Neyrey here interprets eight key New Testament books providing a fresh look at theologies in the early church and introducing readers to the diverse ways in which the New Testament writers ''render to God the things that are God's.'' He begins with two Gospels Mark and Matthew and moves on to the Acts of the Apostles and three of Paul's letters (Romans 1 Corinthians and Galatians). He then examines the formal and precise ways in which Jesus is called God in the Gospel of John and concludes with