pt. 1. The nature of the synoptic Gospels: -- The synoptic tradition / James Mackinnon -- Are the Gospels true history? / Henry D.A. Major -- The Evangelist's purpose / Ernest Cadman Colwell -- Was he really the founder? / John Baillie -- The unique character of the Gospels / Adolf Harnack -- The origin of the Gospels / Charles C. Torrey -- The original language of the Gospels / Edgar J. Goodspeed -- The return to the historical Jesus / Shirley Jackson Case -- Form criticism / Floyd V. Filson -- The Matthaean tradition / Karl Kundsin -- Form criticism and the Christian faith / Frederick C. Grant -- The limitations of historical method / James Moffatt -- pt. 2. The portrait of Jesus in the fourth Gospel: -- The fourth Gospel and some recent criticism / Vincent Taylor -- Historicity of the fourth Gospel and the synoptic Gospels / Wilbert Francis Howard -- John and the synoptists / Benjamin W. Bacon -- A history of the Son of God / Robert H. Lightfoot -- History or didactic drama? / George H.C. MacGregor -- Light and life / Ernest F. Scott -- The faith of the Greek tradition / Paul Elmer More -- Sacramental interest in the fourth Gospel / Clarence Tucker Craig -- John, mystic and prophet / Burnett H. Streeter -- The first Christian synthesis / Mary R. Ely Lyman -- pt. 3. Jesus' relationship to history: -- The historical existence of Jesus / Charles Guignebert -- Jesus and the problem of history / Chester Charlton McCown -- The Gospel portrait of Jesus / Hans Leitzmann -- The way to the real Jesus / Cecil John Cadoux -- The Christian doctrine of history / John S. Whale -- Christian optimism and pessimism / Nicholas A. Berdyaev -- Christ as the center of history / Paul Tillich -- The new Christology / Albert C. Knudson -- The Incarnation / Lynn Harold Hough -- The finality of the Christian religion / Harris Franklin Rall -- pt. 4. Eschatology and ethics: -- Religion and morals / Thomas W. Manson -- The problem of ethics / Emil Brunner -- The significance of the eschatological sanction / Amos Niven Wilder -- Realized eschatology / Charles H. Dodd -- The Sermon on the Mount and Christ's mission / Martin Dibelius -- The ethical teaching of Jesus / Benjamin W. Robinson -- The ethic of Jesus and the social problem / Reinhold Niebuhr -- God as agape / Nels F.S. Ferré -- The kingdom of God / Rudolf Bultmann -- The relevance of the message for our day / Paul S. Minear -- Christianity and secularism / John C. Bennett -- The kingdom of God and the church / Walter Marshall Horton -- pt. 5. Modern evaluations of Jesus: -- The significance of Jesus / Arthur C. McGiffert, Jr. -- The man of divine fire / Francis C. Burkitt -- The Gospel figure / Edwin Lewis -- Jesus is Lord / Georgia Harkness -- Did Jesus regard himself as the Messiah? / B. Harvie Branscombe -- The liberator / Dmitri Merejkowski -- The essence of Christianity / Edgar Sheffield Brightman -- The originality of Jesus / Claude G. Montefiore -- Jesus, an imperious ruler / Albert Schweitzer -- Christ himself primarily charismatic / Rudolf Otto -- The author of salvation / W.A. Smart.