The New Testament
A Brief History
A. Gregory(Author)
Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
Published on 21. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-4051-9030-5 (ISBN)
Description
A letter written in 367 contains the earliest evidence we have which explicitly declares the New Testament to be made up of the twenty-seven books we know today. Many of the stories contained within these books are familiar to people all over the world from the life of Jesus to the missionary work of Paul but how did this disparate collection of books come together and then go on to be one of the most influential canons in the world? The New Testament: A Brief History tells that story starting with a look at the writing of the books and the controversies and arguments that raged around the formation of the canon. This Brief History also explores the pivotal role of the New Testament in church history, its influence throughout the ages in theology and ethics and its afterlife in literature, art and film.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-9030-5 (9781405190305)
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Andrew Gregory is Chaplain and fellow at University College, Oxford. He is the author of The Reception of Luke and Acts in the Period before Irenaeus (2003) and Four Witnesses, One Gospel? Reflections on the Fourfold Gospel and the Revised Common Lectionary (2005) and editor of three others including The Reception of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers (with Christopher Tuckett, 2005) and The Fourfold Gospel Commentary (2006).