In this volume, T.C. Schmidt offers a new perspective on the
formation of the New Testament by examining it simply as a
Greco-Roman 'testament', a legal document of great authority in the
ancient world. His work considers previously unexamined parallels
between Greco-Roman juristic standards and the authorization of
Christianity's holy texts. Recapitulating how Greco-Roman
testaments were created and certified, he argues that the book of
Revelation possessed many testamentary characteristics that were
crucial for lending validity to the New Testament. Even so, Schmidt
shows how Revelation fell out of favor amongst most Eastern
Christian communities for over a thousand years until commentators
rehabilitated its status and reintegrated it into the New
Testament. Schmidt uncovers why so many Eastern churches neglected
Revelation during this period, and then draws from Greco-Roman
legal practice to describe how Eastern commentators successfully
argued for Revelation's inclusion in the New Testaments of their
Churches.
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