The Church and Its Mission in the New Testament and Early Christianity

David E. Aune: Introduction - Reidar Hvalvik: Theology for the Church, Its Mission and the Christian Life: The Scholarly Profile of Professor Hans Kvalbein (1942-2013)

THE GOSPELS
Jostein Ådna: The Mission to Israel and the Nations: The Understanding of Mission in the Gospel of Matthew Reconsidered - Ernst Baasland: Mission and Love of Enemy: Matthew 5:43ff and Luke 6:27-28 ( 2 Clem. 13.3; Diogn. 5) in Its Graeco-Roman Context - Johannes Beutler SJ: Peter on the Way to His Universal Mission in the Gospel of John - Reinhard Feldmeier: Ecclesia peregrinans: Luke's Concept of a Missionary Church

THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
Volker Gäckle: The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God in Acts - Klaus Haacker: Frustrated Plans and Unexpected Outcome: Acts 16:6-8 Re-considered - Rainer Riesner: The Gentile Mission of the Hellenists (Acts 11:19-21) and the Jesus Tradition - Christoph Stenschke: Migration and Mission in the Book of Acts

PAUL
Peder Borgen: Perspectives for Mission: Galatians 3:1-14 in Context - Halvor Moxnes: Who are the Children of Abraham in Romans 4? Retelling the Memory of Abraham "Our Ancestor"

LATER NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS
David E. Aune: John's Prophetic Commission and the People of the World (Rev 10:8-11) - Torrey Seland: "Like Newborn Infants": The Readers of 1 Peter as Newly Converted Christians?

EARLY CHRISTIANITY
Reidar Hvalvik: Mass Conversions, Persecutions and Church Growth: Critical Reflections on the Rapid Expansion of the Church during the First Three Centuries - Karl Olav Sandnes: Households and the Exodus: A Note on Infant Baptism in the Early Church - Oskar Skarsaune: Mapping 'p??ta t? ????': The Geographical Horizon of Early Christian Mission

Reidar Hvalvik: Bibliography of Hans Kvalbein's Scholarly Publications