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A short history of the New Testament /

Few documents in world history can match the inspirational impact of the New Testament. For all its variety -- gospels, letters and visions -- this first-century collection of texts keeps always at its centre the enigmatic figure of Joshua/Jesus: the Jewish prophet who gathered a group around him, p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moxnes, Halvor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
Colección:I.B. Tauris short histories.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : What is a history of the New Testament?
  • Part 1. Beginnings : From Jesus to the gospels
  • 1. Becoming Christians : letter writing as community formation
  • 2. Memory and identity : the gospels as Jesus-biographies
  • 3. Acts and apocalypse : ambivalent living under the Roman Empire
  • 4. Included or excluded : when was the New Testament created?
  • Part 2. Shaping history : The reception of the New Testament :
  • 5. 'Christianity goes to press' : the communication history of the New Testament
  • 6. ' ... Their eyes were opened and they recognised him.' : glimpses and receptions of the Jesus story
  • 7. Race, class and gender 'in Christ'? : the ambiguous reception history of Galatians 3:28
  • Part 3. Reading and meaning-making : The history of how to read the New Testament :
  • 8. Historical readings : how modernity shaped New Testament scholarship
  • 9. 'Reading from this place' : Paul in recent interpretations
  • 10. Where is the future of the New Testament?