Conceptions of "Gospel" and Legitimacy in Early Christianity

I. Reflections on Method
New Testament Exegesis as an Academic Discipline with Relevance for Other Disciplines - Early Christian Studies among the Academic Disciplines - The Significance of the Earthly Jesus in Matthew

II. Conceptions of "Gospel" in Early Christianity
"How Soon a Book" Revisited: ?U?GG????? as a Reference to "Gospel" Materials in the First Half of the Second Century - Basilides's Gospel and Exegetica ( Treatises ) - The Struggle to Define Heilsgeschichte : Paul on the Origins of the Christian Tradition - The Witness of Eusebius's ad Marinum and Other Christian Writings to the Original Conclusion of Mark

III. Struggles for Legitimacy
The Maccabees at Prayer: Pro- and Anti-Hasmonean Tendencies in the Prayers of First and Second Maccabees - Suffering as Defense of Paul's Apostolic Authority - Paul and Justin Martyr on the Miraculous: A Comparison of Appeals to Authority - The Gradual Disclosure of Paul's Violence against Christians in Acts as a Defense of the Lukan Paul - Revelation's Date, the Imperial Cult and the Value of Christians' Suffering in Revelation 1-3 - "Hippolytus" and Magic: An Examination of Elenchos IV.28-42 in Light of the Greek Magical Papyri - The Search for Confessors at the Council of Nicaea

IV. Varia
Suppressing Anger in Early Christianity: Examples from the Pauline Tradition - Early Christian Ascetic Practices and Biblical Interpretation: The Witnesses of Galen and Tatian