Articles: 3 Editorial: Gospels Across Worlds 7 Mary Ann Beavis The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30): Imagining a Slave’s Perspective 22 Louise Gosbell The woman with the ‘flow of blood’ (Mark 5:25-34) and disability in the ancient world 44 Francis J. Moloney A Study of Mark 16:6-8 Hope in the Midst of Failure 55 James R. Harrison The Historical Jesus as ‘Social Critic’ An Investigation of Luke 6:27-36 77 Chris Spark Digging, Going Deep, Laying a Foundation: Luke 6:48, Ancient Building and Cultural Communication 86 Peter G. Bolt What Actually Happened on Resurrection Morning? A Clear and Simple Account 101 David Evans A Jerusalemite Source for the List of Nations in Acts 2?

Reviews: 115 Wim J.C. Weren, Studies in Matthew’s Gospel: Literary Design, Intertextuality and Social Setting 117 Jonathan T. Pennington. The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary 119 Bradley T. Johnson. The Form and Function of Mark 1:1-15: A Multi Disciplinary Approach to the Markan Prologue 121 Armin D. Baum, Detlef Hausser, Emmanuel L. Rehfeld (eds.), Der judische. Messias Jesus und sein judischer Apostel Paulus 124 Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch (ed.). The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film Part I + II 128 Samuel Byrskog, Tom Holmen, Matti Kankaanniemi (eds.), The Identity of Jesus: Nordic Voices 131 Stephen S. Liggins, Many Convincing Proofs: Persuasive Phenomena Associated with Gospel Proclamation in Acts. 135 Brian J. Wright, Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus: A Window into Early Christian Reading Practices