Conceptions of "Gospel" and Legitimacy in Early Christianity

Born 1970; 1999 PhD University of Chicago; Professor and Chair of New Testament Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden.

• I. Reflections on MethodNew 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 MatthewII. Conceptions of "Gospel" in Early Christianity"How Soon a Book" Revisited: ΕUΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ 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 MarkIII. Struggles for LegitimacyThe 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 NicaeaIV. VariaSuppressing Anger in Early Christianity: Examples from the Pauline Tradition - Early Christian Ascetic Practices and Biblical Interpretation: The Witnesses of Galen and Tatian