Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament : The Evidence for Early Composition

Jonathan Bernier

ISBN 10: 154096180X / ISBN 13: 9781540961808

Published by Baker Publishing Group Mai 2022, 2022

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Neuware - 2023 Word Guild Award Winner (Biblical Studies)This paradigm-shifting study is the first book-length investigation into the compositional dates of the New Testament to be published in over forty years. It argues that, with the notable exception of the undisputed Pauline Epistles, most New Testament texts were composed twenty to thirty years earlier than is typically supposed by contemporary biblical scholars. What emerges is a revised view of how quickly early Christians produced what became the seminal texts for their new movement.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament : The Evidence for Early Composition
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group Mai 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 154096180X
• ISBN 13: 9781540961808
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 219W x 151H x 24D millimeters 219 millimeters width by 151 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 472 grams

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2023 Word Guild Award Winner (Biblical Studies)

This paradigm-shifting study is the first book-length investigation into the compositional dates of the New Testament to be published in over forty years. It argues that, with the notable exception of the undisputed Pauline Epistles, most New Testament texts were composed twenty to thirty years earlier than is typically supposed by contemporary biblical scholars. What emerges is a revised view of how quickly early Christians produced what became the seminal texts for their new movement.

About the Author

Jonathan Bernier (PhD, McMaster University) is assistant professor of New Testament at Regis College, University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario. He is an expert in New Testament history and chronology and has written several books, including Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament.