Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preliminary Material -- The Historical Jesus and the Gospels -- Jesus' Use of the Old Testament and the Genesis of New Testament Theology 1 -- Deity-Christology in Mk 14:58 -- Isaiah and the Eschatological Temple -- Luke 9 and the Sources of its Christology -- Background and Christology of John's Gospel: Selected Motifs -- Xpiσtoσ in i Cor 10:4, 9 -- Resurrection: Jesus, The Sadducees and Qumran -- Eschatology in Luke -- Eschatology in Luke Revisited -- Present and Future Eschatology in Luke -- The Structure of Pauline Eschatology (ii Cor 5:1–10) -- Σωma in First Corinthians -- New Testament Teaching on Hell -- Prophecy in the New Testament Church – and Today -- Toward a History of Early Christianity -- Reading the Gospels as History -- The Role of the Prophet in the Quest for Truth -- Index of Passages -- Index of Modern Authors.

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Christology and eschatology form a double-core conception in the New Testament that enables one to understand other themes radiating out from it. The present volume addresses fifteen topics within this central core, seven on 'the person of Jesus', and eight on 'this age and the age to come'. The essays interact with and further discussion on disputed topics in contemporary New Testament Studies, including the historical Jesus and the Gospels; deity christology in the Synoptics and in the Pauline writings; the meaning of resurrection in the teaching of Jesus, the Sadducees and Qumran; eschatology in Luke's writings and the structure of Pauline eschatology; New Testament teaching on hell; and other christological and eschatological motifs. Three concluding pieces provide the historical and hermeneutical framework from which the theological studies proceed. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.