New Testament Epistles and the Revelation to John

by Christensen, Duane L.

• ISBN13: 9781930566330
• ISBN10: 1930566336
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: D & F Scott Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Preface-A Personal Note to the Reader	xi
List of Maps and Illustrations	xii
Letters of Paul Part One: Letters to Four of the Seven Churches	1	(34)
Paul and the Canonical Process-the "Apostolic Writings"	1	(6)
The Letter of Paul to the Romans	7	(6)
Two Letters of Paul to the Corinthians	13	(9)
The Letter of Paul to the Galatians	22	(5)
The Letter of Paul to the Ephesians and Others in Asia Minor	27	(8)
Letters of Paul Part Two: Letters to Three Churches and Three Individuals	35	(34)
The Letter of Paul to the Philippians	36	(6)
The Letter of Paul to the Colossians (and the Laodiceans)	42	(5)
Two Letters of Paul to the Thessalonians	47	(11)
Four Personal Letters of Paul-to Timothy (2), Titus, and Philemon	58	(6)
A Shift in Eschatology-the Apostle Paul and the Canonical Process	64	(5)
The Epistle to the Hebrews	69	(18)
The Epistle to the Hebrews within the Canonical Process	69	(2)
Hebrews and the Formation of the Completed Tanakh	71	(3)
Reading the Epistle to the Hebrews from the Center	74	(4)
Hebrews as an Epistle of the Four "Pillars"-a General Epistle	78	(3)
The Epistle to the Hebrews in Relation to the Seven General Epistles	81	(6)
Seven General Epistles: Letters of James, Peter (2), John (3), and Jude	87	(26)
Death of James, Paul, and Peter-a Shift in the Canonical Process	87	(3)
The Letter of James	90	(6)
First Letter of Peter	96	(7)
Remaining Five Letters: 2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude	103	(5)
From the Death of James to the Destruction of the Temple in 70 CE	108	(5)
The Revelation to John: Addressed to Seven Churches	113	(28)
The Apostle John and the Writing of the Book of Revelation	113	(4)
From Nero to Domitian-the Persecution of the Christians	117	(3)
Reading the Revelation to John from the Center	120	(14)
From Daniel to the Book of Revelation	134	(2)
The Apostle John and the Completion of the Tanakh	136	(5)
Answers to Concept Checks	141	(8)
The BIBALtm Study Program	149