The history of the Bible : the making of the New Testament canon (Great courses (Compact disc))
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Summary
The New Testament stands unchallenged, in the words of Professor Bart D. Ehrman, not only as the "'bestseller' of all time," but also as the most important "book--or collection of books--in the history of Western civilization." Yet how many of us, Christian or otherwise, are as knowledgeable about t... Full description
- disc 1. The New Testament: an overview ; Paul: our earliest Christian author
- disc 2. The Pauline epistles ; The problem of pseudonymity
- disc 3. The beginnings of the gospel traditions ; The earliest gospels
- disc 4. The other gospels ; Apocalypticism and the Apocalypse of John
- disc 5. The copyists who gave us Scripture ; Authority in the early church
- disc 6. The importance of interpretation ; When did the canon get finalized?