Full Description
As the inaugural volume in the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity series, Jens Schröter's celebrated From Jesus to the New Testament is now available for the first time in English. Schröter provides a rich narrative to Christian history by looking back upon the theological forces that created the New Testament canon. Through his textual, historical, and hermeneutical examination of early Christianity, Schröter reveals how various writings that form the New Testament's building blocks are all held together. Jesus not only bound the New Testament, but launched a theological project that resulted in the canon. Schröter's study will undoubtedly spark new discussion about the formation of the canon.
Contents
Editors' Introduction
Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the German Edition
Introduction
Part I: Recollection and History in Early Christianity
1 New Testament Science beyond Historicism
2 Reflections on the Relationship between Historiography and Hermeneutics in New Testament Science
3 Construction of History and the Beginnings of Christianity
4 History in Light of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Part II: Jesus--Paul--Luke
5 Beginnings of the Jesus Tradition
6 On the Historicity of the Gospels
7 The Unity of the Gospel
8 The Universalizing of the Law in Galatians
9 Metaphorical Christology in Paul
10 Luke as Historiographer
11 Salvation for the Gentiles and Israel
Part III: On the Way to the New Testament
12 Jesus and the Canon
13 The Acts of the Apostles and the Emergence of the New Testament Canon
14 "The Church Has Four Gospels, the Heresy Many"
Part IV: What Is "Theology of the New Testament"?
15 Particularity and Inclusivity in Early Christianity
16 The Meaning of the Canon for a Theology of the New Testament
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors
Subject Index
