The New TestamentThere is no better book than this to introduce any reader to the New Testament.Gerd Theissen presents all the main issues straightforwardly, but with a depth of scholarship and brilliance of analysis that is unsurpassed. Gerd Theissen's approach is so interesting and illuminating that anyone considering the New Testament for the first time, and even experienced students, will value this book immeasurably. |
Contents
1 The New Testament and its Literary Forms | 1 |
2 Jesus of Nazareth | 15 |
The Logia Source and the Oral Tradition of Jesus | 27 |
4 Paul of Tarsus | 47 |
The Letters of Paul | 59 |
The New Form of Literature in the Second and Third Generations | 91 |
The Gontinuation of the Literature of the First Generation | 125 |
The Link between Gospel and Letter Literature | 145 |
9 The Way to the New Testament as a Literary Unity | 171 |
Further Reading | 187 |
Glossary | 191 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The New Testament Understanding the Bible and Its World |
| Author | Gerd Theissen |
| Publisher | A&C Black, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0567081915, 9780567081919 |
| Length | 206 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Studies / General |
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