Recognizing the importance of messianic expectation in the ancient world, Evans explores the range of messianic hopes and types of messianic figures to be found in late antique Judaism, the Roman world and early Christianity.

Providing a detailed exploration of a single Gospel, Van Egmond explores the son of David messianic concept in Matthew’s Gospel, emphasizing how it is used throughout, including the passion account.

Weed explores the notion of justice as requiring character and behavior in Aristotle, and finding correlates in the treatment of justice in Paul.

Wojciechowski shows that Paul sometimes conforms to ancient rhetorical expectations regarding boasting, while other times he takes a bold and independent line that goes against the tradition.

In addressing Romans 7 to Jewish within mainstream Judaism in Rome, Paul argues that rather than continuing to meet the demands of the law they should live by the Spirit.

Keener argues that the Asiarchs may have been those of the political elite who may have served as patrons to Paul, who would have been known as an important speaker.

Fuller argues that the ‘genitive absolute’, perhaps better called the genitive construction, provides necessary background information and provides textual cohesion in narrative.

Watt raises six objections to Ehrman’s work in terms of the context in which it is written and what it purports to accomplish.

Adams argues that the closest parallels to Luke’s preface are found in the corpus of ancient classical historians, rather than the scientific prefaces.

Reid argues that Paul, in composing his argument in 1 Corinthians, made conscious and extensive use of the strategies found in the Ad Herennium.