pt. 1: What is the New Testament? -- The literary angle -- The historical angle -- The New Testament as the church's scripture -- pt. 2: The world of the New Testament -- The many worlds of the New Testament -- Environmental conditions -- Institutional contexts -- pt. 3: The nature of the Gospels -- Jesus and the Gospels: milestones -- What is a "Gospel"? -- The Gospel tradition -- Literary forms in the Gospels -- Reading New Testament narratives -- Epilogue: The Gospels and Acts as Scripture -- pt. 4: The Gospel according to Matthew -- The plan of the Gospel of Matthew -- The narrative of Matthew -- The Gospel of Matthew, the Jews, and the Church -- pt. 5: The Gospel according to Mark -- Narrating the story of Jesus -- Jesus, the disciples, and the authorities in Mark -- Mark's dramatic narrative -- The setting and purpose of Mark's Gospel -- pt. 6: The Gospel according to Luke -- The character of Luke's Gospel (and Acts) -- The unity of Luke-Acts -- The narrative of the Gospel of Luke -- "He has lifted up the lowly" -- pt. 7: The Gospel according to John -- In the beginning -- Jesus, conflict, and confession -- John's narrative -- John and the other Gospels -- The setting and purpose of the Gospel -- pt. 8: Jesus of Nazareth -- The quest of the historical Jesus -- The beginning of Jesus' public ministry -- The kingdom of God -- The miracles of Jesus -- Jesus and the Messianic task -- The death of Jesus -- The resurrection of Jesus -- pt. 9: The Acts of the apostles -- Acts and the New Testament canon -- The Book of Acts as "history" -- The narrative progression of the mission in Acts -- The speeches in Acts -- The purpose of Acts -- The authorship of Acts -- pt. 10: Letters in the New Testament -- Writing materials and delivery of letters -- Development and purpose of letters -- Aramaic letters -- Hellenistic letters -- Letters in the New Testament -- pt. 11: Paul and his world -- The world -- The life of Paul -- Paul's intellectual world -- pt. 12: Paul's letter to the Christians in Rome -- The purpose of the letter -- Where the letter was written -- The letter's author and integrity -- The theme of the letter -- The content of the letter -- pt. 13: Paul and the Christians in Corinth -- Corinth as Paul knew it -- Corinthian correspondence -- 1 Corinthians -- 2 Corinthians -- pt. 14: The letter to the Galatians -- The letter -- Some problems -- pt. 15: The letter to the Ephesians -- Some questions -- Content pt. 16: Paul and the Christians in Philippi -- The letter -- Some questions -- pt. 17: Paul and the Christians at Colossae: Colossians and Philemon -- Colossians -- Philemon -- pt. 18: Paul's letters to the Thessalonian Christians -- 1 Thessalonians -- 2 Thessalonians -- pt. 19: 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus -- 1 Timothy -- 2 Timothy -- Titus -- Some questions -- pt. 20: Hebrews -- Origins of "The epistle to the Hebrews" -- Use of the Old Testament -- "In these last days, He has spoken to us through a Son" -- Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith -- Pilgrim people of God -- "Such a great high priest" -- pt. 21: James -- "James, a servant of God" -- James and Jewish Christianity -- "To the twelve tribes in the dispersion" -- Genre of James -- James and Jesus -- Doers of the Word -- Hearing and doing, faith and works -- James within the Canon -- pt. 22: 1 and 2 Peter, Jude -- "Catholic" epistles? -- 1 Peter -- 2 Peter -- Jude -- pt. 23: 1, 2, and 3 John -- The setting of the epistles of John -- The conflict: data from the epistles -- Historical parallels and the shape of the false teaching -- 1 John -- 2 John -- 3 John -- pt. 24: Revelation -- The genre of Revelation -- The historical context of the book of Revelation -- The revelation of Jesus Christ -- pt. 25: Formation of the New Testament canon -- Internal forces affecting the shape of the canon -- External forces affecting the shape of the canon -- The growth of the New Testament canon -- The process of canonical selection -- Criteria of canon selection.