New Testament

BCM 103Dr. Dave Mathewson

Gordon College/Denver Seminary

The New Testament – An Overview

Testament – last will and testamentTertullian (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

Greek Manuscript of the NT

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

Alexander the Great

Alexander’s Empire

Seleucids – Syria in the NorthPtolemies – Egypt in the SouthAntiochus IV (175 B.C.)Maccabeans

An Emerging world Rule-Romans

New Testament written under Roman rule

Under Roman Rule

Herod the Client kingCritical time for God’s people

Christians as another version of JudaismWhat 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?