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SCANNED VERSIONDigitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with funding from Princeton Theological Seminary LibraryThe Hellenistic Commentary to the New Testament, the product of collaboration between German and American New Testament scholarship, is the most complete collection of Hellenistic texts correlated to the New Testament available in English. Translations of 976 texts (compared with 626 in the German edition) are cited that directly illustrate the religious world into which early Christianity was born. Many of the texts are extensive enough to give a thorough sampling of how, for instance, miracle stories and birth stories of quasi-divine beings were told in the Hellenistic world, and how revelatory or conversion experiences were expressed in Greco-Roman religions. The texts are arranged according to the canonical order of New Testament books. Thorough cross-references and indexes make it easy to locate texts relevant to the interpretation of any New Testament text or theme. Each text is provided with annotations suggesting ways in which it might illuminate the New Testament text. Furthermore, the new introduction to the English edition specifies ways in which the treasure
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- Author
- M. Eugene Boring, Klaus Berger, Carsten Colpe eds.
- Publisher
- Nashville: Abingdon Press
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780687009169
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Religion, Christian, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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