In this classic work, Wayne Meeks analyses the earliest extant documents of Christianity - the letters of Paul - to describe the tensions and the texture of life of the first urban Christians. In a new introduction, he describes the evolution of the field of New Testament scholarship over the last two decades of the 20th century, including developments in fields such as archaeology and social history.

• Jesus as a Figure in History, Second Edition: How Modern Historians View the Man from Galilee
• Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)
• The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Vol. 4: Reformation of Church and Dogma (1300-1700)
• The Protestant Reformation
• Redeeming the Enlightenement: Christianity and the Liberal Virtues (Radical Traditions)