The New Testament: Its Background, Growth, and ContentMetzger closely examines the historical background and content of hte New Testament and details the role of scribes and translators in handing the scriptures down through the centuries. Utilizing the finest modern scholarship, Metzger looks at the people, societies, and events that produced the New Testament. Palestinian Judaism, Greco-Roman paganism, sources and chronology of the apostolic age, and the work of Paul are all clearly illuminated. A new appendix looks at the formation of the canon of the New Testament and explores the work of the scribes. |
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... sanhedrin of Jerusalem was composed of seventy persons , and was pre- sided over by the high priest , making seventy - one in all . In New Tes- tament times the great sanhedrin included three kinds of members ; the high priests ( that ...
... sanhedrin of Jerusalem was composed of seventy persons , and was pre- sided over by the high priest , making seventy - one in all . In New Tes- tament times the great sanhedrin included three kinds of members ; the high priests ( that ...
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... sanhedrin was being convened . The precise se- quence of subsequent events is difficult to determine . It appears , how- ever , that Jesus was taken before the sanhedrin and accused of threaten- ing to destroy the temple ( Matt . 26:61 ...
... sanhedrin was being convened . The precise se- quence of subsequent events is difficult to determine . It appears , how- ever , that Jesus was taken before the sanhedrin and accused of threaten- ing to destroy the temple ( Matt . 26:61 ...
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... sanhedrin took place . This formal meeting was required in order to confirm the results of the previous trial , for it was the law that decisions of the sanhedrin must be made in the daytime . But the Jewish sanhedrin did not possess ...
... sanhedrin took place . This formal meeting was required in order to confirm the results of the previous trial , for it was the law that decisions of the sanhedrin must be made in the daytime . But the Jewish sanhedrin did not possess ...
Contents
SURVEY OF THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF PALESTINE FROM | 17 |
THE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND | 39 |
THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND | 61 |
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