A Jewish inscription from Aphrodisias is used to reflect on who the God-fearers were. The relevance of Acts 18:7 for this problem is indicated.

What were the Jewish and Greco-Roman views of fatherhood that informed two aspects of Paul’s relationship as "father"—hierarchy/authority and affection—towards his "children" in 1 Thessalonians? Paul had a relationship of hierarchy similar to that of the paterfamilias (head of the household) in society who assumed the responsibility for socializing his children into the community.

What is the background to the problems Paul addresses in his letter to the Colossians? Arnold wats to take a new look at the possible Jewish background for the veneration of angels at Colosse. The Jew Sceva receives specific attention as a possible source of the problem.

Philo of Alexandria was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in the first century A.D. Hagner is interested in the mysticism of Philo and his vision of God as material for comparison with the Gospel of John's doctrine of God.