Prelude : Jesus Christ, foundation of Christianity / Frances M. Young
Galilee and Judaea in the first century / Sean Freyne
The Jewish diaspora / Tessa Rajak
The Roman empire / Hans-Josef Klauck
Jewish Christianity / Joel Marcus
Gentile Christianity / Margaret M. Mitchell
Johannine Christianity / Harold W. Attridge
Social and ecclesial life of the earliest Christians / Wayne A. Meeks
The emergence of the written record / Margaret M. Mitchell
Marcion and the 'canon' / Harry Y. Gamble
Self-definition vis-à-vis the Jewish matrix / Judith Lieu
Self-definition vis-à-vis the Graeco-Roman world / A.J. Droge
Self-differentiation among Christian groups : the Gnostics and their opponents / David Brakke
Truth and tradition : Irenaeus / Denis Minns
The self-defining praxis of the developing ecclēsia / Carolyn Osiek
From Jerusalem to the ends of the earth / Margaret M. Mitchell
Overview : the geographical spread of Christianity / Frank Trombley
Asia Minor and Achaea / Christine Trevett
Egypt / Birger A. Pearson
Syria and Mesopotamia / Susan Ashbrook Harvey
North Africa / Maureen A. Tilley
Institutions in the pre-Constantine ecclēsia / Stuart George Hall
Monotheism and creation / Gerhard May
Monotheism and Christology / Frances M. Young
Ecclesiology forged in the wake of persecution / Stuart George Hall
Towards a Christian paideia / Frances M. Young
Persecutions : genesis and legacy / W.H.C. Frend
Church and state up to c.300 CE / Adolf Martin Ritter
Constantine and the 'peace of the church' / Averil Cameron
The first Council of Nicaea / Mark Edwards
Towards a Christian material culture / Robin M. Jensen.
