Common Ground and Diversity in Early Christian Thought and Study

Heikki Räisänen (1941−2015) stellte viele Schlüsselfragen in der Erforschung des frühen Christentums. In den Aufsätzen dieses Bandes werden diese Fragen erörtert, darunter methodisches »Fairplay«, die nicht-konfessionelle Erforschung des frühen Christentums, Paulus und die Bibelrezeption in religiösen Gemeinschaften, einschließlich des frühen Islam.Raimo Hakola/Outi Lehtipuu/Nina Nikki: Common Ground and Diversity in Early Christian Thought and Study: An Introduction

Early Christianity in Context: Comparisons and Fair Play
Cecilia Wassén: The Uniqueness (or Not) of Jesus's Work as an Exorcist − Antti Marjanen: The Radical Inclusion of Non-Canonical Texts in Heikki Räisänen's Reconstruction of the Thought World of Early Christians − Jarmo Kiilunen: Looking for Parallels: A Neutestamentler Reads Marcus Aurelius

History and Theology in the Study of Early Christianity
Adele Reinhartz: Category Conflation: History and Theology in New Testament Studies − Raimo Hakola: Revolution Masked as Tradition: Claims for Historical Continuity and Social Identity in Early Christianity and the Ancient World − Petri Luomanen: Beliefs and the Rise of Christianity: Changing Paradigms in the Study of Early Christianity − Niko Huttunen: Meanwhile, at Home: Heikki Räisänen in the Finnish Publicity

Diversity and Plurality in Paul's Thought
Nina Nikki: Challenges in the Study of the Historical Paul − Christopher Tuckett: Paul and Israel in Galatians − Gerd Theissen/Petra von Gemünden: Unity and Plurality in Paul's Concept of Salvation: The Theological Development of Paul in the Mirror of the Letter to the Romans

Early Christian Beliefs in History: Reception and Transitions
Adela Yarbro Collins: Functions and Offices in Ancient Christian Communities: For Men Only? − Halvor Moxnes: Early Christian Communities as Associations: Tracing the Nineteenth-Century Roots of a Social Model − Ilkka Lindstedt: Religious Groups in the Qur'an
Risto Uro: Epilogue