1. HISTORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: ROMANS - REVELATION
BIBLE 132

2. Fall, Freshman Year BIB 121 – History of the NT: Gospels Spring, Freshman Year BIB 132 – History of the NT: Romans-Revelation Fall, Sophomore Year BIB 212 – History of the Old Testament Spring, Sophomore Year BIB 222 – Philosophy of Living

3. Purposes of Course
To help you develop an understanding of the growth and development of early Christianity.
To help you develop a knowledge of the material of the New Testament

4. Purposes of Course
To help you understand how the New Testament and its theological principles can provide encouragement, guidance, and wisdom for our lives today.

5. Why Is the Bible So Important?
Best selling book of all time.
Record of people’s experiences with God
Great stories and literature
Influenced so many throughout history

6. A collection of documents written over many centuries
The Bible
A collection of documents written over many centuries
Two Parts:
Old Testament, or First Testament
New Testament, or Second Testament

7. Testament
“Testament” or “Covenant” refers to the story of how God chose to work through various people in history.
Old or First = God working through the descendants of Abraham (The Jewish people)
New or Second = God working through Jesus and his followers (Christians)

8. Old Testament 39 different documents (books) Law/ Torah Prophets
Writings

9. New Testament 27 different documents (books, letters)
Gospels = Life of Jesus
Acts = Beginnings of Christianity
Letters of apostles to churches & individuals
Book of Revelation – written to Christians being persecuted by Roman government

10. Canon Authoritative collection of writings
Old Testament accepted by Jews even before Jesus’ time
New Testament came together throughout the first century AD

11. Heresies Marcion Rejected the OT Paul was the only true apostle
Bible included Gospel of Luke, and ten letters of Paul.

12. Heresies
Gnosticism

13. New Testament Canon Apostolic Authorship Orthodoxy Universality
Apostles of Jesus
Or those who worked with the apostles
Orthodoxy
Universality

14. Inspiration
The idea that God worked with the authors of the Old and New Testaments to provide reliable and useful teachings for helping people.
2 Peter 1:20

15. Integrity of New Testament Text
The best attested writing of the ancient world.
More manuscripts that any other work
Less of a gap between originals and copies
Thousands of quotations by early church leaders.
Best preserved document of antiquity