Michael J Kruger
Author
Publisher
IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
US edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 256 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Christianity in the twenty-first century is a global phenomenon. But in the second century, its future was not at all certain. Initially Christianity possessed little social or cultural influence and found itself fighting for its life. While apostolic tradition was emerging as a "rule of faith," factions contested the nature of the gospel, and pagan philosophers found its claims scandalous. And while its pathway was tenuous, Christianity was forming...
Author
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Did the New Testament canon arise naturally from within the early Christian faith? Were the books written as Scripture, or did they become Scripture? Why did early Christians have a canon at all?
These are the types of questions that led Michael J. Kruger to pick apart modern scholarship's dominant view that the New Testament is a late creation of the church imposed on books originally written for another purpose. Calling into question this commonly...
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 483 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Early Text of the New Testament aims to examine and assess from our earliest extant sources the most primitive state of the New Testament text now known. What sort of changes did scribes make to the text? What is the quality of the text now at our disposal? What can we learn about the nature of textual transmission in the earliest centuries? In addition to analysing the textual and scribal culture of early Christianity, this volume explores the...