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The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction
Luke Timothy Johnson
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Description for The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction
Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 B&W line, 3 halftone, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HRCF2; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
As part of the Christian Bible, the New Testament is at once widely influential and (especially among the young and the educated) increasingly unknown. Those who want to know the basics can find in this introduction the sort of information that locates these ancient writings in their historical and literary context. Those who want to learn why these compositions have had such impact can find here an appreciation for the religious experiences of the first Christians that forced them to reinterpret their Jewish and Greek heritage and reshape their symbolic world. In addition to providing the broad conceptual and factual ... Read more
As part of the Christian Bible, the New Testament is at once widely influential and (especially among the young and the educated) increasingly unknown. Those who want to know the basics can find in this introduction the sort of information that locates these ancient writings in their historical and literary context. Those who want to learn why these compositions have had such impact can find here an appreciation for the religious experiences of the first Christians that forced them to reinterpret their Jewish and Greek heritage and reshape their symbolic world. In addition to providing the broad conceptual and factual ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199735709
SKU
V9780199735709
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About Luke Timothy Johnson
Luke Timothy Johnson, a former Benedictine monk, received his Ph.D. in the New Testament from Yale in 1976. He has taught at Yale Divinity School and Indiana University, and is currently the Robert W. Woodruff Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University.
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