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  • Volume One Chapters
    • Chapter 1 – The historical context of Jesus and the New Testament
    • Chapter 2 – Judaism in first-century Palestine
    • Chapter 3 – What are the Gospels?
    • Chapter 4 – Where did the Gospels come from?
    • Chapter 5 – Understanding the Gospels today
    • Chapter 6 – The quest for the historical Jesus
    • Chapter 7 – The life of Jesus in the light of history
    • Chapter 8 – The teaching and aims of Jesus
    • Chapter 9 – Mark
    • Chapter 10 – Matthew
    • Chapter 11 – Luke
    • Chapter 12 – John
    • Chapter 13 – Acts
  • Volume Two Chapters
    • Chapter 1 – The world of first-century Christians
    • Chapter 2 – Letters in the New Testament
    • Chapter 3 – Paul, his letters and his life
    • Chapter 4 – The letter to the Galatians
    • Chapter 5 – The letters to the Thessalonians
    • Chapter 6 – The ‘first’ letter to the Corinthians
    • Chapter 7 – The ‘second’ letter to the Corinthians
    • Chapter 8 – The letter to the Romans
    • Chapter 9 – The letter to the Philippians
    • Chapter 10 – The letter to Philemon
    • Chapter 11 – The letter to the Colossians
    • Chapter 12 – The letter to the Ephesians
    • Chapter 13 – The letters to Timothy and Titus
    • Chapter 14 – Paul – the missionary theologian
    • Chapter 15 – New Testament letters – interpretation and authorship
    • Chapter 16 – The letter to the Hebrews
    • Chapter 17 – The letter of James
    • Chapter 18 – The first letter of Peter
    • Chapter 19 – The second letter of Peter and the letter of Jude
    • Chapter 20 – The letters of John
    • Chapter 21 – The Revelation to John
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Volume One Chapters

Here is a link to a list of corrections to the published version of volume 1. If you are a teacher using the book as a textbook, please share this pdf file with your students.

  • Chapter 1 – The historical context of Jesus and the New Testament
  • Chapter 2 – Judaism in first-century Palestine
  • Chapter 3 – What are the Gospels?
  • Chapter 4 – Where did the Gospels come from?
  • Chapter 5 – Understanding the Gospels today
  • Chapter 6 – The quest for the historical Jesus
  • Chapter 7 – The life of Jesus in the light of history
  • Chapter 8 – The teaching and aims of Jesus
  • Chapter 9 – Mark
  • Chapter 10 – Matthew
  • Chapter 11 – Luke
  • Chapter 12 – John
  • Chapter 13 – Acts
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  • Home
  • About
  • Volume One Chapters
    • Chapter 1 – The historical context of Jesus and the New Testament
    • Chapter 2 – Judaism in first-century Palestine
    • Chapter 3 – What are the Gospels?
    • Chapter 4 – Where did the Gospels come from?
    • Chapter 5 – Understanding the Gospels today
    • Chapter 6 – The quest for the historical Jesus
    • Chapter 7 – The life of Jesus in the light of history
    • Chapter 8 – The teaching and aims of Jesus
    • Chapter 9 – Mark
    • Chapter 10 – Matthew
    • Chapter 11 – Luke
    • Chapter 12 – John
    • Chapter 13 – Acts
  • Volume Two Chapters
    • Chapter 1 – The world of first-century Christians
    • Chapter 2 – Letters in the New Testament
    • Chapter 3 – Paul, his letters and his life
    • Chapter 4 – The letter to the Galatians
    • Chapter 5 – The letters to the Thessalonians
    • Chapter 6 – The ‘first’ letter to the Corinthians
    • Chapter 7 – The ‘second’ letter to the Corinthians
    • Chapter 8 – The letter to the Romans
    • Chapter 9 – The letter to the Philippians
    • Chapter 10 – The letter to Philemon
    • Chapter 11 – The letter to the Colossians
    • Chapter 12 – The letter to the Ephesians
    • Chapter 13 – The letters to Timothy and Titus
    • Chapter 14 – Paul – the missionary theologian
    • Chapter 15 – New Testament letters – interpretation and authorship
    • Chapter 16 – The letter to the Hebrews
    • Chapter 17 – The letter of James
    • Chapter 18 – The first letter of Peter
    • Chapter 19 – The second letter of Peter and the letter of Jude
    • Chapter 20 – The letters of John
    • Chapter 21 – The Revelation to John
  • Explore by Category
  • Contact