Introduction to the New Testament. / Vol 1, : History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age / / Helmut Koester.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies 1990 - 1999
• VerfasserIn: Koester, Helmut,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Introduction to the New Testament ; Vol 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (409 p.) :; 9 Ktn.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Preface to the Second Edition --; Preface --; Abbreviations, Serial and Journal Titles --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; § 1 HISTORICAL SURVEY --; § 2 SOCIETY AND ECONOMICS --; § 3 EDUCATION, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE --; § 4 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION --; § 5 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD --; § 6 THE ROMAN EMPIRE AS THE HEIR OF HELLENISM --; Index of Names and Places --; Index of Writings --; Short Titles of Works Often Cited
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110814064; 9783110638110
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110814064
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Helmut Koester.

While the first American edition of this book, published more than a decade ago, was a revised translation of the German book, Einführung in das Neue Testament, this second edition of the first volume of the Introduction to the New Testament is no longer dependent upon a previously published German work. The author hopes that for the student of the New Testament it is a useful introduction into the many complex aspects of the political, cultural, and religious developments that characterized the world in which early Christianity arose and by which the New Testament and other early Christian writings were shaped.