God in the New Testament (Core Biblical Studies Series)

Warren Carter addresses how New Testament writings construct their presentation of God using narrative and thematic approaches. Chapters will discuss Matthew's Gospel, Luke-Acts, John's Gospel (and letters), Paul, post-Pauline letters, Hebrews, and Revelation. In addition there will be a chapter on the Catholic Epistles.

The author uses four questions to show how God is presented:  
How is God presented in relation to Israel?  
How is God presented in relation to Jesus and the Spirit?  
How is God presented in relation to believers/disciples/the church?  
How is God presented in relation to "the world" (both material creation and humanity)?

The approach is not to impose these questions, grid-like, on the material but to use them to surface the important factors of each writing's emphases.Read less