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This paper investigates a traditional historical question of New Testament Introduction. Please write a paper on the The Purpose of the book of Acts of The
Apostles.
a. New Testament Introductions
b. Commentaries
c. Dictionary articles.
d. Journal articles, specifically Currents in Biblical Research (formerly Currents in Research: Biblical Studies).
New Testament Introductions
Conservative and Evangelical (i.e., uniformly high estimation of historicity and
authenticity):
Carson, Donald A., Douglas J. Moo and Leon Morris. An Introduction to the New
Testament. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1992.
Guthrie, Donald. New Testament Introduction. 4th ed. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity
Press, 1990.
Moderate and Critical (varied estimation of historicity and authenticity):
Achtemeier, Paul J., Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson, Introducing the New
Testament: Its Literature and Message. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2001.
Brown, Raymond E. An Introduction to the New Testament. New York: Doubleday,
1997.
Childs, Brevard. New Testament as Canon: An Introduction. Minneapolis: Fortress,
1984.
deSilva, David. An Introduction to the New Testament. Downers Grove: IVP, 2004.
Ehrman, Bart D. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian
Writings. 2d ed. New York: Oxford, 2000.
Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation. 3rd ed.
Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003.
Koester, Helmut. Introduction to the New Testament, Volume 2: History and Literature
of Early Christianity. 2d ed. New York: de Gruyter, 2000.
Kümmel, Werner Georg. Introduction to the New Testament. Rev. Eng. ed. of 17th ed. of Elinleitung in das Neue Testament. Translated by Howard C. Kee. Nashville: Abingdon, 1975.
Moule, C. F. D. The Birth of the New Testament. 3d. ed. London: Black, 1981.
Commentaries
I recommend the commentaries in the following series. Not all will agree in their judgments on historical issues. You must assess the evidence they bring to the task and how they use that evidence.
Word Biblical Commentary
New International Commentary on the New Testament
New International Greek Text Commentary (Greek may be needed)
Anchor Bible Commentary (now called Yale Anchor Bible Commentary)
New Interpreters Bible
Baker Exegetical Commentary New Testament
Black’s New Testament Commentary
Hermeneia (may require Greek)
Sacra Pagina
Interpretation
International Critical Commentary (may require Greek)
PLEASE NOT use older commentaries such as Matthew Henry or Jamieson, Faucett,
and Brown that are widely available in software programs and online.
Dictionaries
Evans, Craig A., and Stanley E. Porter, eds. Dictionary of New Testament Background.
Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2000.
Green, Joel B., and Scot McKnight, eds. Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Downers
Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1992.
Martin, Ralph P., Gerald Hawthorne, and Daniel G. Reid, eds. Dictionary of Paul and
His Letters. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1993.
Martin, Ralph P., and Peter H. Davids, eds. Dictionary of the Later New Testament and
Its Developments. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1997.
Freedman, David N., ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
Sakenfeld, Katherine Doob, ed. New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. 4 vols.
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