The New Testament : a historical introduction to the early Christian writings / Bart D. Ehrman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrman, Bart D.

Contributor:

Francis A. Jackson Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Introductions.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament.

Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Early.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Genre:

Introductions.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 527 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

What is the New Testament? : the early Christians and their literature

The world of early Christian traditions

The Jewish context of Jesus and his followers

The traditions of Jesus in their Greco-Roman context

The Christian gospels : a literary and historical introduction

Jesus, the suffering Son of God : the Gospel according to Mark

The Synoptic problem and its significance for interpretation

Jesus, the Jewish Messiah : the Gospel according to Matthew

Jesus, the savior of the world : the Gospel according to Luke

Luke's second volume : the Acts of the apostles

Jesus, the man sent from heaven : the Gospel according to John

From John's Jesus to the Gnostic Christ : the Johannine epistles and beyond

Jesus from different perspectives : other gospels in early Christianity

The historical Jesus : sources, problems, and methods

Excursus : the historian and the problem of miracle

Jesus in context

Jesus, the apocalyptic prophet

From Jesus to the gospels

Paul the Apostle : the man and his mission

Paul and his apostolic mission : 1 Thessalonians as a test case

Paul and the crises of his churches : 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, and Philemon

The Gospel according to Paul : the letter to the Romans

Does the tradition miscarry? : Paul in relation to Jesus, James, Thecla, and Theudas

In the wake of the apostle : the Deutero-Pauline and pastoral epistles

From Paul's female colleagues to the pastor's intimidated women : the oppression of women in early Christianity

Christians and Jews : Hebrews, Barnabas, and later anti-Jewish literature

Christians and pagans : 1 Peter, the letters of Ignatius, the Martyrdom of Polycarp, and later apologetic literature

Christians and Christians : James, the Didache, Polycarp, 1 Clement, Jude, and 2 Peter

Christians and the cosmos : the Revelation of John, The shepherd of Hermas, and the Apocalypse of Peter

Epilogue : do we have the original New Testament?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Francis A. Jackson Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780195322590

0195322592

OCLC:

83758783