The New Testament in Its World Workbook

N. T. Wright is the former bishop of Durham and senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He is one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars and the award-winning author of many books, including?After You Believe,?Surprised by Hope,?Simply Christian,?Interpreting Paul, and?The New Testament in Its World, as well as the Christian Origins and the Question of God series. Michael F. Bird is Deputy Principal and Lecturer in New Testament at Ridley College,?Australia. He is the author of numerous scholarly and popular books on the New Testament and theology, including, with N. T. Wright, The New Testament in Its World (2019).

1. Reading the New Testament
§ 1.1What is the New Testament?
§ 1.2How to Read the New Testament

2. The People of God in the Graeco-Roman World
§ 2.1The History of the Jews between the Persian and Roman Empires
§ 2.2Story, Symbol, Praxis, and Worldview in Ancient Judaism
§ 2.3The Graeco-Roman Context of the Early Church

3. Jesus and the Victory of God
§ 3.1The Study of the Historical Jesus
§ 3.2The Profile and Praxis of a Prophet
§ 3.3Who Did Jesus Think He Was?
§ 3.4The Death of the Messiah

4. The Resurrection of the Son of God
§ 4.1The Afterlife in Greek, Roman, and Jewish Thought
§ 4.2The Story of Easter according to the New Testament Witnesses
§ 4.3The Meaning of Resurrection for Christian Beginnings and Endings

5. Paul and the Faithfulness of God
§ 5.1A Primer on the Theology of Paul
§ 5.2Romans
§ 5.31–2 Corinthians
§ 5.4Galatians
§ 5.51–2 Thessalonians
§ 5.6Colossians, Philemon, Philippians, Ephesians
§ 5.7The Pastoral Epistles

6. The Gospels and the Story of God
§ 6.1 Mark
§ 6.2 Matthew
§ 6.3 Luke–Acts
§ 6.4 John
§ 6.5 The Transmission of the Jesus Tradition
§ 6.6 The Synoptic Problem
§ 6.7 The Making of the Fourfold Gospel Canon

7. The Early Christians and the Mission of God
§ 7.1Introduction to Early Christian Letters
§ 7.2Hebrews
§ 7.3John the Elder and his Churches: 1–3 John
§ 7.4Jewish Christianity: Jude, James, 1–2 Peter
§ 7.5John the Seer and the Apocalypse of Jesus Christ

8. The Making of the New Testament
§ 8.1Introduction to Textual Criticism of the New Testament
§ 8.2The Canonization of the New Testament

9. The Mission of the Church
§ 9.1 Worldview
§ 9.2Narrative
§ 9.3Ethics
§ 9.4Tasks