The Layman's Guide to the New TestamentWestminster John Knox Press, 1981 M01 1 - 273 pages The Layman's Guide to the New Testament is an honest, objective approach to all the books of the New Testament. Written in a style that is at once scholarly and readable, this book is a valuable resource for study and reference. |
Contents
Some Principles of Biblical Interpretation | 1 |
The Historical Setting of the Gospels | 11 |
The Writing of the Gospels | 23 |
The Gospel According to Matthew | 37 |
Mark and Luke VI The Gospel According to Mark | 63 |
The Gospel According to Luke | 73 |
The Acts of the Apostles | 83 |
Introducing the Letters of Paul | 109 |
Five Open Letters Hebrews | 194 |
James First Peter | 198 |
Second Peter | 204 |
Jude 1 | 211 |
125 | 213 |
The Johannine Literature | 219 |
23 | 224 |
37 | 236 |
First Thessalonians | 112 |
Second Thessalonians | 113 |
Pauls Correspondence with Corinth First Corinthians Second Corinthians | 123 |
Of Faith and Freedom Galatians Romans | 139 |
The Prison Epistles Philippians Philemon Colossians Ephesians | 155 |
The Pastoral Epistles | 175 |
First Timothy | 179 |
Second Timothy | 183 |
Titus | 187 |
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