Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Everett Harrison, Bio-note, and "Introduction to the New Testament"


          Harrison, Everett F. Introduction to the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI:  William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1974.  A 1990-edition is available at: http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-New-Testament-Everett-Harrison/dp/0802847862/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1377042673&sr=8-4&keywords=everett+f.+harrison

After twenty-five years of teaching seminary as a “double doctor,” this 507-page introduction was motivated by watching his students “grow weary of taking notes diligently from day to day in the classroom” (Preface).  Can’t go to seminary?  Here is one workable and serviceable volume.

Very little is available on Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Harrison’s life during an internet search.  He was double-doctored. We have two bio-notes followed by an outline of the volume.


EVERETT F. HARRISON (B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Princeton University; Th.B., Princeton Seminary; Th.D., Dallas Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania), has served as a missionary in China and as a Presbyterian minister in Pennsylvania, though most of his work was in the classroom. He taught both at Dallas Theological Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary. He is author of numerous books and commentaries including Colossians (Everyman's Bible Commentary), Interpreting Acts: The Expanding Church, and Romans (Expositor's Bible Commentary).

A second source offers the following. http://www.seekgod.ca/charmembers.htm

Charter Members Of Fuller Theological Seminary 

Everett F. Harrison—Born July 2, 1902 he was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1927. From 1928-1930 he was an instructor in Old Testament at Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Tex. He continued there as professor of New Testament from  1928-30, 1932-35, 1936-40, 1944-47 He became pastor of Third Presbyterian Church, Chester, Pa. from 1940-44 and was a professor of New Testament from 1947 forward at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, Calif.

A writer of Sunday school lesson materials for the American Sunday School Union for twenty-five years, he was also Editor-in Chief- for the Wycliffe Bible Commentary and the author of numerous other books, including, editor of Baker's Dictionary of Theology along with Geoffrey W. Bromiley, and Carl F.H. Henry. Harrison was competent in Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, German, Latin, and French.

The Gale Group Biography  < http://www.galenet.com > lists the following information. "Education: University of Washington, Seattle, B.A., 1923; Princeton University, A.M., 1927; Princeton Theological Seminary, Th.B., 1927; Dallas Theological Seminary, Th.D., 1938; University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1950. 

The book is organized as follows.

Preface
List of Abbreviations

Background

Part One: The Background

1.      The Background—history, institutions and literature


Part II

The Language of the New Testament

2.     The Language of the New Testament—rise of kione, sources for knoine, New Testament writers, influence of the Septuagint, quotation of the Old Testament in the New, bibliography


Part III

Textual Criticism of the New Testament

3.     The Textual Criticism of the New Testament—materials, history of the study of the text of the New Testament, and the practice of textual criticism


Part IV

The Canon

4.     The Canon—history of the canon, principles governing canonicity, New Testament Apocrypha, Agrapha


Part V

The Literature of the New Testament

5.     The Gospels—word “Gospel,” multiplication of Gospels, value of Gospels, Gospel pattern, order of Gospels, synoptic problem, form criticism, redaction critic, Aramaic origins

6.     The Gospel According to Matthew—original form, contents, characteristics, purpose, background, date, authorship, recent study

7.     The Gospel According to Mark—recognition by early church, authorship, purpose, date, contents, characteristics, recent study

8.     The Gospel According to Luke—authorship, prologue, readers, date and place of writing, accuracy, contents, characteristics, recent study

9.     The Gospel According to John—contents, characteristics, date, place of writing, authorship, purpose and readers, principle concepts, special study

10.  The Book of Acts—contents, authorship, purpose, date, characteristics, sources, historical value of the book, recent study

11.  Introduction to the Epistles—the form of the letters, epistle or letter?, New Testament letters and Christian Didache

12. Thessalonians Epistles

First Thessalonians—background, authenticity, outline, date

Second Thessalonians—authenticity, background, outline, relationship to first epistle, date

13. Epistle to the Galatians—authenticity, background, destination, date and place of writing, outline, characteristics

14. The Corinthian Correspondence

City of Corinth

Founding of the Church

Paul’s relationship to the Church

First Corinthians—authenticity, readers, outline, divisions in the Church,    characteristics, date and place of writing, recent study

Second Corinthians—authenticity, readers, outline, characteristics, date and place of writing, recent study

15. Epistle to the Romans

City of Rome

Founding of the Church

Composition of the Church

Authenticity, date and place of writing, purpose, characteristics, outline, integrity, and theological thought

16. Prison Epistles

Time and Place

Date of Prison Epistles

Colossians—city, church, background, outline, nature of false teaching, relationship to Ephesians, authenticity

Philemon—background, value, recent study

Ephesians—readers, authenticity, Goodspeed’s theory, outline, characteristics

Philippians—background, authenticity, occasion and purpose, characteristics, recent study

17. Pastoral Epistles

Outline

Background

Nature of False Teaching

Authenticity

Date and place of writing

Recent study

18. Epistle to the Hebrews—recognition by early church, form, outline, characteristics, readers, authorship and date

19. Epistle of James—recognition by early church, outline, characteristics, readers, authorship, alternative views on authorship, date, place of writing, value

20.  The First Epistle of Peter—recognition by early church, outline, theological thought, form and unity, readers, authorship, date and place of writing

21.  The Second Epistle of Peter—recognition of early church, outline, authorship, date, readers, recent study

22.  Epistle of Jude—recognition by early church, outline, characteristics, authorship, date, readers, value

23. The Epistles of John

First John—recognition by early church, background and purpose, form and outline, characteristics, relationship to John’s Gospel, authorship, unity, readers, date

Second and Third John—recognition by early church, outline, background and purpose, authorship, readers, date

24. The Book of Revelation—recognition by early church, form and outline, characteristics, interpretation, theological thought, authorship, unity, background and date, readers, purpose and value.

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Indexes

 

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