<DIV>Throughout the biblical story, the people of God are expected to embody God's holy character publicly. Therefore, holiness is a theological and ecclesial issue prior to being a matter of individual piety. <I>Holiness and Ecclesiology in the New Testament</I> offers serious engagement with a variety of New Testament and Qumran documents in order to stimulate churches to imagine anew what it might mean to be a publicly identifiable people who embody God's very character in their particular social setting.<BR /><BR /><B>Contributors:</B><BR /><BR /> J. Ayodeji Adewuya<BR /> Paul M. Bassett<BR /> Richard Bauckham<BR /> George J. Brooke<BR /> Kent E. Brower<BR /> Dean Flemming<BR /> Michael J. Gorman<BR /> Joel B. Green<BR /> Donald A. Hagner<BR /> Andy Johnson<BR /> George Lyons<BR /> I. Howard Marshall<BR /> Troy W. Martin<BR /> Peter Oakes<BR /> Ruth Anne Reese<BR /> Dwight Swanson<BR /> Gordon J. Thomas<BR /> Richard P. Thompson<BR /> J. Ross Wagner<BR /> Robert W. Wall<BR /> Bruce W. Winter</DIV>