Cover -- Half Title Page, About the Series, Title Page, Copyright -- Contents -- Editors' Introduction -- Preface to the English Edition -- Preface to the German Edition -- Introduction -- Part I. Recollection and History in Early Christianity -- 1. New Testament Science beyond Historicism: Recent Developments in the Theory of History and Their Significance for the Exegesis of Early Christian Writings -- 2. Reflections on the Relationship between Historiography and Hermeneutics in New Testament Science -- 3. Construction of History and the Beginnings of Christianity: Reflections on the Christian Interpretation of History from a New Testament Perspective -- 4. History in Light of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Remarks on the Discussion concerning Memory and History from the Perspective of Early Christianity -- Part II. Jesus-Paul-Luke -- 5. Beginnings of the Jesus Tradition: Tradition-Historical Observations on an Area of the History of Early Christian Theology -- 6. On the Historicity of the Gospels: A Contribution to Current Discussion on the Historical Jesus -- 7. The Unity of the Gospel: Reflections on the Christological Controversy of Galatians and Its History-of-Theology Background -- 8. The Universalizing of the Law in Galatians: A Contribution to Paul's Understanding of the Law -- 9. Metaphorical Christology in Paul: Reflections on the Contribution of a Theory-of-Metaphor Approach to Christology with Reference to a Number of Christological Metaphors in the Letters of Paul -- 10. Luke as Historiographer: The Lukan Doppelwerk and the Discovery of Christian Salvation History -- 11. Salvation for the Gentiles and Israel: On the Relationship between Christology and People of God in Luke -- Part III. On the Way to the New Testament.

12. Jesus and the Canon: The Early Jesus Tradition in the Context of the Emergence of the New Testament Canon -- 13. The Acts of the Apostles and the Emergence of the New Testament Canon: Observations on the Canonization of Acts and Its Meaning as a Canonical Writing -- 14. "The Church Has Four Gospels, the Heresy Many": The Emergence of the New Testament in the Context of Early Christian History and Literature -- Part IV. What Is "Theology of the New Testament"? -- 15. Particularity and Inclusivity in Early Christianity -- 16. The Meaning of the Canon for a Theology of the New Testament: Conceptual Reflections in Light of Current Discussion -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Subject Index.