Introduction / Nijay K. Gupta and Scot Mcknight -- Part 1. Ancient context: Early Christianity and the Roman Empire / Greg Carey -- Women in the Jewish, Greco-Roman, and Early Christian world / Lynn H. Cohick -- Part 2. Interpretation: Hermeneutics and exegesis / Dennis R. Edwards -- The Old Testament in the New Testament / Matthew W. Bates -- The genre of the Gospels / Wes Olmstead -- The study of the Greek language / Dana M. Harris -- Part 3. Jesus, Paul, and New Testament theology: Jesus of Nazareth / Rebekah Eklund -- New Testament christology / David B. Capes -- Paul, a Jew among Jews, Greeks, and Romans / Michael F. Bird -- Pauline theology: perspectives, perennial topics, and prospects / Michael J. Gorman -- New Testament eschatologies / Patrick Mitchel -- New Testament ethics / Nijay K. Gupta -- Part 4. New Testament texts: The Gospel of Matthew / Rodney Reeves -- The Gospel of Mark / Jin Young Choi -- The Gospel of Luke / Drew J. Strait -- The Gospel of John / Alicia D. Myers -- The Acts of the Apostles / Joshua W. Jipp -- Paul and Romans / Scot McKnight -- The Epistle to the Hebrews / David M. Moffitt -- The Epistle of James / Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn -- The Petrine letters / Abson Joseph -- The Epistles of John / Toan Do -- The Book of Revelation / Michael C. Thompson.