TY - BOOK AU - Metzger,Bruce Manning TI - The New Testament: its background, growth, and content SN - 9780687052639 AV - BS2535 PY - 2003/// CY - Nashville PB - Abingdon Press KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - Textbooks N1 - 1 (pages 357-360) and indexes; 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; 2 ER -