Martin, Ralph P. New Testament Foundations: Volume 2 Acts—Revelation. Exeter, UK: Paternoster Press, Ltd., 1978. (Save your money, this isn't very good. Nonetheless, we'll read it for one last time. He an English Baptist, a notch better than an American Baptist. No liturgy, no confessions, and...well, more later.)
When catechetized in the Reformed faith, e.g. the Westminster Confession of Faith, learning is a corollary concern in life; it’s logical and natural to life in the Triune God who creates, sustains and preserves knowledge: Semper Fidelis et Sola Deo Gloria. Of course, good regulated Prayer Book doctrine, worship and piety is another corollary.
This rather un-necessary, somewhat dreary, 463-page volume is available at: http://www.amazon.com/
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Abbreviations
ONE: INTRODUCING THE LETTERS AND APOCALYPSE
1. What to Look for in the Epistles
TWO: THE ANCIENT WORLD: THE SETTING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN GRAECO-ROMAN CIVILIZATION
2. The World of the Early Church: The Roman Empire
3. The World of the Early Church: The Religious and Philosophical Framework
THREE: CAMEOS OF THE EARLY CHURCH
4. Acts of the Apostles as a Historical and Theological Document
5. Pentecost and the Church at Jerusalem
6. Stephen, the Hellenists and the Early Gentile Mission
7. Paul’s Conversion: History and Faith Meet
8. Cornelius’ Conversion and the First Missionary Journey
9. The Jerusalem Council and Paul’s Attitude to Israel
10. From Philippi to Jerusalem
11. Paul en route to Rome, and the Church at Rome
FOUR: THE PAULINE CORPUS OF LETTERS
12. Paul’s Struggle for Galatia
13. Persecution and Parousia in the Thessalonian Letters
14. The Corinthian Correspondence and its Setting
15. Paul’s Missionary Manifest in Romans
16. Paul and His Converts at Philippi
17. Crisis at Colossae
18. Christ and the Church in the Ephesian Epistle
FIVE: SPECIAL ISSUES IN THE PAULINE CORPUS
19. Paul the Letter-Writer
20. Paul and His Predecessors
21. The Authority of Paul’s Letters: Apostleship, Tradition and the Canon
22. The Place of the Pastorals and the Close of Paul’s Life
23. Church and State in the New Testament
24. Gnostic Motifs in Paul
SIX: OTHER NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS
25. Christianity According to First Peter
26. The Pilgrim People of God
27. The Epistle of James and Jewish Christianity
28. The Literature Published in Asia Minor
29. Early Catholicism and 2 Peter—Jude
SEVEN: THE SUM OF THE MATTER
30. The Nature of the Christian Life (1 Corinthians 5.6-8)
31. The Claims of the New Life in Christ (1 Corinthians 6.12-20)
32. The Hope of the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15.20-28)
Epilogue
Select Bibliography
Index of Subjects
Index of Authors
Index of References
Chapter 1 and Introduction. This volume was used at one British University and several US seminaries. It is designed for 30 hours of lectures. It doesn’t look very good. He’s an English Baptist, so bottoms-up? Problematic. His first chapter is ho-hum-drum with one meritorious point—while Paul is dominant in the NT, one must recognize that others were involved. Thank you, Ralph. Also, he recommends Kummel’s NTI and Guthrie’s NTI. Sorry, but to recommend Kummel to young seminarians? Not quite. Guthrie, for novitates, yes.
When catechetized in the Reformed faith, e.g. the Westminster Confession of Faith, learning is a corollary concern in life; it’s logical and natural to life in the Triune God who creates, sustains and preserves knowledge: Semper Fidelis et Sola Deo Gloria. Of course, good regulated Prayer Book doctrine, worship and piety is another corollary.
This rather un-necessary, somewhat dreary, 463-page volume is available at: http://www.amazon.com/
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Abbreviations
ONE: INTRODUCING THE LETTERS AND APOCALYPSE
1. What to Look for in the Epistles
TWO: THE ANCIENT WORLD: THE SETTING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN GRAECO-ROMAN CIVILIZATION
2. The World of the Early Church: The Roman Empire
3. The World of the Early Church: The Religious and Philosophical Framework
THREE: CAMEOS OF THE EARLY CHURCH
4. Acts of the Apostles as a Historical and Theological Document
5. Pentecost and the Church at Jerusalem
6. Stephen, the Hellenists and the Early Gentile Mission
7. Paul’s Conversion: History and Faith Meet
8. Cornelius’ Conversion and the First Missionary Journey
9. The Jerusalem Council and Paul’s Attitude to Israel
10. From Philippi to Jerusalem
11. Paul en route to Rome, and the Church at Rome
FOUR: THE PAULINE CORPUS OF LETTERS
12. Paul’s Struggle for Galatia
13. Persecution and Parousia in the Thessalonian Letters
14. The Corinthian Correspondence and its Setting
15. Paul’s Missionary Manifest in Romans
16. Paul and His Converts at Philippi
17. Crisis at Colossae
18. Christ and the Church in the Ephesian Epistle
FIVE: SPECIAL ISSUES IN THE PAULINE CORPUS
19. Paul the Letter-Writer
20. Paul and His Predecessors
21. The Authority of Paul’s Letters: Apostleship, Tradition and the Canon
22. The Place of the Pastorals and the Close of Paul’s Life
23. Church and State in the New Testament
24. Gnostic Motifs in Paul
SIX: OTHER NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS
25. Christianity According to First Peter
26. The Pilgrim People of God
27. The Epistle of James and Jewish Christianity
28. The Literature Published in Asia Minor
29. Early Catholicism and 2 Peter—Jude
SEVEN: THE SUM OF THE MATTER
30. The Nature of the Christian Life (1 Corinthians 5.6-8)
31. The Claims of the New Life in Christ (1 Corinthians 6.12-20)
32. The Hope of the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15.20-28)
Epilogue
Select Bibliography
Index of Subjects
Index of Authors
Index of References
Chapter 1 and Introduction. This volume was used at one British University and several US seminaries. It is designed for 30 hours of lectures. It doesn’t look very good. He’s an English Baptist, so bottoms-up? Problematic. His first chapter is ho-hum-drum with one meritorious point—while Paul is dominant in the NT, one must recognize that others were involved. Thank you, Ralph. Also, he recommends Kummel’s NTI and Guthrie’s NTI. Sorry, but to recommend Kummel to young seminarians? Not quite. Guthrie, for novitates, yes.
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