The New Testament
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Bart D. Ehrman
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Whether taken as a book of faith or a cultural artifact, the New Testament is among the most significant writings the world has ever known, its web of meaning relied upon by virtually every major writer in the last 2,000 years. Yet the New Testament is not only one of Western civilization’s most believed books, but also one of its most widely disputed, often maligned, and least clearly understood, with a vast number of people unaware of how it was written and transmitted.
But now a distinguished religious scholar is available to help you gain a carefully reasoned understanding of not only the New Testament itself, but of the individuals and communities who created its texts.
Drawing on modern biblical scholarship, recent archaeological discoveries, and careful literary analysis - and approaching his subject purely as a historian, with belief or disbelief suspended - Professor Ehrman has crafted a series of 24 fascinating lectures that trace the history of the New Testament and the early Christian faith community. He discusses not only the 27 books included in the New Testament, but also many of the significant texts that were excluded as he addresses key historical questions around the issues of authorship, circumstance, audience, content, meaning, and historical accuracy.
"Our ultimate goal," he notes, "is to come to a fuller appreciation and understanding of these books that have made such an enormous impact on the history of Western civilization and that continue to play such an important role for people today."
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- Joshua Ebert
- 06-12-2022
Not the common understanding
Would have given five stars but do not agree there were more than twelve Apostles. Also gospel of Thomas appears to be the work of Satan.
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- myra colecliffe
- 29-12-2020
Intelligent and engaging
A really interesting and accessible evaluation of the New Testament appropriate for non christians. Great for these interested in history.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-04-2017
A really fascinating series of lectures
I thought I had a handle on the New Testament. I mean the general gist of it. Was I wrong! This series provided a really interesting historical perspective of the group of documents that have come to be known as the New Testament. The presenter, prof. Bart Ehrman, made the material much more enjoyable to cover as he has quite a personable and witty character, and this manages to filter through the technology of the audio format. He was always respectful of the fact that there are many millions of people whose religious life emanates from these texts. He never disparaged or criticized Christianity as a faith. Nonetheless, there is also a lot of myth-busting going on throughout these fascinating lectures. I found the course to be empowering, interesting and beautifully crafted. Thank you Bart.
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- Paolo Pangan
- 30-01-2023
Informative and well balanced
I love the content and the narration. I highly recommend for people curious as to the veracity and origin of the New Testament
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-01-2019
Well Presented. Easy for layman to understand.
Great course from a very knowledgeable lecturer. I learnt a lot from this course and would recommend it to a listener of any background. Historical context rather than religious context is very interesting.
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- Adam
- 14-01-2023
Very enlightening
Bart has a great way home of putting all the information together and showing how we know what we know about the New Testament
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- Anonymous User
- 28-05-2020
So Good!
I didn't receive any religious education growing up as an atheist. I knew very little about the New Testament. This audiobook has provided me some useful base knowledge from which I can now build on.
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- Sejin
- 11-07-2021
A good critical intro to NT to a non Christian like me.
A good critical intro to NK to a non Christian like me.
Too schematic, so requires accompanying reading, ie his textbook to more details. But a good first step. The notes are also useful.
Would also be good for Christians to reexamine their understanding of NT and their (unreflective) belief.
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- Least Weasel
- 26-01-2023
Unbiased and thorough
I learned so much from this course. The content was honest and unbiased and fascinating. Anyone with any curiosity about the origin and content of the new testament should listen to this course.
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