1. A physiognomy of modernity -- Modernity and newness -- Modernity and chronology -- Modernity and scientific legitimation -- Modernity versus the masses -- 2. Modern New Testament theology -- Gabler's "proper distinction" -- Gabler's modernity -- Wrede's sogenannte New Testament theology -- Wrede's modernity -- Stendahl's "meant/means" distinction -- Stendahl's modernity -- 3. The modern consensus in New Testament theology -- The moral necessity of New Testament theology -- The practical necessity of New Testament theology -- 4. Modern New Testament theology under interrogation -- Historical context or canonical context -- Fine-tuning the historical project -- A transformative paradigm for interpretation -- Politics and the modern theological interpreter -- "What Krister Stendahl meant" -- On not needing to bridge the big, ugly ditch -- Contra modern New Testament theology -- 5. The philosophical erosion of modernity -- Toward a radical critique of New Testament theology's modernity -- The necessity of history -- Noncanonical interpreters -- Disciplines and autonomy -- Time and determination -- Ancients and moderns -- Conclusion -- 6. Prospects for nonmodern New Testament theology -- Making sense of New Testament theology -- Criteria for nonmodern New Testament theology -- The theology of the New Testament in a nonmodern key -- Conclusion.