From Jesus to the New Testament: Early Christian Theology and the Origin of the New Testament Canon

ISBN-13: 9781602588226 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2013 / 431 str.

Jens Schroter; Wayne Coppins

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As the inaugural volume in the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity series, Jens Schroter's celebrated "From Jesus to the New Testament" is now available for the first time in English. Schroter provides a rich narrative to Christian history by looking back upon the theological forces that created the New Testament canon. Through his textual, historical, and hermeneutical examination of early Christianity, Schroter reveals how various writings that form the New Testament's building blocks are all held together. Jesus not only bound the New Testament, but launched a theological project that resulted in the canon. Schroter's study will undoubtedly spark new discussion about the formation of the canon."

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• Editors' Introduction
• Preface to the English Edition
• Preface to the German Edition
• Introduction
• Part I: Recollection and History in Early Christianity
• 1 New Testament Science beyond Historicism
• 2 Reflections on the Relationship between Historiography and Hermeneutics in New Testament Science
• 3 Construction of History and the Beginnings of Christianity
• 4 History in Light of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ
• Part II: Jesus--Paul--Luke
• 5 Beginnings of the Jesus Tradition
• 6 On the Historicity of the Gospels
• 7 The Unity of the Gospel
• 8 The Universalizing of the Law in Galatians
• 9 Metaphorical Christology in Paul
• 10 Luke as Historiographer
• 11 Salvation for the Gentiles and Israel
• Part III: On the Way to the New Testament
• 12 Jesus and the Canon
• 13 The Acts of the Apostles and the Emergence of the New Testament Canon
• 14 ""The Church Has Four Gospels, the Heresy Many""
• Part IV: What Is ""Theology of the New Testament""?
• 15 Particularity and Inclusivity in Early Christianity
• 16 The Meaning of the Canon for a Theology of the New Testament
• Bibliography
• Index of Ancient Sources
• Index of Modern Authors
• Subject Index