A Survey of the New Testament

by Gundry, Robert Horton

• ISBN13: 9780310595502
• ISBN10: 0310595509
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-08-01
• Publisher: Zondervan

Summary

This revised edition of Gundry's survey of the New Testament goes beyond providing background information and technical introductory material and leads students to read the New Testament itself. This fourth edition includes full color.

Author Biography

Robert H. Gundry (Ph.D., Manchester) is a scholar in residence and professor emeritus of New Testament and Greek at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California

Table of Contents

Preface	11	(4)
Introduction	15	(6)
Part One: Political, Cultural, and Religion: Antecedents
Intertestamental and New Testament Political History	21	(22)
The Secular Settings of the New Testament	43	(13)
The Religious and Philosophical Settings of the New Testament	56	(29)
Part Two: Literary and Historical Materials
The Canon and Text of the New Testament	85	(9)
The Study of Jesus' Life	94	(17)
An Introductory Overview of Jesus' Public Life and Ministry	111	(14)
Part Three: The Four Canonical Gospels and Acts
Mark: An Apology for the Crucifixion of Jesus	125	(34)
Matthew: Handbook for a Mixed Church Under Persecution	159	(46)
Luke: A Promotion of Christianity in the Greco-Roman World at Large	205	(47)
John: Believing in Jesus for Eternal Life	252	(43)
Acts: A Promotion of Christianity in the Greco-Roman World at Large (Continued from the Gospel of Luke)	295	(46)
Part Four: The Epistles
The Early Epistles of Paul	341	(18)
The Major Epistles of Paul	359	(31)
The Prison Epistles of Paul	390	(19)
The Pastoral Epistles of Paul	409	(12)
Hebrews: Jesus as Priest	421	(10)
The Catholic, or General, Epistles	431	(26)
Part Five: The Apocalypse
Revelation: Jesus Is Coming?	457	(20)
In Retrospect	477	(5)
Indexes	482