New Testament Introduction - (Guthrie New Testament Reference Set) by Donald Guthrie (Paperback)

About the Book

Donald Guthrie offers background information for each book of the New Testament and addresses critical issues such as authorship, date of composition, literary structure and cultural setting. In the Guthrie New Testament Reference Set.

Book Synopsis

Twenty years after its first release in one volume, Donald Guthrie has revised his widely acclaimed New Testament Introduction. A careful recasting of a benchmark evangelical work, this new edition provides a fixed point for surveying thebooks of the New Testament. Noting the issues raised by the past two decades of biblical scholarship, Guthrie engages the issues of authorship and authenticity, purpose and structure, historical context and cultural setting. In these discussions, aswell as in the notes and bibliographies, he draws on a wealth of recent scholarly research which gives added value to this classic resource.

Review Quotes

"The author is to be congratulated--and thanked. This will be a standard work for a generation. (Endorsement for the original edition)."

"The bedside companion (especially before examinations )of a generation of theological students. (Endorsement for the original edition)."

"I would urge all ministers and teachers of the New Testament to secure (this volume). There is nothing quite like (it) in our language, abreast of the latest scholarship, frankly facing all major New Testament problems and written with the deep conviction that these are, indeed, inspired documents. (Endorsement for the original edition)."

About the Author

Donald Guthrie (1915-1992) was a graduate of the University of London (B.D., Th.M., Ph.D.). From 1949 until his retirement in 1982 Guthrie was lecturer in New Testament studies at London Bible College, and from 1978 until 1982 he also served as vice principal of the college. His books include New Testament Introduction, New Testament Theology, and the Tyndale New Testament Commentaries on the Pastoral Epistles and Hebrews.