Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity

Early Christian Theology and the Origin of the New Testament Canon

Jens Schröter, Wayne Coppins, Simon Gathercole, Wayne Coppins, Wayne Coppins, Simon Gathercole, Wayne Coppins

• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781602588240
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

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 of the theological forces that created the New Testament canon. Through his textual, historical, and hermeneutical examination, Schröter reveals how various writings that form the New Testament's building blocks are all held together. Jesus not only inspired the New Testament but also launched a theological project that resulted in the canon. Schröter's study will undoubtedly spark new discussion about the formation of the canon and the character of earliest Christianity.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page, About the Series, Title Page, Copyright
• 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: Recent Developments in the Theory of History and Their Significance for the Exegesis of Early Christian Writings
• 2. Reflections on the Relationship between Historiography and Hermeneutics in New Testament Science
• 3. Construction of History and the Beginnings of Christianity: Reflections on the Christian Interpretation of History from a New Testament Perspective
• 4. History in Light of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Remarks on the Discussion concerning Memory and History from the Perspective of Early Christianity
• Part II. Jesus-Paul-Luke
• 5. Beginnings of the Jesus Tradition: Tradition-Historical Observations on an Area of the History of Early Christian Theology
• 6. On the Historicity of the Gospels: A Contribution to Current Discussion on the Historical Jesus
• 7. The Unity of the Gospel: Reflections on the Christological Controversy of Galatians and Its History-of-Theology Background
• 8. The Universalizing of the Law in Galatians: A Contribution to Paul’s Understanding of the Law
• 9. Metaphorical Christology in Paul: Reflections on the Contribution of a Theory-of-Metaphor Approach to Christology with Reference to a Number of Christological Metaphors in the Letters of Paul
• 10. Luke as Historiographer: The Lukan Doppelwerk and the Discovery of Christian Salvation History
• 11. Salvation for the Gentiles and Israel: On the Relationship between Christology and People of God in Luke
• Part III. On the Way to the New Testament
• 12. Jesus and the Canon: The Early Jesus Tradition in the Context of the Emergence of the New Testament Canon
• 13. The Acts of the Apostles and the Emergence of the New Testament Canon: Observations on the Canonization of Acts and Its Meaning as a Canonical Writing
• 14. “The Church Has Four Gospels, the Heresy Many”: The Emergence of the New Testament in the Context of Early Christian History and Literature
• 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: Conceptual Reflections in Light of Current Discussion
• Bibliography
• Index of Ancient Sources
• Index of Modern Authors
• Subject Index