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By Richard Neitzel Holzapfel & Thomas A. Wayment
- What impact did conversion to the gospel have for first century Gentiles?
- How were the words of Jesus transmitted prior to the writing of the Gospels?
- How do the epistles from Peter and John relate to those from Paul?
- How can we know what messages the book of Revelation has for us today?
If you’ve wondered about such questions, you’ll value the answers in this book. A follow-up to the three-volume work The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, this book includes fourteen chapters by faithful Latter-day Saint scholars trained in various New Testament disciplines (ancient history, Greek and Latin, Roman civilization, geography). They share up-to- the-minute research on the ministry of these remarkable missionaries and leaders. The risen Lord commanded His disciples to take the message of His suffering, death, and resurrection to all the world. This book helps readers see how that commandment was fulfilled — and inspires in us a desire to be witnesses of the Savior in our day.
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Key to Abbreviations
Introduction: A Distant and Foreign Land: Acts through Revelation
Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment
- From Jesus to the Written Gospels: The Oral Origins of the Gospel
Thomas A. Wayment - The Church of the First Century
Gaye Strathearn and Joshua M. Sears - Unto the Uttermost Part of the Earth
Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment - The Impact of Gentile Conversions in the Greco-Roman World
Eric D. Huntsman - The Roman World outside Judea
Eric D. Huntsman - From Temple and Synagogue to House-Church
Richard Neitzel Holzapfel - The Continuing Influence of the Family of Jesus in Early Christianity
Thomas A. Wayment - The Epistle of James: Anti-Pauline Rhetoric or a New Emphasis?
Brian M. Hauglid - James, First and Second Peter, and Jude: Epistle of Persecution
John Gee - John's Later Ministry and His Banishment to Patmos: The Background to Revelation
Richard D. Draper - Imperial Cult and the Beasts of Revelation
Eric D. Huntsman and Cecilia M. Peek - The End of the Early Church
Kent P. Jackson - Soma Sema: The Influence of "The Body Is a Tomb" in Early Christian Debates and the New Testament
Gaye Strathearn - The Creeds and Councils
Jennifer C. Lane
Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment
Contributors
Scripture Index
Subject Index
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