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The Literature and History of New Testament Times

The Literature and History of New Testament Times

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Chapter 1 THE PROLOGUE

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methods of his work. Luke 1:1-4; Acts 1:1,2. This information, which was barely touc

Luke 1:1-4, it appears, in the first place, that Luke was not an eyewitness of t

itness of the earthly ministry of Jesus. The previous writers, like Luke himself, were dependent upon the testimony of the eyewitnesses. The Gospel of Matthew, therefore, since it was written by an apostle, was not one of the works to w

of the many works to which Luke refers. If so, it may well have been used by Luke in the preparation of his own Gospel. This supposition is by no means excluded by a comparison of the two books. As a matter of fact, the great majori

ot imply in the slightest that their attempts had been unsuccessful. He means simply to justify his own procedure by a reference to what had already been done. "My effort at writing an account of the origin of Christianity," he says in effect,

n a new work if he had thought that the old satisfied all needs. Evidently he hoped to accomplish by

e 1:1-4, but it appears in the retrospect at the beginning of the second work. There the subject of the Gospel is designated as "all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, until the day in which he

owed all things from the beginning. This feature appears plainly in the Gospel. Instead of beginning as Mark does, with the public ministry of Jesus, Luke first g

ustifies the claim of its author. The effort after precision may be seen perhaps especially in such a pa

s was preserved not in a connected narrative, but in isolated anecdotes. It was impossible, therefore, even for a historian like Luke to maintain a chronological arrangement throughout; where chronological arrangement was impossible he was obliged to be satisfied with an arrangeme

Luke's mind did not exist for its own sake. The Gospel of Luke is not a mere scientific dissertation. On the contrary, the history which is narrated was to the author a thing of supreme value. But it was valuable only because it was true. Ther

broad terms, is not to be rashly rejected. No doubt, however, in the prologue Luke was thinking especially of the former part of the work-the part for which he was dependent altogether upon the testimony of others. The first verses of The Acts link the two parts close together. Their connection ha

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1 Chapter 1 THE PROLOGUE2 Chapter 2 THE EVANGELIST A WITNESS3 Chapter 3 THE TRADITION4 Chapter 4 THE TESTIMONY OF THE GOSPEL ITSELF5 Chapter 5 AGREEMENT AMONG THE SYNOPTISTS6 Chapter 6 THE SYNOPTISTS AND JOHN7 Chapter 7 DIVINITY AND HUMANITY8 Chapter 8 THE MANNER OF JESUS' TEACHING9 Chapter 9 THE CHRISTIANITY OF JAMES10 Chapter 10 DATE AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE EPISTLE11 Chapter 11 UNDERLYING UNITY OF THE EPISTLE12 Chapter 12 PAUL NOT THE AUTHOR13 Chapter 13 WHO WAS THE AUTHOR 14 Chapter 14 WHERE WERE THE READERS 15 Chapter 15 WHEN WAS THE EPISTLE WRITTEN 16 Chapter 16 SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD17 Chapter 17 THE DATE OF THE PERSECUTIONS18 Chapter 18 DEPENDENCE AND ORIGINALITY19 Chapter 19 COMPARISON WITH THE SPEECHES OF PETER20 Chapter 20 THE STYLE OF THE EPISTLE21 Chapter 21 SILVANUS22 Chapter 22 MARK23 Chapter 23 AUTHENTICITY24 Chapter 24 SECOND PETER AND FIRST PETER25 Chapter 25 AUTHORSHIP OF THE FIRST EPISTLE26 Chapter 26 TESTIMONY OF AN EYEWITNESS27 Chapter 27 DESTINATION AND DATE28 Chapter 28 THE FALSE TEACHERS29 Chapter 29 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THE THIRD EPISTLE30 Chapter 30 THE APOCALYPSE AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN31 Chapter 31 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE APOCALYPSE32 Chapter 32 THE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE APOCALYPSE33 Chapter 33 THE THOUSAND YEARS34 Chapter 34 UNANSWERED QUESTIONS35 Chapter 35 THE NERONIAN PERSECUTION36 Chapter 36 THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM37 Chapter 37 THE PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL38 Chapter 38 JOHN AT EPHESUS39 Chapter 39 THE PERSECUTION UNDER DOMITIAN40 Chapter 40 TERMS DESCRIPTIVE OF DISCIPLESHIP41 Chapter 41 A PHILOSOPHY, OR A TESTIMONY 42 Chapter 42 THE EFFECTS OF THE MESSAGE43 Chapter 43 REALITY IN RELIGION44 Chapter 44 THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE45 Chapter 45 BAPTISM46 Chapter 46 THE LORD'S SUPPER47 Chapter 47 THE ANSWERER OF PRAYER48 Chapter 48 THE INFLUENCE OF JESUS' TEACHING UPON THE PRAYERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH49 Chapter 49 PUBLIC PRAYERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH50 Chapter 50 PRIVATE PRAYERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH51 Chapter 51 CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS IN PALESTINE52 Chapter 52 CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS IN THE PAULINE CHURCHES53 Chapter 53 THE PAULINE COLLECTION ACCORDING TO FIRST CORINTHIANS54 Chapter 54 THE PAULINE COLLECTION ACCORDING TO SECOND CORINTHIANS55 Chapter 55 THE PAULINE COLLECTION ACCORDING TO ROMANS56 Chapter 56 ELDERS ACCORDING TO THE PASTORAL EPISTLES57 Chapter 57 ELDERS ACCORDING TO THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT58 Chapter 58 HOW WERE ELDERS TO BE CHOSEN 59 Chapter 59 THE APOSTOLIC PRECEDENT AND DEPARTURES FROM IT60 Chapter 60 RELATIONS OF THE CONGREGATIONS TO ONE ANOTHER61 Chapter 61 JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY62 Chapter 62 THE DIVINE GUIDANCE63 Chapter 63 THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS64 Chapter 64 CONTRASTS65 Chapter 65 THE PROBLEM66 Chapter 66 THE WORLDLY SOLUTION67 Chapter 67 THE ASCETIC SOLUTION68 Chapter 68 THE TRUE SOLUTION69 Chapter 69 THE PROBLEM OF CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE70 Chapter 70 THE APOSTOLIC EXAMPLE71 Chapter 71 THE PRACTICE OF THE TRUTH72 Chapter 72 THE END OF THE WORLD73 Chapter 73 FEAR AND JOY74 Chapter 74 THE INTERMEDIATE STATE75 Chapter 75 THE FINAL BLESSEDNESS76 Chapter 76 THE DISPENSATION OF THE SPIRIT