Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Tables -- Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword (Wright) -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. From 'Fifth Evangelist' to the Neue Bachausgabe -- 2. Theological Bach Research: Back to the Sources -- 3. Considering Anti-Judaism in Bach's Music -- 4. Bach and Theology Re-assessed -- 5. Purpose and Scope of This Study -- Part I. Composer and Work -- Chapter 1. Learning the Craft of a Church Musician -- 1. Bach's Schooling -- 2. Singer, Instrumentalist, Church Musician -- 3. 'Singing preaching and praising of God' -- Chapter 2. 'It Pleased God That I Should be Called'-Bach's Office and Craft -- 1. The Purpose of Church Music -- 2. 'Gnaden-Gegenwart': God's Presence in Sacred Music -- 3. Music for the Glory of God -- Chapter 3. Proclaiming Scripture through Music-The Development of Bach's Cantatas -- 1. Musical and Textual Models for Bach's Early Cantatas -- 2. The 'Modern' Cantata -- 3. From Köthen to Leipzig: from Capellmeister to Lutheran Cantor -- 4. The Leipzig Cantata: Words and Music that Amplify Scripture -- 5. Composing, Rehearsing and Performing the Cantata -- Chapter 4. Bach's St John Passion -- 1. The Development of the Lutheran Responsorial Passion -- 2. The Liturgical and Homiletic Context of Bach's St John Passion -- 3. The Libretto of Bach's St John Passion -- 3.1. Textual Elements of the St John Passion: Biblical Text -- 3.2. Madrigalic Texts -- 3.3. Chorales -- 4. The Purpose and Message of Bach's St John Passion -- Part II. Commentary -- Chapter 5. Introduction to the Commentary -- Chapter 6. Study Translation (Firth) -- Chapter 7. Commentaries and Sermon Collections Consulted in Preparation -- 1. Abraham Calov's 'Great German Bible' (1682) -- 2. Johannes Olearius' Haupt Schlüßel (1681) -- 3. Sermon Collections: Martin Luther (1528-1529) -- Chapter 8. Commentary.

1. Prima Parte-First Part of the Passion -- Exordium-Prologue -- Hortus-Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane -- Pontifices-Jesus Before the Chief Priests -- 2. Parte Secunda: Nach der Predigt -- Pilatus-Jesus Before Pilate -- Crux-Jesus Dies on the Cross -- Sepulchrum-Jesus is Laid in the Tomb -- Bibliography -- 1. Primary Source Material: Manuscript Sources -- 2. Primary Source Material: Printed Sources and Music -- 3. Secondary Source Material: Books -- 4. Secondary Source Materials: Articles -- 5. Secondary Source Materials: Unpublished Dissertations -- Index of Names -- Index of Places -- Index of Bach's Works by BWV Number -- Index of Themes.