An Introduction to the New Testament

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Brill Archive, 1983 - Bible - 364 pages
 

Contents

The number of Pauls letters
1
The Gospel of John
14
Comparison with the synoptic gospels
45
Nature
52
Author
59
The letter to the Romans
74
Contents of the letter
81
Reasons for writing the letters
88
Author
175
Time and place of origin
176
Interpretation
177
The Canon of the New Testament
178
The transition from oral to written tradition
179
The development towards the fixing of the canon
181
The text of the New Testament
185
Existing manuscripts
187

Opponents
97
The letter to the Philippians
107
The letter of the Colossians
113
The letters to the Galatians
117
Circumstances in which the letters were written
119
Authenticity of the letters
127
Time and place of origin
133
The collecting of Pauls letters
136
Introduction to the Catholic letters
145
Jude and II Peter
159
The Revelation of John
170
Nature
171
Sources and structure
174
History of textual criticism
194
Recent investigations into the history of the text and the restoration of the original text
196
Appendices
199
B Summary of Pauls life
202
The inscription at Delphi with the name of Gallio
206
Comparison of the letters to the Ephesians and to the Colossians
208
E Canon Muratori
218
F Table of facts concerning the books of the New Testament
222
Bibliography
226
Index
234
72
235
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