The Making of the New Testament: Origin, Collection, Text & Canon

by Arthur G. Patzia

Book Overview

What motivated the early Christians to commit teaching and events and visions to papyrus?How were the stories and sayings of Jesus circulated, handed down and shaped into Gospels?Why were four Gospels included instead of one?What do we know about ancient letter writing, secretaries and "copy shops"?Would a first-century librarian have known how to classify a Gospel, an Acts or an Apocalypse?How were Paul's letters, sent here and there, gathered into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830818596
• ISBN13: 9780830818594
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"