This volume explores the creation of the collection now known as the
New Testament. While it is generally accepted that it did not emerge
as a collection prior to the late second century CE, a more
controversial question is how it came to be. How did the writings that
make up the New Testament - The Gospels, the so-called Praxapostolos
(Acts and the canonical letters), the Epistles of Paul, and Revelation
- make their way into the collection, and what do we know about their
possible historical origins, and in turn the emergence of the New
Testament itself? The New Testament as we know it first became
recognisable in more detail in Irenaeus of Lyon towards the end of the
second century CE. However, questions remain as to how and by whom was
it redacted. Was it a slow, organic process in which texts written by
different authors, members of different communities and in various
places, grew together into one book? Or were certain writings compiled
on the basis of an editorial decision by an individual or a group of
editors, revised for this purpose and partly harmonised with each
other? This volume sketches out the complex development of the New
Testament, arguing that key second century scholars played an
important role in the emergence of the canonical collection and
putting forward the possible historical origins of the text’s
composition. Christ’s Torah: The Making of the New Testament in the
Second Century is of interest to students and scholars working on the
New Testament and anyone with an interest in early Christianity more
broadly.
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The Making of the New Testament in the Second Century
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781003831037
Publisert
2023
Utgave
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Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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