The New Testament: A Beginner's Guide
The New Testament writings are the foundational documents of early Christianity. But to fully understand them we need a broad historical awareness of the wider social, economic, political and religious context that produced them.

Exploring the transition from an oral to a written tradition, this fascinating primer depicts the growth of the early church amid the Roman and Hellenistic Empires. Focusing on the composition and content of the Synoptic Gospels – those of Matthew, Mark and Luke – W. R. Telford furnishes the reader with an appreciation of the methods contemporary scholars apply to the Gospels and also offers an assured, in-depth guide to the texts themselves.

Broaching difficult questions about the differing accounts of Jesus’ life that the New Testament has left us, this is an invaluable starting point for anyone looking to understand the roots of Christianity.
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The New Testament: A Beginner's Guide
The New Testament writings are the foundational documents of early Christianity. But to fully understand them we need a broad historical awareness of the wider social, economic, political and religious context that produced them.

Exploring the transition from an oral to a written tradition, this fascinating primer depicts the growth of the early church amid the Roman and Hellenistic Empires. Focusing on the composition and content of the Synoptic Gospels – those of Matthew, Mark and Luke – W. R. Telford furnishes the reader with an appreciation of the methods contemporary scholars apply to the Gospels and also offers an assured, in-depth guide to the texts themselves.

Broaching difficult questions about the differing accounts of Jesus’ life that the New Testament has left us, this is an invaluable starting point for anyone looking to understand the roots of Christianity.
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The New Testament: A Beginner's Guide

The New Testament: A Beginner's Guide

by W. R. Telford
The New Testament: A Beginner's Guide

The New Testament: A Beginner's Guide

by W. R. Telford

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The New Testament writings are the foundational documents of early Christianity. But to fully understand them we need a broad historical awareness of the wider social, economic, political and religious context that produced them.

Exploring the transition from an oral to a written tradition, this fascinating primer depicts the growth of the early church amid the Roman and Hellenistic Empires. Focusing on the composition and content of the Synoptic Gospels – those of Matthew, Mark and Luke – W. R. Telford furnishes the reader with an appreciation of the methods contemporary scholars apply to the Gospels and also offers an assured, in-depth guide to the texts themselves.

Broaching difficult questions about the differing accounts of Jesus’ life that the New Testament has left us, this is an invaluable starting point for anyone looking to understand the roots of Christianity.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781780743387
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Publication date: 02/01/2014
Series: Beginner's Guides
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

W.R. Telford is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Newcastle, UK. He is an expert on the New Testament and Christian origins, and has published several books and numerous articles in this field.

Table of Contents

List of tables and figures viii

Acknowledgements ix

Preface x

Abbreviations xii

1 The world of the New Testament 1

2 The early church 38

3 The New Testament 74

4 Interpreting the Gospels: Hermeneutics 99

5 Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels 149

Notes 182

Further reading 191

Index of authors 208

Index of passages 210

Index of subjects 221

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