An introduction to the New Testament and the origins of Christianity

Part I. Historical and Religious Background: 1. Introduction
 2. Jews among Greeks and Romans
 3. Religion of Second-Temple Judaism
 4. Varieties of Second-Temple Judaism
 5. Jewish hopes for the future
 6. Hellenistic religion, philosophy, and world-view
 7. An overview of Early Christian history
 8. The making of the New Testament
 Part II. Jesus and the Gospels: 9. Introduction to the Gospels
 10. The dynoptic problem
 11. The Gospel of Mark
 12. The Gospel of Matthew
 13. The Gospel of Luke
 14. The Gospel of John
 15. The apocryphal Jesus
 16. The quest for the historical Jesus
 Part III. Acts: 17. The Book of Acts
 Part IV. Pauline Christianity: 18. Paul, his letters, and his churches
 19. Gentiles and the law (1): Galatians
 20. Gentiles and the law (2): Romans
 21. Problems of church life: 1 Corinthians
 22. Problems of church life: 2 Corinthians
 23. The imminent Parousia: 1 and 2 Thessalonians
 24. Prison epistles (1): Philippians and Philemon
 25. Prison epistles (2): Colossians and Ephesians
 Part V. Judaic Christianity: 26. Judaic Christianity
 27. The letter of James
 28. The Didache
 Part VI. Gnostic Christianity: 29. Gnostic Christianity
 30. The Gospel of Thomas
 Part VII. Proto-Orthodox Christianity: 31. Proto-Orthodox Christianity
 32. Conflict within the church (1): 1 Clement
 33. Conflict within the church (2): Pastoral Epistles
 34. Conflict within the church (3): Jude and 2 Peter
 35. Conflict within the church (4): Johannine Epistles
 36. Conflict within the church (5): Letters of Ignatius
 37. Relation of Christianity to Judaism (1): Hebrews
 38. Relation of Christianity to Judaism (2): Epistle of Barnabas
 39. Conflict with the Roman World (1): 1 Peter
 40.  Conflict with the Roman World (2): Revelation
 Appendixes: 1. Lucian on sacrifice
 2. The Essenes
 3. Jewish Messianic hopes
 4. Divine men and their births
 5. Apotheoses
 6. Miracle stories in the ancient world
 7. The infancy Gospel of Thomas
 8. The Gospel of Peter
 9. The Didache
 10. Selections from the Gospel of Thomas
 11. Selections from 1 Clement
 12. Selections from the epistle of Barnabas
 13. Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans 1-9
 14. Conflict with Rome.