Title page -- Imprint -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Preface -- PART I Introduction -- 1. Christian Origins and the New Testament -- PART II Tools for the Task -- 2. Knowledge: Problems and Varieties -- 3. Literature, Story and the Articulation of Worldviews -- 4. History and the First Century -- 5. Theology, Authority and the New Testament -- PART III First-Century Judaism within the Greco-Roman World -- 6. The Setting and the Story -- 7. The Developing Diversity -- 8. Story, Symbol, Praxis: Elements of Israel's Worldview -- 9. The Beliefs of Israel -- 10. The Hope of Israel. PART IV The First Christian Century -- 11. The Quest for the Kerygmatic Church -- 12. Praxis, Symbol and Questions: Inside Early Christian Worldviews -- 13. Stories in Early Christianity (1) -- 14. Stories in Early Christianity (2) -- 15. The Early Christians: A Preliminary Sketch -- PART V Conclusion -- 16. The New Testament and the Question of God -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Search items for Ancient Sources -- Search items for Modern Authors -- Search items for Selected Topics.