The book explores seven general observations about the New Testament and seeks to demonstrate that what seems obvious and straightforward is, upon reflection, a way of entering into some of the most important questions about the NT. After a seven-page introduction, it treats the following observations: the NT is a library, the NT was written in Greek, the NT was written, there are four Gospels, the Gospels are anonymous, there are more than four Gospels, and Paul wrote first. Each chapter provides questions for discussion and a bibliography for further reading. A seven-page glossary is included. Walker, director of development at the University of Chicago Divinity School, concludes by highlighting six ways creativity arises in the NT writings and the scholars who study them: new data, methods, perspectives, social groups, circumstances, and rhetoric.