This sweeping and authoritative introduction presents in a classic format full and up-to-date information about each individual writing of the New Testament with respect to its -+ date and author place of writing -+ structure -+ themes and theological aims -+ important historical and interpretive issues With its clear outline, judicious writing, and exhaustive American and European bibliographies, Schnelle's volume will equip readers to form their own judgments about Christianity's foundational documents.

After providing an overview of the development of the New Testament canon, Schnelle then takes up, in turn, the letters of Paul, the Synoptic Gospels (including Q), Acts, the Deutero-Pauline epistles, the Catholic letters, the Gospel of John, and Revelation.