The New Testament
Subtitle: a literary history
By: Gerd Theissen ; translated by Linda M. Maloney
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780800697853
Subjects: Bible; Christian literature,  Early; Criticism, interpretation; History and criticism; Canon; History
Description: "Gerd Theissen takes up the problem of the emergence of the New Testament canon out of the wide variety of early Christian literature. Drawing from Max Weber's discussion of the evolution of religious organizations, Theissen describes the development of early Christian literature as a series of phases in the life of the movement: the charismatic, the pseudepigraphic, the functional, and the canonical"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-301)