The Routledge Guidebook to The New Testament

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Introduction

I. The Context of Early Christianity and the New Testament

II. The Literature of the New Testament: The Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles

Mark

Matthew

Luke-Acts

John

III. The Literature of the New Testament: Letters

The Letters of Paul

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1-2 Thessalonians

The Pastoral Epistles (1-2 Timothy, Titus)

Philemon

The Letter to the Hebrews

The General Epistles

James

1-2 Peter

1, 2, 3 John

Jude

IV. The Literature of the New Testament: Apocalyptic Literature

Revelation

V. Key Concepts

VI. General Issues

What do we know about the life of Jesus?

What language did Jesus speak?

How do we know what Jesus really said?

How should the miracles in the New Testament be understood?

Did Jesus found a new religion?

Is the New Testament anti-Semitic?

Who wrote the New Testament?

How do we know when the books of the New Testament were written?

Why does the New Testament contain (only) twenty-seven books?

How should one read the non-canonical writings?

How are the Dead Sea Scrolls related to the New Testament?

Should the New Testament be read "literally"?

What special methods do scholars use to interpret the New Testament?

VII. For Further Study

Bibliography

Index