New Testament SurveyFirst published in 1953 and revised in 1961, Merrill Tenney's comprehensive survey has served to introduce the general reader, student, and teacher to the world and message of the New Testament. Written in a clear, nontechnical style, New Testament Survey begins with a survey of the social, political, economic, and religious background of the New Testament, and then goes on to examine the various groups of New Testament books, which are considered in their historical settings. The book concludes with a penetrating study of the New Testament canon. Undertaken at the request of Dr. Tenney, and prepared with his full approval, this 1985 revision by Walter M. Dunnett includes an entirely new chapter on the Jewish background of the New Testament, plus several new short sections, including materials on the Gospels and the canon of the New Testament. The bibliography has been enlarged and updated, and many of the book's numerous illustrations, maps, and charts are new. Great care has been exercised to retain the spirit and quality of the original work, ensuring that the book will remain a standard in the years to come. |
Contents
THE POLITICAL WORLD | 3 |
THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT | 13 |
THE HELLENISTIC KINGDOMS | 15 |
THE JEWISH STATE | 19 |
THE SOCIAL WORLD AND THE ECONOMIC WORLD | 48 |
PAGAN SOCIETY | 49 |
CULTURAL ATTAINMENTS | 51 |
MORAL STANDARDS | 58 |
THE PREACHING OF PETER | 251 |
THE GENTILE CHURCH AND THE PAULINE MISSION ACTS 1119 TO 1535 | 255 |
THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH | 256 |
THE MISSION TO THE GENTILES | 258 |
THE COUNCIL AT JERUSALEM | 260 |
THE LITERATURE OF PROTEST | 263 |
THE EPISTLE OF JAMES | 264 |
THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS | 267 |
AGRICULTURE | 59 |
TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL | 61 |
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD | 65 |
EMPEROR WORSHIP | 67 |
THE MYSTERY RELIGIONS | 68 |
THE PHILOSOPHIES | 71 |
JUDAISM | 80 |
ORIGIN | 81 |
THEOLOGY | 83 |
THE TEMPLE | 87 |
THE SYNAGOGUE | 90 |
THE SACRED YEAR | 92 |
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM | 96 |
THE LITERATURE | 98 |
THE SECTS OF JUDAISM | 105 |
THE DIASPORA | 112 |
JEWISH BACKGROUND FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT 200 BCAD 200 | 116 |
APOCRYPHA AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHA | 117 |
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS | 119 |
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE QUMRAN COMMUNITY | 120 |
COMPARISONS WITH THE NEW TESTAMENT | 121 |
THE GOSPELS THE RECORDS OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST | 127 |
6 BC to AD 30 | 128 |
THE NEW TESTAMENT ITS NAME AND CONTENT | 129 |
THE CONTENT | 130 |
THE GOSPELS AS LITERARY WORKS | 137 |
THE SYNOPTIC PROBLEM | 139 |
PROPOSED SOLUTION | 140 |
THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW | 149 |
DATE AND PLACE | 150 |
CONTENT | 151 |
OUTLINE | 152 |
EMPHASIS | 156 |
CHARACTERS | 157 |
SPECIAL FEATURES | 158 |
THE GOSPEL OF MARK | 160 |
DATE AND PLACE | 161 |
CONTENT | 164 |
OUTLINE | 166 |
EMPHASIS | 170 |
CHARACTERS | 171 |
THE GOSPEL OF LUKE | 173 |
AUTHOR | 176 |
DATE AND PLACE | 179 |
OUTLINE | 180 |
EMPHASIS | 183 |
CHARACTERS | 185 |
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN | 188 |
AUTHOR | 189 |
DATE AND PLACE | 191 |
CONTENT | 192 |
OUTLINE | 193 |
EMPHASIS | 197 |
PURPOSE | 198 |
CHARACTERS | 199 |
THE LIFE OF CHRIST | 203 |
THE PERIODS OF JESUS LIFE | 205 |
THE GEOGRAPHY OF JESUS LIFE | 211 |
THE TEACHING OF JESUS | 220 |
THE RECORDS OF THE EARLY CHURCH | 229 |
AD 30 to 60 | 230 |
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH ACTS 11 TO 83 | 231 |
ACTS 11 TO 83 | 239 |
THE FIRST DISPERSION | 242 |
THE TRANSITION ACTS 84 TO 1118 | 245 |
THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH | 247 |
THE CONVERSION OF PAUL | 248 |
THE PAULINE PROGRAM ACTS 1536 TO 2116 | 277 |
THE SECOND MISSION TO ASIA MINOR | 278 |
THE MISSION TO MACEDONIA | 279 |
THE THESSALONIAN LETTERS | 282 |
II THESSALONIANS | 284 |
THE MISSION TO ACHAIA | 286 |
THE MISSION TO ASIA | 293 |
THE CORINTHIAN CORRESPONDENCE | 296 |
I CORINTHIANS | 297 |
II CORINTHIANS | 301 |
THE LAST VISIT TO CORINTH | 303 |
THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS | 304 |
THE MISSION CONCLUDED | 308 |
THE PAULINE IMPRISONMENT ACTS 2117 TO 2831 | 312 |
JERUSALEM | 313 |
THE EPISTLES | 316 |
PHILEMON | 318 |
EPHESIANS | 319 |
COLOSSIANS | 321 |
PHILIPPIANS | 324 |
RESULTS OF THE PAULINE IMPRISONMENT | 329 |
THE PROBLEMS OF THE EARLY CHURCH | 331 |
AD 60 to 100 | 332 |
THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH THE PASTORAL EPISTLES | 333 |
I TIMOTHY | 335 |
TITUS | 337 |
II TIMOTHY | 339 |
EVALUATION | 342 |
THE SUFFERING CHURCH I PETER | 344 |
AUTHOR | 347 |
OUTLINE | 350 |
CONTENT | 351 |
EVALUATION | 353 |
THE BREAK FROM JUDAISM HEBREWS | 355 |
AUTHOR | 358 |
DATE | 359 |
CONTENT | 361 |
EVALUATION | 363 |
THE PERIL OF HERESIES II PETER JUDE I II III JOHN | 365 |
II PETER | 366 |
JUDE | 370 |
I II III JOHN | 374 |
I JOHN | 377 |
II JOHN | 378 |
III JOHN | 379 |
THE EXPECTANT CHURCH REVELATION | 381 |
INTERPRETATIONS | 385 |
CONTENT | 390 |
OUTLINE | 391 |
EVALUATION | 393 |
THE CANON AND TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT | 399 |
THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT | 401 |
INTERNAL TESTIMONY | 404 |
EXTERNAL TESTIMONY | 405 |
CONCLUSIONS | 409 |
THE TEXT AND TRANSMISSION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT | 413 |
THE TRANSMISSION OF THE TEXT | 415 |
THE SOURCES OF THE TEXT | 416 |
MODERN TRANSLATIONS | 420 |
APPENDIXES | 425 |
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY | 435 |
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| Title | New Testament Survey |
| Author | Merrill C. Tenney |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0802836119, 9780802836113 |
| Length | 454 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General |
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