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The Literature and History of New Testament Times

The Literature and History of New Testament Times

by J. Gresham Machen

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Author
Machen, J. Gresham (John Gresham), 1881-1937
Credits
E-text prepared by Heather Clark, Julia Neufeld, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament
Subject
Bible. New Testament -- Theology
Category
Text
eBook-No.
43685
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43685
Release Date
September 10, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE LITERATURE AND HISTORY OF NEW TESTAMENT TIMES
  2. 2.PART I:
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION
  5. 5.LESSON I — THE NEW TESTAMENT — 1. THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE NAME — 2. ONE BOOK, OR A COLLECTION OF BOOKS? — 3. THE FOUR DIVISIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
  6. 6.LESSON II — THE ROMAN BACKGROUND OF CHRISTIANITY — 1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPIRE — 2. ROMAN ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE EMPIRE — 3. ROMAN RELIGION — 4. THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND SUBSEQUENT HISTORY
  7. 7.LESSON III — THE GREEK BACKGROUND OF CHRISTIANITY — 1. THE HELLENISTIC AGE — 2. THE GREEK BIBLE — 3. THE PAPYRI — 4. A REAL GOSPEL IN A REAL WORLD
  8. 8.LESSON IV — THE JEWISH BACKGROUND OF CHRISTIANITY — I. PALESTINIAN JUDAISM — 1. SOURCES — 2. OUTLINE OF JEWISH HISTORY — 3. ADMINISTRATION AND PARTIES — 4. LANGUAGE
  9. 9.LESSON V — THE JEWISH BACKGROUND OF CHRISTIANITY — II. THE JUDAISM OF THE DISPERSION — 1. THE CAUSES AND EXTENT OF THE DISPERSION — 2. THE SEPTUAGINT TRANSLATION AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT — 3. CONCLUSION
  10. 10.LESSON VI — THE MESSIAH — 1. THE NEW TESTAMENT APPEAL TO PROPHECY — 2. THE MESSIANIC HOPE A PREPARATION FOR THE GOSPEL — 3. THE PERMANENT VALUE OF PROPHECY — 4. THE MESSIANIC HOPE OF LATER JUDAISM
  11. 11.LESSON VII — THE BOOK OF THE ACTS — 1. AUTHORSHIP — 2. DATE — 3. SOURCES — 4. PURPOSE — 5. LITERARY CHARACTERISTICS
  12. 12.LESSON VIII — THE CROSS AND THE RESURRECTION THE FOUNDATION OF APOSTOLIC PREACHING — 1. THE RESURRECTION A FACT OF HISTORY — 2. THE RESURRECTION CONFIRMED BY EXPERIENCE — 3. THE DEATH
  13. 13.LESSON IX — THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 1. THE GIFT OF TONGUES — 2. THE SPEECHES — 3. THE CONVERTS — 4. JOY AND FEAR
  14. 14.LESSON X — THE FIRST PERSECUTION — 1. THEUDAS AND JUDAS — 2. THE SEVEN — 3. THE SYNAGOGUES — 4. THE SPEECH OF STEPHEN — 5. MARTYRDOM — 6. THE RESULT OF THE PERSECUTION
  15. 15.LESSON XI — THE FIRST GENTILE CONVERTS — 1. PHILIP — 2. SIMON MAGUS — 3. CORNELIUS
  16. 16.LESSON XII — THE CONVERSION OF PAUL — 1. PAUL AT TARSUS — 2. THE INNER LIFE OF PAUL THE RABBI — 3. PAUL'S EXPERIENCE AND OURS
  17. 17.LESSON XIII — THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH — 1. THE ACTS AND THE PAULINE EPISTLES — 2. THE PREACHING TO "GREEKS" — 3. PETER'S ESCAPE FROM PRISON
  18. 18.PART II:
  19. 19.LESSON XIV — THE GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES — 1. THE PROPHETS AND TEACHERS — 2. ELYMAS — 3. SAUL AND PAUL — 4. PAUL AND BARNABAS — 5. THE RETURN OF JOHN MARK — 6. HARDSHIPS AND PERSECUTIONS — 7. GEOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST JOURNEY — 8. TIME OF THE FIRST JOURNEY — 9. THE SCENE AT LYSTRA
  20. 20.LESSON XV — THE COUNCIL AT JERUSALEM — 1. THE ACTS AND GALATIANS — 2. THE JUDAIZERS — 3. THE APOSTOLIC DECREE
  21. 21.LESSON XVI — THE GOSPEL CARRIED INTO EUROPE — 1. TITUS AND TIMOTHY — 2. THE ROUTE THROUGH ASIA MINOR — 3. THE MOVEMENTS OF SILAS AND TIMOTHY — 4. PAUL AT ATHENS
  22. 22.LESSON XVII — ENCOURAGEMENT FOR RECENT CONVERTS — 1. SIMPLICITY OF THE THESSALONIAN EPISTLES — 2. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST — 3. THE PERSONS ASSOCIATED IN THE ADDRESS
  23. 23.LESSON XVIII — THE CONFLICT WITH THE JUDAIZERS — 1. APOLLOS — 2. GALATIANS A POLEMIC — 3. THE ADDRESS. GAL. 1:1-5 — 4. THE PURPOSE OF THE EPISTLE. GAL. 1:6-10 — 5. PAUL'S DEFENSE OF HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY. GAL. 1:11 to 2:21 — 6. PAUL'S DEFENSE OF HIS GOSPEL. GAL. 3:1 to 5:12 — 7. THE RESULTS OF PAUL'S GOSPEL. GAL. 5:13 to 6:10 — 8. CONCLUSION. GAL. 6:11-18
  24. 24.LESSON XIX — PROBLEMS OF A GENTILE CHURCH — 1. THE PARTIES — 2. THINGS SACRIFICED TO IDOLS — 3. SPIRITUAL GIFTS — 4. THE RESURRECTION — 5. INCIDENTAL INFORMATION ABOUT JESUS
  25. 25.LESSON XX — THE APOSTLE AND HIS MINISTRY — 1. ADDRESS AND THANKSGIVING. II Cor. 1:1-11 — 2. THE APOSTLE AND THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. II Cor. 1:12 to 7:16 — 3. THE COLLECTION. II Cor., chs. 8, 9 — 4. THE OPPONENTS. II Cor., chs. 10 to 13
  26. 26.LESSON XXI — THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION — 1. THE EDICT OF CLAUDIUS — 2. ADDRESS, THANKSGIVING AND SUBJECT. Rom. 1:1-17 — 3. ROMANS AND GALATIANS — 4. THE PAULINE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY. Rom., chs. 9 to 11 — 5. INTEGRITY OF THE EPISTLE
  27. 27.LESSON XXII — PAUL'S JOURNEY TO ROME — 1. THE JOURNEY TO TROAS — 2. TROAS — 3. THE ELDERS OF EPHESUS — 4. ARRIVAL IN PALESTINE — 5. PAUL BEFORE AGRIPPA — 6. THE ACCESSION OF FESTUS — 7. LATER HISTORY OF THE JERUSALEM CHURCH
  28. 28.LESSON XXIII — THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST — 1. THE EPISTLES OF THE THIRD GROUP — 2. THE CHRISTOLOGY OF COLOSSIANS — 3. THE PERSON OF CHRIST AND THE WORK OF CHRIST — 4. THE EPISTLE TO PHILEMON
  29. 29.LESSON XXIV — THE CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1. STYLE OF EPHESIANS — 2. COLOSSIANS AND EPHESIANS — 3. THE ADDRESS OF EPHESIANS. EPH. 1:1,2 — 4. THANKSGIVING FOR THE PLAN OF SALVATION. EPH. 1:3-14 — 5. THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER FOR THE READERS. EPH. 1:15 to 2:10 — 6. RECEPTION OF THE GENTILES. EPH. 2:11-22 — 7. THE MINISTRY OF PAUL. EPH., ch. 3 — 8. LIFE IN THE CHURCH. EPH., chs. 4 to 6
  30. 30.LESSON XXV — CHRIST AND HIS FOLLOWERS — 1. THE ADDRESS. Phil. 1:1,2 — 2. THE THANKSGIVING. Phil. 1:3-11 — 3. PROGRESS OF AFFAIRS IN ROME. Phil. 1:12-30 — 4. EXHORTATION TO UNITY. Phil. 2:1-18 — 5. THE MISSION OF TIMOTHY AND OF EPAPHRODITUS. Phil. 2:19-30 — 6. WARNING AGAINST OPPONENTS. Phil., ch. 3 — 7. EXHORTATION, ACKNOWLEDGMENT, GREETINGS AND BENEDICTION. Phil., ch. 4
  31. 31.LESSON XXVI — TRAINING NEW LEADERS — 1. THE FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY — 2. THE EPISTLE TO TITUS — 3. THE SECOND EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY
  32. 32.PART III:
  33. 33.LESSON XXVII — A PRESENTATION OF JESUS TO JEWISH CHRISTIANS — The Gospel According to Matthew
  34. 34.LESSON XXVIII — A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JESUS — The Gospel According to Mark
  35. 35.LESSON XXIX — A GREEK HISTORIAN'S ACCOUNT OF JESUS — The Gospel According to Luke
  36. 36.LESSON XXX — THE TESTIMONY OF THE BELOVED DISCIPLE — The Gospel According to John
  37. 37.LESSON XXXI — THE JESUS OF THE GOSPELS — 1. AGREEMENT AMONG THE SYNOPTISTS — 2. THE SYNOPTISTS AND JOHN — 3. DIVINITY AND HUMANITY — 4. THE MANNER OF JESUS' TEACHING — 5. THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF JESUS
  38. 38.LESSON XXXII — A DOCUMENT OF THE JERUSALEM CHURCH — The Epistle of James
  39. 39.LESSON XXXIII — JESUS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT — The Epistle to the Hebrews
  40. 40.LESSON XXXIV — CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE — The First Epistle of Peter
  41. 41.LESSON XXXV — THE CHRISTIAN'S ATTITUDE TOWARD ERROR AND IMMORALITY — The Second Epistle of Peter and the Epistle of Jude
  42. 42.LESSON XXXVI — THE LIFE OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD — The Epistles of John
  43. 43.LESSON XXXVII — THE MESSAGES OF THE LIVING CHRIST — The Book of Revelation (First Lesson)
  44. 44.LESSON XXXVIII — A VISION OF THE FINAL TRIUMPH — The Book of Revelation (Second Lesson)
  45. 45.LESSON XXXIX — REVIEW — 1. UNANSWERED QUESTIONS — 2. THE NERONIAN PERSECUTION — 3. THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM — 4. THE PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL — 5. JOHN AT EPHESUS — 6. THE PERSECUTION UNDER DOMITIAN — 7. THE NEW TESTAMENT GOSPEL
  46. 46.PART IV:
  47. 47.LESSON XL — THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD — 1. TERMS DESCRIPTIVE OF DISCIPLESHIP — 2. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS
  48. 48.LESSON XLI — THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE — 1. A PHILOSOPHY, OR A TESTIMONY? — 2. THE EFFECTS OF THE MESSAGE — 3. THE PRESENTATION OF THE MESSAGE
  49. 49.LESSON XLII — THE WORD AND THE SACRAMENTS — 1. REALITY IN RELIGION — 2. THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE — 3. BAPTISM — 4. THE LORD'S SUPPER — 5. THE SACRAMENTS MORE THAN A PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL
  50. 50.LESSON XLIII — PRAYER — 1. THE ANSWERER OF PRAYER — 2. THE INFLUENCE OF JESUS' TEACHING UPON THE PRAYERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 3. PUBLIC PRAYERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 4. PRIVATE PRAYERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 5. "MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS"
  51. 51.LESSON XLIV — THE CONGREGATION — 1. CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS IN PALESTINE — 2. CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS IN THE PAULINE CHURCHES — 3. PAUL'S DIRECTIONS FOR CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS
  52. 52.LESSON XLV — THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDY — 1. THE PAULINE COLLECTION ACCORDING TO FIRST CORINTHIANS — 2. THE PAULINE COLLECTION ACCORDING TO SECOND CORINTHIANS — 3. THE PAULINE COLLECTION ACCORDING TO ROMANS — 4. TO WHOM WAS RELIEF EXTENDED?
  53. 53.LESSON XLVI — ORGANIZING FOR SERVICE — 1. ELDERS ACCORDING TO THE PASTORAL EPISTLES — 2. ELDERS ACCORDING TO THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT — 3. HOW WERE ELDERS TO BE CHOSEN? — 4. THE APOSTOLIC PRECEDENT AND DEPARTURES FROM IT — 5. RELATIONS OF THE CONGREGATIONS TO ONE ANOTHER — 6. PRINCIPLES
  54. 54.LESSON XLVII — A MISSION FOR THE WORLD — 1. JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY — 2. THE DIVINE GUIDANCE — 3. REASONS FOR GENTILE FREEDOM
  55. 55.LESSON XLVIII — THE CHRISTIAN IDEAL OF PERSONAL MORALITY — 1. THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS — 2. CONTRASTS — 3. THE NEW MAN
  56. 56.LESSON XLIX — CHRISTIANITY AND HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS — 1. THE PROBLEM — 2. THE WORLDLY SOLUTION — 3. THE ASCETIC SOLUTION — 4. THE TRUE SOLUTION — 5. CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL SERVICE
  57. 57.LESSON L — THE CHRISTIAN USE OF THE INTELLECT — 1. THE PROBLEM OF CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE — 2. THE APOSTOLIC EXAMPLE — 3. THE PRACTICE OF THE TRUTH — 4. GOD THE SOURCE OF TRUTH
  58. 58.LESSON LI — THE CHRISTIAN HOPE AND THE PRESENT POSSESSION — 1. THE END OF THE WORLD — 2. FEAR AND JOY — 3. THE INTERMEDIATE STATE — 4. THE FINAL BLESSEDNESS — 5. THE DISPENSATION OF THE SPIRIT
  59. 59.LESSON LII — RETROSPECT: THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CENTURY — Transcriber's note:

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