The New Testament; A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings
ISBN: 9780195322590 | 0195322592
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 11/5/2007
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Featuring vibrant full color throughout, this new edition of Bart Ehrman's highly successful 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, showing why scholars continue to argue over such significant issues as how the books of the New Testament came into being, when they were writ... MORE
| Maps, Time Lines, and Diagrams | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Notes on Suggestions for Further Reading | |
| Credits | |
| Master Time Line | |
| What is the New Testament? The Early Christians and their Literature | |
| The Canon of Scripture: The Diversity of Early Christianity | |
| The Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament | |
| Th... MORE | |
| The Common Era and Before the Common Era | |
| The Layout of the New Testament | |
| The New Testament: One Other Set of Problems | |
| Implications for Our Study | |
| The New Testament Canon: Excursus | |
| Some Additional Reflections: The Historian and the Believer | |
| The World of Early Christian Traditions | |
| The Problem of Beginnings | |
| Pagan and Gentile | |
| The Greco-Roman World: One Remarkable Life | |
| The Environment of the New Testament: Religions in the Greco-Roman World | |
| The Roman Empire | |
| Divine Rulers as Savior Gods | |
| Christianity as a Mystery Cult | |
| The World of Early Christianity | |
| The Jewish Context of Jesus and his Followers | |
| Judaism as a Greco-Roman Religion | |
| The Septuagint: The Hebrew Bible in Greek | |
| Political Crises in Palestine and Their Ramifications | |
| Flavius Josephus: The Formation of Jewish Sects | |
| Divine Revelation in the Dead Sea Scrolls | |
| Women in the Synagogues | |
| Other Jewish Miracle-Working Sons of God | |
| The Jewish World of Early Christianity | |
| The Traditions of Jesus in their Greco-Roman Context | |
| Oral Traditions behind the Gospels | |
| Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World | |
| Mark and John on the Time of Jesus'' Death | |
| The Traditions of Jesus: Excursus | |
| Some Additional Reflections: The Authors of the Gospels | |
| The Christian Gospels: A Literary and Historical Introduction | |
| The Question of Genre | |
| Biography as a Greco-Roman Genre | |
| Plutarch on Biography: The Gospels as Ancient Biographies | |
| The Christian Gospels | |
| Jesus, The Suffering Son of God: The Gospel According to Mark | |
| The Beginning of the Gospel: Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God Who Fulfills Scripture | |
| The Jewish Messiah: Jesus the Authoritative Son of God | |
| Jewish Scribes, Herodians, and Chief Priests: Jesus the Opposed Son of God | |
| Jesus'' Opponents in Mark: Jesus the Misunderstood Son of God | |
| Jesus the Angry Healer: Jesus the Acknowledged Son of God | |
| The Messianic Secret in Mark: Jesus the Suffering Son of God | |
| Son of God and Son of Man: Jesus the Crucified Son of God | |
| The Charge of Blasphemy according to Mark | |
| Jesus the Vindicated Son of God | |
| Conclusion: Mark and His Readers | |
| The Gospel of Mark | |
| The Synoptic Problem and its Significance for Interpretation | |
| Methods for Studying the Gospels | |
| The Synoptic Problem | |
| Ironing Out the Problems: One Potential Difficulty in Mark''s Account | |
| The Contents of Q: The Methodological Significance of the Four-Source Hypothesis | |
| The Synoptic Problem | |
| Jesus, The Jewish Messiah: The Gospel According to Matthew | |
| The Importance of Beginnings: Jesus the Jewish Messiah in Fulfillment of the Jewish Scriptures | |
| Matthew''s Scheme of Fourteen | |
| The Women in Matthew''s Genealogy: Jesus and His Forerunner from Matthew''s Perspective | |
| The Portrayal of Jesus in Matthew: The Sermon on the Mount as a Springboard | |
| The Golden Rule: Jesus and the Jewish Cultic Practices Prescribed by the Law | |
| Jesus Rejected by the Jewish Leaders | |
| Gentiles in Matthew''s Community | |
| Was Matthew a Jew?: Matthew and His Readers | |
| Matthew | |
| Jesus, The Savior of the World: The Gospel According to Luke | |
| The Comparative Method and the Gospel of Luke | |
| A Comparative Overview of the Gospel | |
| The Preface to Luke''s Gospel | |
| Apologetic Literature in Early Christianity: Luke''s Birth Narrative in Comparative Perspective | |
| Historical Problems with Luke''s Birth Narrative | |
| The Virginal Conception in Matthew and Luke | |
| From Jew to Gentile: Luke''s Portrayal of Jesus the Rejected Prophet | |
| Luke''s Distinctive Emphases throughout His G | |
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