The Making of the New Testament DocumentsDo we "really" know who wrote the New Testament documents? Do we really know "when" they were written? Scholars have long debated these fundamental questions. This volume identifies and investigates literary traditions and their implications for the authorship and dating of the Gospels and the letters of the New Testament. Departing from past scholarship, E. Earle Ellis argues that the Gospels and the letters are products of the corporate authorship of four allied apostolic missions and not just the creation of individual authors. The analysis of literary traditions also has implications for the dating of New Testament documents. Providing a critique of the current critical orthodoxy with respect to the dating of New Testament documents, Ellis weighs the patristic traditions more heavily and more critically than has been done in the past. Ellis's new reconstruction of the origin of the New Testament documents provides better answers than have been previously proposed to a number of critical questions. Ellis provides a comprehensive historical reconstruction of the process by which the gospel message became the Gospel books. His arguments, if persuasive, will require a reassessment of the history of early Christianity. Please note that "The Making of the New Testament Documents" was previously published by Brill in hardback, ISBN 90 04 11332 0 (no longer available). |
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... Authorship and Composition of the Letters ........ 52 Authorship ... The Quest for Preformed Traditions . 52 52.
... Authorship and Composition of the Letters ........ 52 Authorship ... The Quest for Preformed Traditions . 52 52.
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... Authorship , Date and Provenance 200 The Opponents ......... 202 Doctrinal Aberrations ......... 203 Ethical Aberrations ........ 205 Possible Rejections of a Future Parousia and of Physical Resurrection .......... 205 Traditions in ...
... Authorship , Date and Provenance 200 The Opponents ......... 202 Doctrinal Aberrations ......... 203 Ethical Aberrations ........ 205 Possible Rejections of a Future Parousia and of Physical Resurrection .......... 205 Traditions in ...
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... Authorship of New Testament Epistles 320 Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism 320 Pseudepigraphal Theories and the ... Authorship Conclusion ...... 325 326 327 328 329 APPENDICES I. The Making of Gospel Narratives 333 Introduction ...
... Authorship of New Testament Epistles 320 Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism 320 Pseudepigraphal Theories and the ... Authorship Conclusion ...... 325 326 327 328 329 APPENDICES I. The Making of Gospel Narratives 333 Introduction ...
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... Authorship ................ 397 The Case for Lukan Authorship .... 397 Mid - Twentieth Century Objections . The Continuing Hegelian Factor .... 398 399 The Place of Luke - Acts in Early Christianity 400 IV . Traditions in the Pastoral ...
... Authorship ................ 397 The Case for Lukan Authorship .... 397 Mid - Twentieth Century Objections . The Continuing Hegelian Factor .... 398 399 The Place of Luke - Acts in Early Christianity 400 IV . Traditions in the Pastoral ...
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Contents
From Traditions to the New Testament | 1 |
1 | 33 |
The Formation of the Epistles as a Corporate | 39 |
Conclusion | 45 |
The Use of Traditions in the Early Christian Missions | 53 |
Traditions in the Pauline Letters | 69 |
Thessalonians | 111 |
Traditions in Hebrews James and Jude | 117 |
The Relationship of the Four Apostolic Missions | 307 |
The Significance of Preformed Traditions for | 320 |
Conclusion | 329 |
Geographical Settings | 351 |
The Date and Provenance of Marks Gospel | 357 |
Clement of Alexandria | 363 |
A New Reconstruction | 372 |
Title | 378 |
The Composition of the New Testament Epistles | 138 |
The Making of the Johannine Literature | 153 |
Traditions in First John | 183 |
Traditions Introduced by Formulas | 189 |
Traditions in Revelation | 208 |
New Testament Traditions | 226 |
Vice Lists | 232 |
The New Testament Documents in the History of Early | 238 |
Trends in the Twentieth Century | 387 |
Authorship | 397 |
Traditions in the Pastoral Epistles | 406 |
3435 | 426 |
3435 A Preformed Tradition | 433 |
Indexes | 447 |
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