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Focuses on the varying social, rhetorical and theological contexts of New Testament's twenty-seven texts. The author introduces the book by emphasizing the importance of 'context' for reading 'texts'. He also offers a description of the socio-rhetorical and theological approach, illustrated by exploring a text from one of Paul's letters.

Introductionp. 1No Text is an Island: Laying Claim to the New Testamentp. 6The Mainland: Macro-contextp. 20Two Principal Figures: Jesus and Paulp. 38New Testament Literature: An Overviewp. 53One in Three: The Synoptic Gospelsp. 66Jesus Reconfigured Theologically: The Johannine Writingsp. 99Second Volume of a Two-part Work: The Acts of the Apostlesp. 129Urban Centres of Paul's Missionary Lettersp. 150Paul's Textured Thought: Seven Undisputed Lettersp. 166Pauline Thought in Transition: Other Letters under Paul's Namep. 214Post-Pauline Trajectories: Five Catholic Epistlesp. 237View from an Island: The Apocalypse of Johnp. 275Emperors from Augustus Octavian to Hadrianp. 291The Rise and Fall of the Herodian Dynastyp. 292Glimpses at Ancient Philosophersp. 295Examples of Variants in the KJV that Lack Supportp. 301Bibliographyp. 304Indexp. 323Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.