Jan Willem van Henten, Ph.D. Leiden (1986), is Professor of New Testament and Director of the Graduate School for Humanities at the University of Amsterdam. He has published widely on Hellenistic Judaism and the contexts of New Testament writings, including Coping with Violence in the New Testament (Leiden: Brill, 2012, edited with P. DeVilliers). Joseph Verheyden. Ph.D. Leuven (1987), is Professor of New Testament Studies, at the Catholic University of Leuven. He has published widely in the field of New Testament and Early Christian studies. Recent publications include Ancient Christian Interpretations of "Violent Texts" in the Apocalypse (Göttingen, 2011, edited with T. Nicklas and A. Merkt) and Patristic and Text-critical Studies. The Collected Essays of William L. Petersen (Leiden: Brill, 2012, edited with J. Krans).

• List of ContributorsPrefaceJan Willem van Henten and Joseph VerheydenIntroductionJan Willem van Henten and Joseph VerheydenChapter One: Early Christianity in Its Hellenistic Context: A Critical Survey of 20th Century ResearchReinhard FeldmeierChapter Two: Early Christianity in Its Jewish Context: A Brief Look at 20th Century ResearchGerbern S. OegemaChapter Three: Finding a Basis for Interpreting New Testament Ethos from a Greco-Roman Philosophical PerspectiveAnders Klostergaard PetersenChapter Four: Some Issues behind the Ethics in the Qumran Scrolls and Their Implications for New Testament EthicsGeorge J. BrookeChapter Five: The Relevance of Jewish Inscriptions for New Testament EthicsAndrew ChesterChapter Six: The Importance of Hellenistic Judaism for the Study of Paul’s EthicsThomas H. TobinChapter Seven: “Ethical” Traditions, Family Ethos, and Love in Johannine LiteratureJörg FreyChapter Eight: Good as a Moral Category in the Early Jesus TraditionHermut LöhrChapter Nine: Ethics and Anthropology in the Letter of James: An OutlineKarl-Wilhelm NiebuhrChapter Ten: Essentials of Ethics in Matthew and the Didache: A Comparison at a Conceptual and Practical LevelHuub van de SandtBibliographyIndex of PassagesSubject Index

Jan Willem van Henten, Ph.D. Leiden (1986), is Professor of New Testament and Director of the Graduate School for Humanities at the University of Amsterdam. He has published widely on Hellenistic Judaism and the contexts of New Testament writings, including Coping with Violence in the New Testament (Leiden: Brill, 2012, edited with P. DeVilliers). Joseph Verheyden. Ph.D. Leuven (1987), is Professor of New Testament Studies, at the Catholic University of Leuven. He has published widely in the field of New Testament and Early Christian studies. Recent publications include Ancient Christian Interpretations of "Violent Texts" in the Apocalypse (Göttingen, 2011, edited with T. Nicklas and A. Merkt) and Patristic and Text-critical Studies. The Collected Essays of William L. Petersen (Leiden: Brill, 2012, edited with J. Krans).

• List of ContributorsPrefaceJan Willem van Henten and Joseph VerheydenIntroductionJan Willem van Henten and Joseph VerheydenChapter One: Early Christianity in Its Hellenistic Context: A Critical Survey of 20th Century ResearchReinhard FeldmeierChapter Two: Early Christianity in Its Jewish Context: A Brief Look at 20th Century ResearchGerbern S. OegemaChapter Three: Finding a Basis for Interpreting New Testament Ethos from a Greco-Roman Philosophical PerspectiveAnders Klostergaard PetersenChapter Four: Some Issues behind the Ethics in the Qumran Scrolls and Their Implications for New Testament EthicsGeorge J. BrookeChapter Five: The Relevance of Jewish Inscriptions for New Testament EthicsAndrew ChesterChapter Six: The Importance of Hellenistic Judaism for the Study of Paul’s EthicsThomas H. TobinChapter Seven: “Ethical” Traditions, Family Ethos, and Love in Johannine LiteratureJörg FreyChapter Eight: Good as a Moral Category in the Early Jesus TraditionHermut LöhrChapter Nine: Ethics and Anthropology in the Letter of James: An OutlineKarl-Wilhelm NiebuhrChapter Ten: Essentials of Ethics in Matthew and the Didache: A Comparison at a Conceptual and Practical LevelHuub van de SandtBibliographyIndex of PassagesSubject Index

Jan Willem van Henten, Ph.D. Leiden (1986), is Professor of New Testament and Director of the Graduate School for Humanities at the University of Amsterdam. He has published widely on Hellenistic Judaism and the contexts of New Testament writings, including Coping with Violence in the New Testament (Leiden: Brill, 2012, edited with P. DeVilliers). Joseph Verheyden. Ph.D. Leuven (1987), is Professor of New Testament Studies, at the Catholic University of Leuven. He has published widely in the field of New Testament and Early Christian studies. Recent publications include Ancient Christian Interpretations of "Violent Texts" in the Apocalypse (Göttingen, 2011, edited with T. Nicklas and A. Merkt) and Patristic and Text-critical Studies. The Collected Essays of William L. Petersen (Leiden: Brill, 2012, edited with J. Krans).

• List of ContributorsPrefaceJan Willem van Henten and Joseph VerheydenIntroductionJan Willem van Henten and Joseph VerheydenChapter One: Early Christianity in Its Hellenistic Context: A Critical Survey of 20th Century ResearchReinhard FeldmeierChapter Two: Early Christianity in Its Jewish Context: A Brief Look at 20th Century ResearchGerbern S. OegemaChapter Three: Finding a Basis for Interpreting New Testament Ethos from a Greco-Roman Philosophical PerspectiveAnders Klostergaard PetersenChapter Four: Some Issues behind the Ethics in the Qumran Scrolls and Their Implications for New Testament EthicsGeorge J. BrookeChapter Five: The Relevance of Jewish Inscriptions for New Testament EthicsAndrew ChesterChapter Six: The Importance of Hellenistic Judaism for the Study of Paul’s EthicsThomas H. TobinChapter Seven: “Ethical” Traditions, Family Ethos, and Love in Johannine LiteratureJörg FreyChapter Eight: Good as a Moral Category in the Early Jesus TraditionHermut LöhrChapter Nine: Ethics and Anthropology in the Letter of James: An OutlineKarl-Wilhelm NiebuhrChapter Ten: Essentials of Ethics in Matthew and the Didache: A Comparison at a Conceptual and Practical LevelHuub van de SandtBibliographyIndex of PassagesSubject Index