02162nam a2200169Ia 4500008004100000020002900041041000800070050002500078100002300103245009300126260005500219300003700274505145000311650009901761952011501860999001701975240419s9999 xx 000 0 und d a97808308185940830818596  aeng aBS2330.2 b.P37 1995 aPatzia, Arthur G.  4aThe Making of the New Testament : bOrigin, Collection, Text & Canon /cArthur G. Patzia aDowners Grove, Ill. : bInterVarsity Press, c1995 a205 p. : bill. , map ; c23 cm. aForeword / George R. Beasley-Murray -- Part I: he literary world of the New Testament -- General considerations -- The Hebrew scriptures -- The Septuagint (LXX) -- The Old Testament Apocrypha -- The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha -- The Dead Sea scrolls -- Greco-Roman literature -- Part II: The Gospels -- Jesus of Nazareth -- The formation of oral tradition -- From oral to written gospel -- The gospel genre -- Summary -- The fourfold gospel collection -- The need for a collection -- The stages of collection -- The authority of the written gospels -- Part III: The Pauline literature -- Paul -- Paul and Greco-Roman literature -- The form of Paul's letters -- The content and context of Paul's letters -- The writing of Paul's letters -- The collection of Paul's letters -- The canonicity of Paul's letters -- Part IV: Other New Testament literature -- The Acts of the Apostles -- The catholic letters -- Part V: The criteria of canonicity -- The authority of Jesus -- Apostolicity -- Usage in the church -- Orthodoxy -- Inspiration -- Excursus: The arrangement of the New Testament books -- Part VI: Writing, copying & transmitting the New Testament manuscripts -- Paleography -- Materials for writing -- The form of books -- Writing New Testament manuscripts -- Transmitting the New Testament -- Part VII: Textual variants & the practice of textual criticism -- Unintentional variations -- Intentional variations -- Evaluating the evidence. aBible.—New Testament—History.Bible.—New Testament—Canon.Bible.—N.T.—Introductions. 00104070aGETSbGETSc GENd2024-04-19l0oBS2330.2 .P37 1995p00033495r2024-04-19 18:05:49w2024-04-19yBK c52622d52622