Pt. I. Introduction. The rock whence ye were hewn ; An approach to ancient Judaism ; The Jews after the exile -- Pt. II. Jewish life and thought at the beginning of the Common Era from the perspective of the study of Christian origins. God's covenant with the Jews ; The God of the covenant ; The heavenly host ; Angelic mediators ; The Temple ; Festivals ; The synagogue ; The Torah ; The interpretation of scripture ; Apocalyptic approaches to scripture : the disclosure of heavenly knowledge ; Schools of thought : an introduction to sectarianism in the Second Temple period ; Schools of thought : an outline of Jewish groups in the first century CE ; Diaspora Judaism ; The expression of hope ; Pragmatism and hope in Second Temple Judaism --
Pt. III. The emergence of a Messianic sect. Early Christianity : what kind of religious movement? ; The centrality of eschatology in primitive Christian belief ; the world of Jesus and the first Christians ; The quest for the historical Jesus ; Using the gospels to establish the character of Jesus' life and message ; John the baptist ; The proclamation of the kingdom of God ; The parables ; Other teaching ; The signs of the coming kingdom ; Jesus and the future ; Jesus and the Second Temple Judaism ; The death of Jesus ; Jesus' personal claim ; The resurrection narratives ; Introduction ; Christianity before and apart from Paul ; Situation and system in Paul's letters ; Major themes of Paul's letters ; Apostle to the gentiles ; Paul's method as an apostle ; Paul and the Torah ; Membership of the people of God ; Paul and Israel ; The problem of authority ; Early Christian initiation and worship ; The emergence of beliefs about Jesus ; Differing models of ministry ; Coming to terms with the old age
