1st Edition
Christ's Torah The Making of the New Testament in the Second Century
By Markus Vinzent
Copyright 2024
408 Pages
by
Routledge
408 Pages
by
Routledge
408 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume explores the creation of the collection now known as the New Testament. While it is generally accepted that it did not emerge as a collection prior to the late second century CE, a more controversial question is how it came to be.
How did the writings that make up the New Testament - The Gospels, the so-called Praxapostolos (Acts and the canonical letters), the Epistles of Paul, and... Read more
Introduction; 1. The New Testament as a Collection; 2. The Sub-collections; 3. The New Law of Christ; Outlook: The New Testament as a Second-Century Collection.
Biography
Markus Vinzent, who had held the H.G. Wood Chair in the History of Theology at the University of Birmingham (1999–2010) and was Professor for Theology and Patristics at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King’s College London (2010–2021, ret.), is Fellow of the Max-Weber-Centre for Anthropological and Cultural Studies, University of Erfurt (2011–present).
