One of the most interesting questions facing New Testament scholars - how did Christianity emerge from Judaism? - is rarely addressed except in general and indirect terms. John Ashton argues that in the case of the Fourth Gospel, an answer is to be found in the religious experience of the Evangelist himself.

In Sacred Witness, Susanne Scholz discusses the wide range of rape texts in biblical literature. Assuming the androcentric nature of these writings, Scholz asks how we may read these texts in order to find some redemptive meaning for women, children, and men who have been injured by sexual violence and by "cultures of rape."