The New Testament by Theissen, Gerd.,Maloney, Linda M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Table Of Contents List of Tables and Figures Preface Introduction: The Problem of a Literary History of the New Testament The Twofold Beginnings of a History of Early Christian Literature

The Oral Prehistory of Early Christian Literature with the Historical Jesus The Sayings Source Q The Gospel of Mark The Historical Conditions for Paul's Letters The Pre-Pauline Oral Tradition The Pauline Letter as Literary Form The Sequence and Development of the Pauline Letters The Collection of Paul's Letters

The Fictive Self-Interpretation of Paul and Jesus: The Pseudepigraphic Phase

The Authority of the Independent Forms: The Functional Phase

The Independent Differentiation of Partial Texts and Tendencies The Acts of the Apostles The Revelation to John The Letter to the Hebrews

The New Testament on Its Way to Becoming a Religious World Literature

Canon as a Means to Stability Based on Compromise and Demarcation Extra-Canonical Literature Provides Flexibility Concluding Observation

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