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New Testament

New Testament. BCM 103 Dr. Dave Mathewson Gordon College/Denver Seminary. The New Testament – An Overview. Testament – last will and testament Tertullian (AD 196-212) Latin, Testamentum – translate Greek word diaqhkh (covenant)

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New Testament

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  1. New Testament BCM 103Dr. Dave MathewsonGordon College/Denver Seminary

  2. The New Testament – An Overview • Testament – last will and testament • Tertullian (AD 196-212) • Latin, Testamentum – translate Greek word diaqhkh (covenant) • New Testament – writings about the new covenant established through Christ • Arrangement of the New Testament

  3. Greek Manuscript of the NT

  4. Arrangement of NT • Gospels – natural bridge between OT and NT; founder of Christianity • Acts – how the “Jesus movement” spread • Paul’s Letters – letters of one of the main characters of Acts • General Letters – letters of other great Christian leaders from Acts • Revelation – the final goal of history

  5. Alexander the Great

  6. Alexander’s Empire

  7. Seleucids – Syria in the North • Ptolemies – Egypt in the South • Antiochus IV (175 B.C.) • Maccabeans

  8. An Emerging world Rule-Romans • New Testament written under Roman rule

  9. Under Roman Rule • Herod the Client king • Critical time for God’s people • Christians as another version of Judaism • What does it mean to live as God’s people in a pagan environment under Roman rule? • God’s people under pagan rule rather than the Son of David. What about God’s promises?

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