Deissmann, Adolf 1866-1937 creator Strachan, Lionel Richard Mortimer 1876- translator. text miu Grand Rapids, Mich Baker Book House 1978 New and completely rev. ed. with eighty-five illustrations from the latest German ed. monographic eng

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xxxii, 535 pages : plates, facsimiles ; 22 cm The problem - discovery and nature of the New Texts: The Problem; The Texts: Inscriptions, Papyri, Ostraca The Language of the New Testament illustrated from the New Texts: The historical and the dogmatic method of New Testament Philology. Principal problems; The New Testament a Record of late Colloquial Greek; Examples: Phonology and Accidence; Onomatology; Vocabulary; Syntax; Style; The Essential character of the New Testament The New Testament as Literature, illustrated by the New Texts: The problem of the Literary Development of Christianity; The Essential distinction between "Literary" and "Non-literary" ; A Series of Twenty-six Ancient Letters (from originals) representative of Non-Literary Writing; The essential Distinction between the Letter and the Epistle; Ancient Letters and Epistles; Primitive Christian Letters; The Literary Development of Primitive Christianity; The Essential Character of the New Testament Social and Religious History in the New Testament, illustrated from the New Texts: Clues in the New Testament referring to the Subject. Remarks on Method; The cultural background of Primitive Christianity; The Religious World contemporary with Primitive Christianity; The Competing cults; Types of Individual Souls among the Ancient Non-Literary Classes; Stimuli derived from contemporary popular religion -- Stimuli derived from Contemporary popular morality -- Stimuli derived from Contemporary Popular Law -- Christ and the Caesars: Parallelism in the Technical Language of their Cults; The Theological and the Religious Element in Primitive Christianity; The Forces enabling Primitive Christianity to gain Converts; The Essential Character of the New Testament Retrospect - Future work of research: Retrospect; Christianity popular in its Personalities and forms of expression; Future work for the Philologist; Future work for the Theologian; The New Testament Lexicon Appendices: Jewish prayers for vengeance found at Rheneia; On the Text of the Second Logia Fragment from Oxyrhynchus; The supposed Fragment of a Gospel at Cairo; Lucius - Luke; The Synagogue inscription of Theodotus at Jerusalem; The diptych of M. Valerius Quadratus, a veteran of the Jerusalem campaign; The Epitaph of Regina, A Roman Jewess; A Jewish inscription in the Theatre at Miletus; The so-callled "planetary inscription" in the Theatre at Miletus a late Christian Protective charm; Unrecognised Biblical quatations in Syrian and Mesopotamian Inscription by Adolf Deissmann ; translated by Lionel R.M. Strachan. Antiquities Deissmann, Adolf, 1866-1937. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Book House, 1978 New and completely rev. ed. with eighty-five illustrations from the latest German ed. (OCoLC)767558639 0801028868 9780801028861 TLT 790119 20230912060606.0 ocm04565433 eng