This article gives an evaluation of the work and contribution of Martin Hengel in celebration of his eightieth birthday. It evaluates his contribution to the study of early Judaism and early Christianity, with specific focus on his contributions to Christology.

This article is a review of the influential work, Justification and Variegated Nomism, edited by D. A. Carson, Peter O'Brien, and Mark A. Seifrid. The volume concerns itself with the question whether E. P. Sanders got early Judaism right or wrong, and thus in general the book considers the New Perspective on Paul.

The use of Jewish liturgical practices to reconstruct early Christian worship is not without difficulties. This essay offers a survey of the ancient evidence for the public reading of Scripture in early Judaism.