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

Patzia, Arthur G.

ISBN 10: 0830818596 / ISBN 13: 9780830818594

Published by IVP Academic (edition ), 1995

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the New Testament: Origin, Collection, Text & Canon
• Publisher: IVP Academic (edition )
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830818596
• ISBN 13: 9780830818594
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

In affirming the divine inspiration of Scripture, we too often forget the human side of the story. The narratives, letters and Apocalypse of our New Testament were shaped by worn pens gripped by calloused, ink-stained fingers. Their authors' ears were more likely assaulted by the urban clatter of busy intersections and bustling markets than attuned to a still small voice.
Scrolls that bumped across cobbled Roman roads and pitched through rolling Mediterranean seas found their destination in stuffy, dimly lit, crowded Christian house churches in Corinth or Cenchreae. There they were read aloud and reread, handled and copied, forwarded and collected, studied and treasured. Their ordinary story is true to their extraordinary message: the mystery of the Word that became flesh.
The Making of the New Testament is a textbook study of the origin, collection, copying and canonizing of the New Testament documents. Like shrewd detectives reading the subtle traces of evidence, biblical scholars have studied the trail of clues and pieced together the story of these books.

About the Author

Arthur G. Patzia is associate professor of New Testament and director of Fuller Theological Seminary in Northern California.