The New Testament

"This new edition of Bart Ehrman's introduction approaches the New Testament from a consistently historical and comparative perspective, emphasizing the rich diversity of the earliest Christian literature. Rather than shying away from the critical problems presented by these books, Ehrman addresses the historical and literary challenges they pose and shows why scholars continue to argue over such significant issues as how the books of the New Testament came into being, what they mean, how they relate to contemporary Christian and non-Christian literature, and how they came to be collected into a canon of Scripture. Distinctive to this study is its emphasis on the historical, literary, and religious milieu of the Greco-Roman world, including early Judaism. As part of its historical orientation, this text also discusses works by other Christian writers who were roughly contemporary with the New Testament, such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Apocalypse of Peter, and the letters of Ignatius."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: This chapter is concerned with some hard but intriguing questions that many people have never thought to ask about the New Testament: Where did this book-or, rather, this collection of books-come from?

Year

1996

Language

English

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Editions

6

Pages

542

ISBN

9780195154627

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