Look into New Testament

New Testament Survey
11/28/2009
A look into the new testament
In this paper I shall take a look into The New Testament.

The New Testament as a whole contains 27 books. The four gospels, according to tradition, were written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (the four evangelists); the Acts of the Apostles was probably written by the evangelist Luke; most of the Letters or Epistles were written by Paul.

The structure of the New Testament is as follows: 1 Gospels 2 Acts 3 Pauline epistles 4 General epistles 5 Revelation

First the books that is referred to as the Gospels. Each of the gospels narrates the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth. The traditional author of each are also given as the names of each book. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The timelines range from A.D. 58-68 to 80-90 A.D. The different set of peoples that or the audience of each varies from Religious Jews, Roman, Greek and Universal. Due to the different audiences they also have a different main focus each is about Jesus but seen in different lights. Messiah-King, Servant/King, Perfect Man and Son of God. Each focuses as well on different attributes of Christ Strength, ,Service, wisdom and Deity. Three of the Gospels are historical in nature and the fourth is theological in nature.

Second The Acts. The author of this particular book is speculated by many as it is not certain but the main speculation holds that Luke who was the author of the book of Luke was the author.

Luke was a physician by trade as well as a gentile. It is believed that Luke was a friend of Paul who wrote the Pauline epistles. The timeline of Acts is also a speculation but the probability of it’s timeline is between 60-62 A.D. The book of Luke itself was written from 60-68 A.D. Acts is believed by some to be a continuation of the Gospel of Luke.