This concise guide to understanding the world in which the New
Testament was written, is a MUST read for the lay minister, pastor,
and church leader. This concise guide will help one gain an
understanding of the world in which the New Testament was written.
In Part One, the political world, the social and economic world,
the religious world, Judaism, and the Jewish background of the New
Testament from 200 B.C. - A.D. 200, will be examined. In Part Two,
the Gospel records of the life of Christ will be considered. This
section will examine the meaning of the name "New Testament" and
it's content, the Gospels as literary works, the Gospel of Mathew,
Mark, Luke, and John, as well as a survey of the life of Christ
will be discussed by examining the records of the New Testament
documents as recorded by the Apostles. In Part Three, the records
of the early church will be examined. This study will review the
establishment of the early church from Acts 1:1 to 8:3, the time of
transition of the church, the gentile church and Pauline mission as
seen in Acts 11:19 to 15:35, the Pauline program found in Acts
15:36 to 21:16, and the Pauline imprisonment in Acts 21:17 to
28:31. In Part Four, this study will examine the problems in the
early church, and will consider the pastoral epistles (The
Institutional Church), the suffering church in I Peter, the book of
Hebrews and the break from Judaism, the peril of heresies that the
early church had to deal with found in II Peter, the book of Jude,
and John I, II, and III. John's Apocalyptic Revelation of Jesus
Christ that took place on the Island of Patmos, and three
Millennium views will be considered as we come to the close of the
New Testament. In Part Five, the canon and text of the New
Testament will be examined. The formation of the canon, the texts,
and the transmission of the New Testaments will be reviewed.
Lastly, in Part Six, Lantz will summarize the world of the New
Testament, the Gospels and the life of Christ, the records of the
early church and it's problems, and the transmission of the
canonical records of the New Testament. This concise Biblical
Survey of the New Testament is a MUST READ for new believers,
church leaders, ministers, pastors, and students of the Bible.
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