02555nam a2200145Ia 4500008004100000020002900041041000800070050002400078100002100102245009000123260004300213300002200256505204900278650008202327220820s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780310864332031086433X   aeng  aBS2397 b.T445 2005  aThielman, Frank  0aTheology of the New Testament : ba canonical and synthetic approach/cFrank Thielman  aGrand Rapids, MI : bZondervan, c2005  a798 p.b;c25 cm.  aIntroduction: The theology of the New Testament: the basic questions -- pt. 1:The Gospels and Acts -- The persistence and importance of a fourfold Gospel -- Mark: the death of God's Son as good news -- Matthew: new wine in old skins -- Luke-Acts: the place of Christians in the progress of salvation history -- John: faith in Jesus as the means to eternal life -- Four diverse witnesses to the one Gospel of Jesus Christ -- pt. 2: The Pauline Letters -- The coherence and center of Paul's theology -- First Thessalonians: maintaining faith, love, and hope in the midst of suffering -- Second Thessalonians: perseverance despite persecution and false teaching -- Galatians: the grace of God and the truth of the Gospel -- First Corinthians: a plea for peace, holiness, and fidelity -- Philippians: the importance of the Gospel's progress -- Second Corinthians: power perfected in weakness -- Romans: the Gospel of God's righteousness -- Colossians: Christ preeminent in cosmos and history -- Philemon: reconciliation in practice -- Ephesians: the unity of church and cosmos in Christ -- First Timothy: the church as pillar and foundation of truth -- Titus: knowing God, doing good, and making salvation attractive -- Second Timothy: faithfulness to the Gospel -- The common emphases and central convictions of Paul's Letters -- pt. 3: The non-Pauline Letters and the Revelation of John -- Finding unity in the non-Pauline Letters and Revelation -- James: the wisdom of the undivided life -- Jude: contending for the faith against a perversion of God's Grace -- Second Peter: ethics and eschatology -- First John: the truth about Jesus, his death, and his love command -- Second John: avoiding those who have abandoned truth and love -- Third John: working together with the truth -- First Peter: on suffering as a Christian -- Hebrews: Jesus as perfecter of the faith and leader of the faithful -- Revelation: meaning amid oppression -- The clash of world views in Hebrews to Revelation -- Conclusion: the theological unity of the New Testament.  aBible. New Testament -- Theology.Bible. New Testament -- Canonical criticism.