The New Testament: A Guide
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 15 June 2022
- ISBN 9780197530832
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 143x216x20 mm
- Weight 408 g
- Language English 270
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Short description:
The New Testament is considered a sacred book for believing Christians. Why is that so? What is there about the New Testament that has made it a revered and normative text for Christians for two thousand years? That is the subject of The New Testament: A Guide. It introduces the reader in a clear and accessible manner to the contents, history, and purpose of the various components of the New Testament. And it also tracks the process that led the various books of the New Testament to be considered "inspired" and made an integral part of the Bible.
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Why is the New Testament considered a "sacred" text for Christians? For some, this ancient text is viewed simply as an influential and interesting artifact with no real impact on their lives. But for believing Christians it is an integral part of the Bible and normative for Christian faith and life. This book in Oxford University Press's series Guide to Sacred Texts addresses the question of why the New Testament is considered sacred text by Christians. While sharing some characteristics of an Introduction to the New Testament, this work has a very different purpose.
After exploring the content, the historical roots, and the complex process that led to the composition of the varied writings contained in the New Testament, Donald Senior turns to its fundamental unifying purpose. Through the diverse writings of the New Testament the early Christian community proclaimed the inherently transcendent character of Jesus Christ and the implications of that proclamation for the lives and destiny of Christians. A key process was the formation of the New Testament canon during the early centuries of the Christian era, a process that certified the normative nature of the New Testament writings and fused them onto the Jewish Scriptures or Old Testament to form the Christian Bible. The study concludes by sketching the evolution and ongoing diversity of New Testament interpretation both in the academy and in the church. Written in a clear and accessible manner, this study introduces the reader to the world of the New Testament and why it has had such a powerful claim on Christianity for two thousand years.
This guide is not intended to be a standard introduction to the NT, but rather an investigation into what makes the individual books of the NT, as well as the collection as a whole, "sacred" to believing Christians.
Table of Contents:
Introduction The New Testament as Sacred Test
Chapter 1 What is the New Testament? A First Glance
Chapter 2 From Jesus to the Writings of The New Testament
Chapter 3 The Formation of the Canon and the Creation of The New Testament
Chapter 4 Jesus Christ and The New Testament as Sacred Text
Chapter 5 Jesus and Paul
Chapter 6 The Remaining New Testament Books as Sacred
Chapter 7 Christian Holiness and the Sacredness of The New Testament
Chapter 8 Interpreting The New Testament as Sacred Text
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