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It is difficult to overestimate the singularity of Rudolf Bultmann. Bultmann's Theology of the New Testament changed the course of New Testament interpretation and has continued to influence the field until today. As ambitious in scope as it is consistent in method, Bultmann's volume asks and provides answers to the big questions. Bultmann also found a way to wed a sober-minded commitment to historical reconstruction to his deep desire for the New Testament to speak to contemporary humans.
Contents
VOLUME 1
Introduction
Robert Morgan
Bibliographies
Robert Morgan
PART I
Presuppositions and Motifs of New Testament Theology
CHAPTER1 THE MESSAGE OF JESUS
Preliminary Remarks
§1. The Eschatological Message
§2. Jesus' Interpretation of the Demand of God
§3. Jesus' Idea of God
§4. The Question of the Messianic Consciousness of Jesus
CHAPTER 2 THE KERYGMA OF THE EARLIEST CHURCH
Preliminary Remarks
§5. The Problem of Relationship between the Message of the Earliest Church and the Message of Jesus
§6. The Earliest Church as the Eschatological Congregation
§7. Jesus' Meaning to the Faith of the Earliest Church
§8. Beginnings toward Development of Ecclesiastical Forms
CHAPTER3 THE KERYGMA OF THE HELLENISTC CHURCH ASIDE FROM PAUL
Preliminary Remarks
§9. The Preaching of God and His Judgment, of Jesus Christ, the Judge and Savior, and the Demand for Faith
§10. Church Consciousness and the Christian's Relation to the World
§11. The Church's Relation to Judaism and the Problem of the Old Testament
§12. Lord and Son of God
§13. The Sacraments
§14. The Spirit
§15. Gnostic Motifs
PART II
The Theology of Paul
§16. The Historical Position of Paul
CHAPTER 4 MAN PRIOR TO THE REVELATION OF FAITH
Preliminary Remarks
A. The Anthropological Concept
Preliminary Remarks
§17. "Soma" (Body)
§18. Psyche, Pneuma, and Zoe
§19. Mind and Conscience
§20. Heart
B. Flesh, Sin, and World
§21. Creation and Man
§22. The Term "Flesh" (Sarx)
§23. Flesh and Sin
§24. Sin and Death
§25. The Universality of Sin
§26. The Term "World" (Cosmos) 24
§27. The Law
CHAPTER 5 MAN UNDER FAITH
A. The Righteousness of God
§28. The Concept of Righteousness
§29. Righteousness as a Present Reality
§30. Righteousness as God's Righteousness
§31. Reconciliation
B. Grace
§32. Grace as Event
§33. Christ's Death and Resurrection as Salvation-occurrence
§34. The Word, the Church, the Sacraments
C. Faith
§35. The Structure of Faith
§36. Life in Faith
§37. Faith as Eschatological Occurrence
D. Freedom
§38. Freedom from Sin and Walking in the Spirit
§39. Freedom from the Law and the Christian's Attitude toward Men
§40. Freedom from Death
VOLUME 2
PART III
The Theology of the Gospel of John and the Johannine Epistles
CHAPTER 1 ORIENTATION
41. The Historical Position of John 3
CHAPTER 2 JOHANNINE DUALISM
42. World and Man
43 Johannine Determinism
44 The Perversion of the Creation into "the World"
CHAPTER 3 THE "KRISIS" OF THE WORLD
45. The Sending of the Son
46. The Offense of the Incarnation of the Word
47. The Revelation of the Glory
48. The Revelation as the Word
CHAPTER 4 FAITH
49. Faith as the Hearing of the Word
50. Faith as Eschatological Existence
PART IV
The Development toward the Ancient Church
CHAPTER5 THE RISE OF CHURCH ORDER AND ITS EARLIEST DEVELOPMENT
51. Eschatological Congregation and Church Order
52. The Ecclesiastical Offices
53. The Transformation of the Church's Understanding of Itself
CHAPTER 6 THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINE
54. Paradosis and Historical Tradition
55. The Problem of Right Teaching and the Rise of the New Testament Canon
56. Motifs and Types
57. Theology and Cosmology
CHAPTER 7 THE CORE OF THE DEVELOPMENT
58 Christology and Soteriology
CHAPTER 8 THE PROBLEM OF CHRISTIAN LIVING
59. The Understanding of the Imperative
60 The Content of the Ethical Demand
61. Church Discipline
EPILOGUE: THE TASK AND THE HISTORY OF NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY
Indices to Volumes 1 and 2
Greek Index
New Testament Passages Discussed
Subject Index
