SCM Study Guide: Books of the New Testament, together with its companion volume on New Testament Interpretation, offers an up-to-date, accessible introduction to this fast-changing area of theological study.

Aimed at level one students, it encourages interaction with the New Testament texts and provides pointers for further reading and learning. The book describes the world out of which the New Testament came, and what can be known of the key figures of Jesus and Paul, before discussing the 27 books in turn. At every stage, attention is paid to the range of questions New Testament interpretation raises – historical, literary, theological – with worked examples from specific passages.

1. The worlds which produced the New Testament
2. What can we know about Jesus
3. Studying Paul
4. Introducing Paul’s letters
5. The first three Gospels
6. John: The ‘Spiritual Gospel’
7. From the cradle to the (empty) grave
8. Acts: Luke’s ongoing story
9. The ongoing Pauline story
10. The letter to the Hebrews
11. The Catholic epistles
12. Revelation: Guide to the end of the world?
13. The New Testament canon

Index of Bible references
Index of subjects
Index of names