Fortress introduction to the New Testament / [print]
New Testament
Gerd Theissen ; translated by John Bowden.
- Fortress Press edition.
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, (c)2003.
- xii, 206 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Preface -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- 'New Testament' and its literary forms -- Jesus of Nazareth -- Jesus traditions in the first generations : the logia sources and the oral tradition of Jesus -- sources of the gospels : the synoptic question -- Traditions of the itinerant charismatics : the logia source -- Traditions of the local communities : the passion and the synoptic apocalypse -- Popular traditions : the miracle stories -- Paul of Tarsus -- beginnings of the Letter literature in the first generation: the letters of Paul -- 1 Thessalonians - a letter arising out of the situation -- anti-Judaizing letters : Galatians and Philippians -- Galatians -- Philippians -- Philemon -- anti-enthusiastic letters : the letters to the Corinthians -- Paul and the community in Corinth -- 1 Corinthians -- 2 Corinthians -- theological synthesis : Romans as Paul's testament -- synoptic gospels and the acts of the apostles : the new form of literature in the second and third generations -- Gospel of Mark -- gospel of Matthew -- Luke-Acts -- Writing the gospels and directing the community -- gospel of Mark -- gospel of Matthew -- Luke-Acts -- Pseudepigraphical letters : the continuation of the literature of the first generation -- origin of the pseudepigraphy of primitive Christianity -- Deutero-Pauline letters -- 2 Thessalonians -- Colossians -- Ephesians -- pastoral letters -- Catholic letters -- 1 Peter -- James -- Jude -- 2 Peter -- Hebrews -- Johannine writings : the link between gospel and letter literature -- gospel of John -- Johannine letters -- 1 John -- 2 and 3 John -- apocalypse of John -- way to the 'New Testament' as a literary unity -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Index of biblical references.
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