This volume explains what the New Testament is, how it was formed, and the various methods we may use to understand it. Guidance is also given on the cultural world of the original writers, and on the key issues of interpretation that arise when we try to relate their words to the modern world.
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Bruce Chilton is the Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College, New York. He previously taught at Sheffield University in the UK.
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