Unique among introductory works on the New Testament, this volume offers students, professors, and other scholars a combination of two standard genres: the "introduction" and the "theology." On the one hand, it introduces the New Testament by reviewing the canonical books in an essentially chronological order, it covers Paul, the Pauline school, the general epistles, the synoptic tradition and Acts, and finally the Johannine school and Revelation. On the other hand, it functions like a New Testament theology by reviewing each of the writings in terms of the theological issues addressed. But rather than the standard thematic approach, Eduard Schweizer uses categories that either describe topics or issues treated in the writing itself, or categories that capture the sense of the writing's concern. As in his other acclaimed works, Schweizer writes in a way that is critical and scholarly, yet meaningful to the faith community as well