"Salvation in the New Testament" offers an analysis of the soteriological perspectives and language of the different books of the New Testament. Special attention is given to the exciting world of language and imagery used in expressing soteriological ideas.

Jan van der Watt holds a DD in New Testament and a DLitt in Greek, and is professor and head of the Department of New Testament Studies at the University of Pretoria (South Africa). He is the author of Family of the King: Dynamics of Metaphor in the Gospel According to John, as well as of numerous other books and articles. He is currently the General Editor of Review of Biblical Literature and Consultant Editor of De Gruyter's International Encyclopedia of the Bible.