Why a ''New Testament''?
Covenant as an Impetus for New Scripture in Early Christianity
Published on 2. October 2025
Book
Hardback
388 pages
978-90-04-73539-2 (ISBN)
Description
Why would early Christians perceive the need for a 'New Testament'? Unfortunately, most studies on the NT canon concentrate on its development and closing to the neglect of its impetus. Yet NT texts like 1 Tim. 5:18 and 2 Pet. 3:16 reveal that, within the first century, early Christians began receiving recent Christian texts as "Scripture", on par with their Old Testament scriptural collection. What explains this rapid and remarkable development? Levi Baker traces the connection between Scripture and covenant in early Judaism and early Christianity, arguing that the answer lies in early Christianity's conviction that Jesus had inaugurated the new covenant.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
717 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-73539-2 (9789004735392)
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Levi S. Baker (Ph.D., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Associate Professor of New Testament at William Tennent School of Theology. His research and writing focus on elucidating the New Testament's relationship to the religious world of Second Temple Judaism, including the Old Testament.