The Next Step in New Testament Study
In the textual study of the New Testament methods have been standardized and the results of critical investigation generally accepted. This is also true of linguistic study and literary criticism. In contrast to the literary interest in the New Testament as a collection of documents there has just e...
| Published in: | The journal of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
1922
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The journal of religion
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| Summary: | In the textual study of the New Testament methods have been standardized and the results of critical investigation generally accepted. This is also true of linguistic study and literary criticism. In contrast to the literary interest in the New Testament as a collection of documents there has just emerged a genuinely historical interest in first-century Christianity as a great social movement. As a result the Jewish background of primitive Christianity has been carefully studied. But the Hellenistic environment is still waiting adequate investigation. Preliminary studies need to be made in the field of gentile religions. Early Christianity itself should be investigated from a social and genetic point of view. The varied, syncretistic life of the Graeco-Roman world provides a host of problems concerning the genesis and function of early Christianity for the New Testament student who is willing to do pioneer work. Typical of the whole problem complex are questions concerning the hope, the present experience, the agent, and the guaranties of salvation. The developments marked in first-century Christianity show how the new movement strove to meet the needs of Gentiles in the Graeco-Roman world. |
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| ISSN: | 1549-6538 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/480272 |