The New Testament in Context A Literary and Theological Textbook

by Shillington, V. George

• ISBN13: 9780567034045
• ISBN10: 0567034046
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

The New Testament in Context is the fruit of a scholarly life teaching the New Testament to undergraduate students. George Shillington, now Emeritus Professor at Canadian Mennonite University, has written a textbook on the New Testament which stresses the

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
No Text is an Island: Laying Claim to the New Testament	p. 6
The Mainland: Macro-context	p. 20
Two Principal Figures: Jesus and Paul	p. 38
New Testament Literature: An Overview	p. 53
One in Three: The Synoptic Gospels	p. 66
Jesus Reconfigured Theologically: The Johannine Writings	p. 99
Second Volume of a Two-part Work: The Acts of the Apostles	p. 129
Urban Centres of Paul's Missionary Letters	p. 150
Paul's Textured Thought: Seven Undisputed Letters	p. 166
Pauline Thought in Transition: Other Letters under Paul's Name	p. 214
Post-Pauline Trajectories: Five Catholic Epistles	p. 237
View from an Island: The Apocalypse of John	p. 275
Emperors from Augustus Octavian to Hadrian	p. 291
The Rise and Fall of the Herodian Dynasty	p. 292
Glimpses at Ancient Philosophers	p. 295
Examples of Variants in the KJV that Lack Support	p. 301
Bibliography	p. 304
Index	p. 323
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