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A collection of articles and essays written by Kreitzer on the letter to the Ephesians and follows up a suggestion which he first put forward in 1997 as to the setting and provenance of the epistle. It also offers some archaeological, textual and numismatic evidence for scholarly consideration.

An examination of the way in which Frederick Douglass, the nineteenth-century abolitionist, used the epistle of James, particularly Jas 3:17, in his abolitionist speeches, to "read" the "darkness" of slavery and slaveholding Christianity.

Examines the tensions found in scholarly discussions of the ethical content of Ephesians 4.17-6.9, focusing on the inclusion, exclusion or integration of the reader into society's outside world.

Focuses on the historical-critical exploration of the post-New Testament career of the verse Galatians 3:28. This book reveals that early Christians did not always approach this verse with the same concerns as modern readers. It also reveals that writers treated Gal 3:28 as a statement about the identification of Christians with Christ.

Provides a study of how cosmological language and concepts interact with the New Testament. This book examines the New Testament (NT) documents to inquire as to how cosmological language and concepts inform, interact with, and contribute to the specific theological emphases of the various NT books.

Provides a look at purity language within the "Epistle of James", arguing against restricting the meaning of purity language to the individual moral sphere. This volume offers a taxonomy of purity language, applied as a heuristic guide to understand the function of purity and pollution in the epistle.

Examines the relationship between the Didache's meal ritual and the well-known tradition of Jesus' final meal. This book reassesses the various potential parallels to the Didache's prayers, and their degree of sympathy with this ritual form, to reconstruct a trajectory of the ritual's influence in early Christianity.

A study on the uses of the Old Testament in "Luke-Acts", focusing on the theme of the Gentile mission as it relates to the Old Testament. It argues that while there are similarities in the quotations in "Acts" with the Old Greek form of the cited texts, the argument never depends on distinctive readings of the Old Greek.

Paul is traditionally viewed as separating from the churches of Peter and of Jewish Christ-followers to promote his own mission, triumphing in the creation of a church with a gentile identity. This book argues that the Pauline mission represents only one strand of the Christ-movement that should not be universalized to signify the whole.

Explores how "Mark's Gospel" engages in its own effort of ritualization; a struggle in its need to make order out of experience, with out losing the truth of the experience itself.

Includes essays, which examine the impact of methodological developments in New Testament studies to "Jude", including, for example, rhetorical, social-scientific, socio-rhetorical, ideological and hermeneutical methods, as they contribute to understanding this letter and its social context.

Offers analysis of intertexuality within Early Christian literature. This title includes essays that explore the use of Old Testament scripture in the Gospels and Acts. It examines the apostle Paul's interpretation of scripture in his letters, and looks at non-Pauline writings and their utilization of scripture.

Offers analysis of intertexuality within Early Christian literature. This collection of essays treats pre-Christian texts, as well as Christian texts, that make use of older sacred tradition. It analyzes the respective uses of scripture in diverse Jewish and Christian traditions.

A collection of research by scholars on the interpretation of embedded Jewish scripture texts (quotations or allusions) in "Luke's Gospel". It considers the function of embedded scripture texts in the context of the Gospel as a self-contained narrative written and read/heard in its early Christian setting.

Argues that Paul's acceptance of the role of a 'fool', and his evaluation of the message of the cross as 'foolishness', are understood against the background of the theatre and the fool's role in the mime. The author's investigation demonstrates that the term 'folly' (moria) was understood as a designation of the attitude.

Examines the role of the 'audience' in interpreting Luke's narrative in "Acts" with reference to ancient rhetorical, Jewish, Pagan and other early Christian writings. This book explores ancient rhetoricians' comments about 'the audience', and the kinds of audience participation they expected and the tools used to encourage such participation.

Offers an examination of Jesus' claims in the gospels to be 'God's Equal' with reference to the historical Jesus and the Christology of the early church. This title argues that Jesus implicitly claimed to be God's equal and that the Synoptic Gospels on the basis of these claims developed their Christology of Jesus as God's Son.

Examines the Fourth Gospel in reference to First-Century media culture, including issues of issues of orality, aurality and performance. This book challenges predominant paradigms for understanding early Jesus traditions and the formation of written Gospels.

Examines the use of the Old Testament in "Romans" 9.

Argues that the conflict in "1 Corinthians" is driven by lust for honour and Paul's use of the paradigm of the cross. This title examines the letter of "1 Corinthians", which presents a unique expose of numerous aspects of social life in the first-century Greco-Roman world where honour was of central importance.

Introduces Paul's epistles using a psychoanalytical approach in light of Jacques Lacan's theory. This title examines Paul's use of Christian ritual and concomitant authoritative evocation of the Biblical tenet Love thy Neighbor, in order to establish a communal Christian identity, separate from 'carnal' Judaism and idolatry alike.

Provokes fresh approaches to the troubled relation of the Lukan Paul by re-configuring the figure and impact of Paul upon nascent Christianity, with the two leading questions as a driving force. First, 'Who is "Israel" and the "church" for Luke and Luke's Paul' and secondly 'Who is Jesus of Nazareth and who is Paul in relation to both?'

A study of how differing levels of educational attainment may affect ancient hearer's interpretation of the cosmological and visionary imagery of "Revelation 9". It considers how a significant variable, namely educational-level, might affect an ancient hearer's interpretation of "Revelation 9".

A consideration of the theological impact of the "Letter to the Hebrews" across the centuries. It assesses the study and interpretation of Hebrews across the last two millennia. Beginning with the Patristic period, it examines the responses of Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, as well as Karl Barth and contemporary global interpreters.

Offers a comparison of the shepherd metaphor in "Matthew's Gospel" with its use in early Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman writings, shedding light on "Matthew's" socio-religious location.

Explores how the "Fourth Gospel's" use of Scripture contributes to its characterization of Jesus and how it functions as a part of the "Gospel's" rhetoric. This work approaches the "Gospel" in its final form, focusing on how Greco-Roman rhetoric assists in understanding the ways in which Scripture is employed to support the presentation of Jesus.

Investigates the exorcism in the activities of the historical Jesus, particularly the connection between spirit possession and exorcism and the socio-political context of first-century Galilee. This title illuminates this aspect of Jesus' career, and the social implications of spirit possession in those he treated and the exorcisms themselves.

An analysis of the bridegroom and wedding imagery in the "Gospel of Matthew". This book considers the bridegroom saying, the 2 wedding parables, Matthew's teachings on marriage, divorce and family, and others, and applies them to Matthew's portrayal of Jesus as a bridegroom, and the implications for marriage, family, gender and sexuality.

Essays based on the interconnectedness of the Bible, patristic writing, systematic theology and spirituality. This book focuses on biblical and early Christian literature, and addresses theological concerns, that include essays that revisit the problem of sin, draw attention to the significance of the Quranic Jesus.