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The history of the Bible [videorecording] : the making of the New Testament canon / Bart D. Ehrman.

Ehrman, Bart D. (teacher.). Teaching Company, (publisher.).

Summary:

Presents a series of twelve lectures that provide an introduction to the New Testament for people who recognize or appreciate its cultural importance or have religious commitments to it. This course is historical and does not presuppose faith or deny faith. The four Gospels, the book of Acts, the 21 epistles and the book of Revelation are studied in terms of the factors which eventually produced them.

Record details

ISBN: 1598030752
ISBN: 9781598030754
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 69 pages ; 19 cm.)
Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container. Course no. 6299. 12 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Course guidebooks include bibliographical references (p. 66-69).
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. lecture 1. The New Testament--an overview -- lecture 2. Paul--our earliest Christian author -- lecture 3. The Pauline epistles -- lecture 4. The problem of pseudonymity -- lecture 5. The beginnings of the Gospel traditions -- lecture 6. The earliest gospels -- Disc 2. lecture 7. The other gospels -- lecture 8. Apocalypticism and the apocalyspe of John -- lecture 9. The copyists who gave us scripture -- lecture 10. Authority in the early church -- lecture 11. The importance of interpretation -- lecture 12. When did the canon get finalized?
Participant or Performer Note:	Lecturer: Professor Bart D. Ehrman, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
System Details Note:	DVD.