New Testament

New Testament
(Christian Scriptures)

A collection of 27 books written in Greek less than 100 years after Christ. It was written as a missionary handbook. It proclaims the birth, growth and teachings of the Christian Church.

First 4 called "The Gospels"	The Acts of the Apostles Peter and Paul	13 EpistleS (letters) from Paul to the Churches and people	8 other letters	A "Vision"
MATTHEW MARK LUKE JOHN	ACTS	Romans I Corinthians II Corinthians Galations Ephesians Philippians Colossians I Thessalonians II Thessalonians I Timothy II Timothy Titus Philemon	Hebrews James I Peter II Peter I John II John III John Jude	Revelations

The 4 Gospels
Gospel means "Good News"
The Story of Jesus' Birth, Teaching, Death and Resurrection

	-- includes most of Mark (about 1/2) -- written about 85 A. D. after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. --seems written for Jews to prove Jesus fulfilled prophecies of the coming of the coming Messiah
	--earliest and shortest story of Jesus' life --written about 70 A.D. and published after the fall of Jerusalem --seems written for Gentiles to present Jesus as Messiah and Son of God --used by Matthew and Luke.
	--written about 75 A.D. --about 1/3 based on Mark --provides a chronological sequence - - seems written for Greek to show Jesus as a universal savior NOTE: These first 3 gospels are called "SYNOPTIC," meaning "seen with the same eye." They cover the same events.
	-- written between 90 and 100 A.D. --written for INSTRUCTION of early Christian Church --presents Jesus as the eternal Word of God who descended from heaven and became man

The Acts
The story of a New Religion

--the only early account of the Christian community
--how it spread from Palestine to Rome, the capital of the
world
--written about 75 A.D.
-- a sequel to Luke, the 3rd Gospel, and by the same author
--covers first 30 years after Jesus' death

28 Chapters 1st 12
Events in Palestine and Asia Minor

Next 16
Paul's missionary tours to Judea, and throughout the Roman world, up to his imprisonment in Rome

13 Letters of Paul
To churches and people...

Written before the Gospels...20 to 30 years after Jesus' death. They are the earliest Christian writings. There is some question on the authorship of some of the letters

1. Epistle to the Romans
--from Corinth to the Roman
    Church
--to prepare Church for his visit
-- just before final visit to
    Jerusalem
-- principal theme:
    relationship between
    Judaism and Christian about 57-58 A.D.

2. First Epistle to the -----Corinthians --advice to the Corinthian Church on insubordination, chastity marriage, etc -- the Resurrection about 57 A.D.	3. Second Epistle to the Corinthians -- Paul's suffering and consolation --warns he will get after evil doers on his next visit. -- collection for poor in Jerusalem about 57 A.D.	4. Epistle to the Galations --concerns Galatian converts to Christianity who were backsliding to strict Jewish laws --true nature of Justification by faith about 54-55 A.D.
5. Epistle to the Epesians --a letter to a city in Asia Minor --discusses mystery of salvation and the mystery of the church. about 62 A.D.	6. Epistle to the Phillipians --written when Paul was a prisoner in Rome --warns against false teachings --a plea for unity about 62 A.D.	7. Epistle to the Colossians --written to the church at Collossae in highly developed Christology about 62 A.D.
8. First Epistle to the Thessalonians --written from Corinth on Paul's first visit --praises the people --tells of Christ's second coming about 62 A.D.	9. Second Epistle to the Thessalonians --a follow-up to his first --praises the people --Concerns of expectations of the second coming of Christ too soon. about 52 A.D.	10. First Epistle toTimothy --after Paul's release from his first imprisonment in Rome --advice to Timothy about handling wrong ideas about 62 A.D.
11. Second Epistle to Timothy --from Rome at time of Paul's second imprisonment -- asks Timothy to protect community against false teachings --expresses great love for Timothy. about 62 A.D.	12. Epistle toTitus --written before Timothy letters --advice to young co-workers to help them in Christianizing the social world about 62 A.D.	13. Epistle to Philemon --to Christian whose slave Onesimus had run away, been converted and was ready to return --asks Philemon to be merciful and express Christian brotherhood about 62 A.D.

... and 8 other letters

1. The Epistle to the Hebrews -- author unknown --God's ultimate word of salvation about 66 A.D.	2. The Epistle of James --probably by a relative of Jesus who became head of the Church at Jerusalem --teaches necessity of good works to accompany faith about 62 A.D.	3. First Epistle of Peter --from Rome to Christian churches in ASIA MINOR --teaches the value of Christ's death and resurrection about 64 - 67 A.D.
4. Second Epistle of Peter -- urges all to be faithful and blameless --helps build hope for a second coming --warns against false teachers about 100 A.D.	5. First Epistle of John 6. Second Epistle of John 7. Third Epistle of John --all concern various theological matters about 100 A.D.	8. Epistle of Jude -- possibly by brother of James -- to Christians who had reverted to pagan rituals about 90 A.D.

and finally...

the Revelation of John

--struggle of Christ and his disciples against Satan and his followers
--defeat of Satan and the ultimate triumph of the kingdom of God.

about 96 A.D.

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