The extraordinary amount of learning [in this text] means that the argument of this volume cannot easily be brushed aside. --Simon J. Gathercole "Booklist" I'm impressed by the abundance of carefully processed primary and secondary literature. --Franz Graf-Stuhlhofer "European Journal of Theology" Hengel's work acts as something like a summation of the New Testament scholarship of the twentieth century. --Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr "Theologische Literaturzeitung" Hengel and Schwemer have laid a fascinating and important book on the table. --Peter J. Tomson "Journal for the Study of Judaism" [ Jesus and Judaism] is distinguished by a strong sense of measure, as well as by a high level of treatment. --Romano Penna "Biblica" Anyone wanting to dig deeply into the historical context surrounding Jesus and the apostolic church would have to look hard to find a more substantial and reliable source than this. --Romano Penna "The Bible Today"
Martin Hengel (1926-2009) was Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at the Protestant Theology Faculty at the University of Tbingen.Anna Maria Schwemer is Professor of New Testament at the Protestant Theology Faculty at the University of Tbingen. Wayne Coppins is Professor of Religion at the University of Georgia.
Preliminary Observations 1. The Overall Temporal and Thematic Framework for a History of Early Christianity 2. Judaism and Early Christianity Part One: Judaism 3. Judaism under Roman Rule in the First Century BCE and CE 4. The Jewish Religious Parties in Palestine Part Two: Preliminary Questions about the Person and History of Jesus 5. On the Quest for Jesus of Nazareth 6. The Sources 7. The Historical Quest Part Three: Jesus the Galilean and John the Baptist 8. Jesus the Galilean 9. John the Baptist 10. Jesus and His Forerunner Part Four: Jesus' Activity and Proclamation 11. On the Geographical-Historical Framework of the Activity of Jesus 12. The Poetic Form of the Proclamation of Jesus 13. Jesus' Proclamation of the Kingdom of God 14. The Will of God 15. The Fatherly Love of God Part Five: Jesus' Authority and Messianic Claim 16. The Prophetic-Messianic Miracle Worker 17. Prophet or Messiah? Part Six: The Passion of Jesus 18. The Last Confrontation in Jerusalem 19. The Preparation of the Passion of Jesus 20. Gethsemane, Arrest, and Interrogation of Jesus 21. The Crucified Messiah Part Seven: The Testimony to the Resurrection of Jesus 22. The Testimony to the Resurrection of Jesus Retrospect and Prospect