In this book are some remarkable and surprising discoveries, made over a period of nine years.These studies form the basis of my major work, "The Chronological New Testament." They investigate a number of traditional Christian assumptions and give a fresh and exciting perspective on the New Testament, its writers and the early Christian communities for which it was written. They are suitable not only for biblical scholars and students and for clergy and Christian ministers, but for all who are interested in the New Testament and the Christian teachings which have been derived from it.