TY - BOOK AU - Wright,N.T. AU - Bird,Michael F. TI - The New Testament in its world: an introduction to the history, literature, and theology of the first Christians SN - 0310499305 AV - BS2330.3 .W75 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Grand Rapids, MI : PB - Zondervan Academic : London : SPCK KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - Introductions KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Church history KW - ca. 30-100 KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 891-923) and indexes; Part I; Reading the New Testament : --; Beginning study of the New Testament --; The New Testament as history --; The New Testament as literature --; The New Testament as theology --; Part II; The world of Jesus and the early church : --; The history of the Jews between the Persian and Roman Empires --; The Jewish context of Jesus and the early church --; The Greco-Roman context of the early church -- N2 - "The New Testament in Its World brings together decades of ground-breaking research, writing, and teaching into one volume that will open readers' eyes to the larger world of the New Testament. It presents the New Testament books as historical, literary, and social phenomena located in the world of Second Temple Judaism, amidst Greco-Roman politics and culture, and within early Christianity. "-- ER -