Content Notes: pt. 1, Studies on John. Introduction to John's Gospel -- Early doubts of the apostolic authorship of the fourth Gospel in the history of modern Biblical criticism -- A comparison of the pericopae of Jesus' anointing -- Jesus as rabbi in the fourth Gospel -- The seventh Johannine sign : a study in John's christology -- The "greater works" of the believer according to John 14:12 -- The two Johannine verbs for sending : a study of John's use of words with reference to general linguistic theory -- The challenge of a systematized Biblical theology of mission : missiological insights from the Gospel of John -- pt. 2, Studies on gender. On the alleged apostolic origins of priestly celibacy -- The mystery of Christ and the church : head and body, "one flesh" -- Gender passages in the New Testament : hermeneutical fallacies critiqued -- The crux of the matter : Paul's pastoral pronouncements regarding women's roles in 1 Timothy 2:9-15 -- Syntactical background studies to 1 Timothy 2:12 in the New Testament and extrabiblical Greek literature -- Ascertaining women's God-ordained roles : an interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:15 -- Women in the Pauline mission.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-376) and index.