With clarity and verve, Mark Allen Powell introduces the beginning student to the contents and structure of the Gospels, their distinctive characteristics, and

All the main issues for reading the New Testament are covered in this exciting new introduction by one of the world's foremost biblical scholars.

This book offers an introduction to the literature of the New Testament, demonstrating how these writings can be approached and critically studied in an academi

Offers a concise summary of, and an excellent introduction to, recent Lucan scholarship. Major positions on several important subjects are clearly expressed in

Contributions by internationally known scholars from the United States, Germany, Scotland, Spain, and Canada move beyond many of the impasses in historical Jesu