Christ typologies in Luke-Acts / Yongbom Lee -- Identity and christology : the ascended Jesus in the book of Acts / Steve Walton -- The Jewish saviour for Israel in the missionary speeches of Acts / Christoph Stenschke -- 'A tale of two cities'?: Jerusalem in the gospels of Matthew and Luke / Daniel M. Gurtner -- Insisting on Easter : Matthew's use of the theologically provocative vocative (kyrie) in the suppliant narratives / Douglas Sean O'Donnell -- How do the beatitudes work? : some observations on the structure of the beatitudes in Matthew / David Wenham -- The Holy Spirit in the Gospel of Matthew / Roland Deines -- Jesus, the foundation of sabbatismos / Craig A. Smith -- Exalted lord and suffering servant : the response to Jesus in James and 1 Peter / Peter H. Davids -- Jesus, the theological educator : lessons in transformational teaching from the gospel of Luke / Eeva John -- Lives that speak : hē logikē latreia in Romans 12.1 / Eckhard J. Schnabel.