New Testament history : a narrative account /

Witherington, Ben, 1951-,

New Testament history : a narrative account / [print] Ben Witherington III. - Paperback edition. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, (c)2003. - 430 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Originally published : Carlisle, Cumbria, U.K.: Paternoster Press ; Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, c2001.



Prolegomenon: of history, historians, and biographers -- From Alexander to Alexandra and beyond (356-67 B.C.) -- The rise of the Herodians, the birth of Jesus, and the dawn of an Empire (63-4 B.C.) -- The Herodians and their prophetic adversaries : John and Jesus (4 B.C - A.D. 27) -- The coming of the prefect and of the perfect : Pilate of Rome and Jesus of Nazareth (A.D. 26-29) -- The trials and tribulations of Jesus (A.D. 29-30) -- The rising of the Son and the birth of the church (A.D. 30-33) -- The roads from Jerusalem (A.D. 33-37) -- Dark passages (A.D. 37-47) -- The Gentile mission and the Jerusalem Council (A.D. 48-49) -- Good News heading West (A.D. 50-52) -- The expansion of the enterprise (A.D. 53-57) -- Trials and executions : signs upon the earth (A.D. 58-62) -- Through the refiner's fire (A.D. 63-68) -- The dawn of the age of inspiration (A.D. 68-70) -- Beyond Jerusalem, Jamnia, and the Julio-Claudians (A.D. 70-81) -- The dominion of Domitian (A.D. 81-96).



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Bible.--New Testament--History of Biblical events.
Bible.--New Testament--History of contemporary events.

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