Title: The New Testament
Subtitle: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings
First published: September 26, 1996
Description: "This new edition of Bart Ehrman's introduction approaches the New Testament from a consistently historical and comparative perspective, emphasizing the rich diversity of the earliest Christian literature.

Rather than shying away from the critical problems presented by these books, Ehrman addresses the historical and literary challenges they pose and shows why scholars continue to argue over such significant issues as how the books of the New Testament came into being, what they mean, how they relate to contemporary Christian and non-Christian literature, and how they came to be collected into a canon of Scripture. Distinctive to this study is its emphasis on the historical, literary, and religious milieu of the Greco-Roman world, including early Judaism.

As part of its historical orientation, this text also discusses works by other Christian writers who were roughly contemporary with the New Testament, such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Apocalypse of Peter, and the letters of Ignatius."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Introductions, Bible, Early Christian literature, History and criticism, Church history, Urchristentum, Bibel, Nieuwe Testament, Christliche Literatur, Histoire des événements contemporains, Littérature chrétienne primitive, Histoire, Église, 11.45 New Testament: general, Histoire des événements bibliques, Primitive and early church, History of contemporary events, Neues Testament, Einführung, History of Biblical events, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t., Church history, primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, Christian literature, early, Bible, introductions, n. t.
Time periods: Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600