The New Testament : its background, growth, and content /

Metzger, Bruce Manning,

The New Testament : its background, growth, and content / [print] Bruce Manning Metzger. - third edition., rev. and enlargedition. - Nashville : Abingdon Press, (c)2003. - 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.



Pt. 1. The Background of the New Testament Period -- 1. The Political and Social Background of Palestinian Judaism -- 2. The Cultural and Religious Background of Palestinian Judaism -- 3. The Philosophical and Religious Background of Greco-Roman Paganism -- Pt. 2. Aspects of the Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ -- 4. Sources for Our Knowledge of the Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ -- 5. A Summary of the Life of Jesus Christ -- 6. Aspects of the Teaching of Jesus Christ -- Pt. 3. The Apostolic Age -- 7. The Sources and the Chronology of the Apostolic Age -- 8. Primitive Jewish Christianity -- 9. The Expansion of Christianity Through the Work of the Apostle Paul -- 10. Paul's Letters to Churches and Individuals -- 11. The General Letters and the Book of Revelation -- 12. The Formation of the Canon of the New Testament -- App. The Transmission and Translation of the Bible.



9780687052639

2002155575

GBA3-Y6743


Bible.--New Testament--Textbooks.

BS2535 BS2535.M596.N498 2003