Books like The New Testament by Bart D. Ehrman
Bart D. Ehrman’s New Testament provides a clear, historically grounded introduction that examines the earliest Christian literature from a comparative perspective. The text tackles the critical questions scholars debate about how the New Testament books were created, their significance, and how they relate to contemporary Christian and non‑Christian writings. Ehrman places the New Testament in the broader Greco‑Roman world, including its Jewish roots, and discusses contemporary Christian works such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Apocalypse of Peter, and the letters of Ignatius.
First publish date: September 26, 1996
Genre: Religion & Spirituality/Christianity
Authors: Bart D. Ehrman
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An engaging and up-to-date introduction to the New Testament designed specifically for classroom use, with a focus on clarity and accessibility for students of varying backgrounds.
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From the experience of a lifetime of scholarship, preaching, teaching, and writing, Raymond E. Brown covers the entire scope of the New Testament with ease and clarity. He walks readers book by book through the basic content and issues of the New Testament.
While a wealth of information is contained in these pages, the work's most impressive features are the basic summaries of each book, a historical overview of the ancient Greco-Roman world, discussions of key theological issues, and the rich supplementary materials, such as illustrative tables, maps, bibliographies, and appendixes.
Using this basic data, Brown answers questions raised by today's readers, relates the New Testament to our modern world, and responds to controversial issues, such as those raised by the Jesus Seminar.
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Discover the literary world in which the New Testament emerged. For over thirty-five years, C.K. Barrett's The New Testament Background has provided an exhaustive collection of source material from the political, religious, and social landscape of the New Testament. Far more than a history of first-century cultures, this is a compendium of the texts and documents that shaped that history. Now updated to include the revolutionary discoveries of recent decades such as Dead Sea Scrolls and Gnostic texts from Nag Hammadi, The New Testament Background includes everything from the work of towering historical figures such as Aristotle, the Caesars, and Josephus to the letters and legal documents of everyday people. Jewish, Gnostic, and Pagan religious literature complete this vivid picture of the Mediterranean world at the time of the first Christians. Carefully compiled by one of this century's premier New Testament scholars, The New Testament Background gives the reader direct access to the wider context in which Jesus preached, Paul taught, and the New Testament was written. Its documents illuminate virtually all of the canonical books of the New Testament, and its thorough index will assist with research on any related topic. This is an invaluable reference work as well as simply fascinating reading for any serious student of the New Testament, Christian origins, and world religions. - Back cover.
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