Reprinted in 2016 with the title: New Testament theology and ethics.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

V. 1: The individual witnesses -- Jesus: the Alpha and Omega of New Testament thought -- Paul the paradigm setter -- The kinsmen and their redeemer and Peter and his principles -- The anonymous famous preacher -- Beloved theology and ethics -- One-eyed Gospels -- The end of all things and the beginning of the canon -- V. 2: The collective witness -- Preliminary considerations: From symbolic universe to story to theologizing--The arc and arch of theology -- What is the symbolic universe of Jesus and the New Testament writers? -- The narrative thought world of Jesus and the New Testament writers -- New Testament theology: A census of the Christological consensus -- A census of the consensus: The God of the Old Testament as the father of Jesus and his followers -- A census of the consensus: The Holy Spirit, God's mighty presence in person -- A census of the consensus: Salvation now and in the end -- A census of the consensus: New Testament ethics--preliminary considerations -- A census of the consensus: The ethic of Jesus and its influence on the New Testament writers -- Ethics for Jewish Christians: Matthew, John, James, Jude, Hebrews, 1-3 John, 1 Peter, Revelation -- Ethics for Gentile Christians: Paul's letters -- Ethics for Gentile Christians: Mark, Luke, 2 Peter -- The matrix of meaning: The thought worlds of the Old Testament and the New Testament, and the way forward.

"Having completed commentaries on all of the New Testament books, a remarkable feat in itself, Witherington now offers ... a two-volume set on the theological and ethical thought world of the New Testament. The first volume looks at the individual witnesses, while the second examines the collective witness"--