Theology of the New Testament

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