The book contains a complete bibliography as well as end of chapter citations. Indicative of his expertise as a classroom teacher, Hoch also includes a number of helpful diagrams and figures that support and illustrate his development of the theme of newness in the New Testament. In nearly every case, the diagrams or figures are displayed in such a way in the text that it is impossible or extremely difficult to reproduce them for classroom purposes. One would have to copy and paste a whole new document together in order to make handouts for classroom distribution. Many of the diagrams and figures would lend themselves to such use but either the publishers wanted to make this possibility difficult or they just didn't think about it when doing the layout of the text.
Modern writers are no longer hesitant to identify themselves in the first person.
While harping on Baker, I might also lodge my complaint about the color of the book and its role in making Hoch's picture on the back cover look like he is wearing lipstick. Enough nonsense, now regarding the substance of the book and its contribution to New Testament theology. Hoch's view as set forth in All Things New is that the incarnation and advent of Jesus inaugurates a new age that contrasts in many ways with the old and yet retains some of the same features. The redemptive-historical significance of the advent of Jesus is that it demarcates the two ages of redemptive history. In this sense, Jesus begins a new age.