Prof James Crossley is the Academic Director of the Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM) at Kings College London and Professor of Bible and Society at MF Oslo. He was previously Professor of Bible, Culture, and Politics at the University of Sheffield and St Mary’s University. Prof Michelle Fletcher is Research Assistant on the Visual Commentary on Scripture and Research Fellow at King's College London, UK.

"Featuring a diverse and international team of New Testament scholars, this compact, rich, and engaging companion offers readers not only an introduction to the New Testament writings but also illustrations and examples from their variegated history of interpretation, reception and academic scholarship, showing what a vibrant and influential legacy these texts continue to generate."

• ContributorsIntroduction1The Synoptic GospelsSarah E. Rollens2The Gospel of JohnRodolfo Galvan Estrada III3Acts of the ApostlesJames Crossley4The Pauline Epistles, or An Introduction to Letters from the Gentile Mission Isaac T. Soon5The ‘Deutero-Pauline’ EpistlesMichael Scott Robertson6Hebrews Michelle Fletcher and Wei Hsien Wan7The Catholic EpistlesKelsie Rodenbiker8RevelationMichelle Fletcher