A profound study of infant baptism in the early church by oneo f the twentieth century's leading New Testament scholars.

The almost exclusively Jewish scope of the ministry of Jesus has often been explained as a deliberate concentration with a view to ultimate expansion. To this Dr Jeremias adds the further explanation that Jesus' own thought and policy were guided by a pattern of Old Testament expectation which enabled him to look forward confidently to the pilgrimage of the Gentiles to the Mount of God at the final consumation, and accordingly to preach a bold universalism, while at the same time remaining content during his ministry to limit his actual appeal to the Jews. Dr Jeremias argues his case as always with a wealth of very instructive erudition' (C. F. D. Moule in JTS). Joachim Jeremias, who died in 1979, was Professor Emeritus of New Testament in the University of Gottingen.

Joachim Jeremias' The Parables of Jesus is a classic of twentieth-century New Testament scholarship. However, to appreciate its original form to the full calls for a knowledge of Greek, and patience to work through much technical and linguistic material. Aware of this, before he died the author worked on a shorter and simplified version which was subsequently also translated into English. 'This is an excellent idea, because a book which became for many students a gateway into a new understanding of the parables is now available, in its main substance, to a much wider group of readers' (The Expository Times). Long unavailable, it is now reissued for a new generation of readers who will perhaps find it even more useful than did their predecessors. Joachim Jeremias was Professor of New Testament in the University of Gottingen and died in 1979.

This volume, which was formerly published as one of the series Studies in Biblical Theology, is now reissued independently. It contains three essays which 'show the combination of massive learning with fresh and limpid piety that distinguishes all Jeremias's work' (Theology):'Abba.', 'Daily Prayer in the Life of Jesus and the Primitive Church' and 'The Lord's Prayer in the Light of Recent Research'.

Dr Jeremias argues that the historical truth can be detected beneath the traditions preserved in the New Testament about the Last Supper. It was a climax of a series of Messianic meals, this time a passover meal. Jesus himself abstained, in anticipation of the new Exodus, to be initiated by the breaking of his body and the outpouring of his blood, but at it the disciples received a share in the atoning power of their Lord's sufferings.

An Investigation into Economic and Social Conditions during the New Testament Period, including: Economic conditions in the city of Jerusalem, economic status, social status, and the maintenance of racial purity.

This volume brings together some of Jeremias's best-known works on historical Jesus research and core issues concerning Gospel tradition. It features foundational questions in historical Jesus research plus Aramaic backgrounds of the Gospels.