stine. 5. Taxes. 6. The army. 7.
Administration of justice. 8. The Sadducees. 9,10. The Pharisees. 11.
The Zealots. 12. The Essenes. 13. The Devout. 14. Herodians and
Samaritans. 15. The synagogue. 16. Life under the law. 17. The
Messianic hope. 18. Contemporary literature. 19. Language of Palestine.

II

Sources of Our Knowledge of Jesus

Sections 20-35. Pages 21-37

Section 20. The testimony of Paul. 21. Secular history. 22. The written
gospels. 23. Characteristics of the first gospel. 24. Of the second.
25. Of the third. 26-30. The synoptic problem. 31-32. The Johannine
problem. 34. The two narrative sources. 35. Agrapha and Apocrypha.

III

The Harmony of the Gospels

Sections 36-44. Pages 38-14

Section 36. The value of four gospels. 37. Tatian's Diatessaron. 38.
Agreement of the gospels concerning the chief events. 39. The principal
problems. 40. Relation of Mark and John. 41, 42. Matthew and Luke. 43.
Doublets. 44. The degree of certainty attainable.

IV

The Chronology

Sections 45-57. Pages 45-56

Sections 45-48. The length of Jesus' public ministry. 49. Date of the
first Passover. 50. Date of the crucifixion. 51-56. Date of the
nativity. 57. Summary.

V

The Early Years of Jesus

Sections 58-71. Pages 57-69

Section 58. Apocryphal stories. 59. Silence of the New Testament
outside the gospels. 60-62. The miraculous birth. 63. The childhood of
Jesus. 64. Home. 65. Religion, Education. 66. Growth. 67. Religious
development. 68. The view from Nazareth. 69 The first visit to
Jerusalem. 70-71. The carpenter of Nazareth.

VI

John the Baptist

Sections 72-84. Pages 70-81

Section 72. The gospel picture. 73. Notice by Josephus. 74.
Characteristics of the prophet 75-78. John's relation to the Essenes;
the Pharisees; the Zealots; the Apocalyptists. 79. John and the
Prophets. 80-82. Origin of his baptism. 83. His greatness. 84. His
limitations and self-effacement.

VII

The Messianic Call

Sections 85-96. Pages 82-91

Sections 85, 86. John and Jesus. 87. The baptism of Jesus. 88, 89. The
Messianic call. 90. The gift of the Spirit. 91-94. The temptation. 95.
Source of the narrative. 96. The issue.

VIII

The First Disciples

Sections 97-105. Pages 92-97

Section 97. John at Bethany beyond Jordan. 98. The deputation from the
priests. 99. John's first testimony. 100. The first dis