Introduction to the New Testament, Volume 2This work has established itself as a classical text in the field of New Testament studies. Written in a readable, non-technical style, it has become an indispensable textbook and reference for teachers, students, clergy, and the educated layperson interested in a scholarly treatment of the New Testament and its background in the Judaic and Greco-Roman world. |
Contents
The Text of the New Testament | 16 |
Source Criticism | 44 |
Problems of Form Tradition Narrative and Rhetorical Criticism | 59 |
John the Baptist | 75 |
The Earliest Christian Communities | 94 |
Life and Ministry to the Apostolic Council | 105 |
From Antioch to Ephesus | 113 |
Pauls Stay in Ephesus | 120 |
Jewish Christianity | 204 |
Syria the Country of Origin of Christian Gnosticism | 212 |
The Beginnings of Christianity in Egypt | 225 |
Egyptian Gnosticism | 231 |
The Beginnings of Catholicism | 240 |
12 ASIA MACEDONIA GREECE AND ROME | 246 |
The Transformation of Pauline Theology into Ecclesiastical Doctrine | 266 |
Christianity in Its Encounter with Its Social World | 310 |
CorinthJerusalem Rome | 142 |
10 PALESTINE AND SYRIA | 151 |
From the Kerygma of the Resurrection to the Gospels of the Church | 165 |
The Johannine Circle | 182 |
Glossary | 351 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Introduction to the New Testament, Volume 2 Volume 2 of Einführung in das Neue Testament, Helmut Koester Introduction to the New Testament, Helmut Koester |
| Author | Helmut Koester |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter, 1995 |
| ISBN | 3110149702, 9783110149708 |
| Length | 375 pages |
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