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A historical introduction to the New Testament

eng

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non fiction

A historical introduction to the New Testament

376877

Part 1. Prolegomena -- What the New Testament consists of--the canon -- Materials and methods of textual criticism -- The nature of translation -- Literary criticism -- Historical criticism -- The necessity of theological understanding -- pt. 2. New Testament literature -- The gospels -- The gospel of Mark -- The gospel of Matthew -- The gospel of Luke and the book of Acts -- The gospel of John -- Apocryphal gospels -- The Pauline epistles -- The non-Pauline epistles -- The book of Revelation -- The writings of the apostolic fathers -- pt. 3. New Testament history and theology. Christian beginnings. -- The Graeco-Roman world -- Palestine in Graeco-Roman times -- The problem of the life of Jesus -- The mission of Paul -- The church in the New Testament -- Conclusion