The Literature and History of New Testament Times

CONTENTS

Clyx.com

		PAGE
Introduction		3
Lesson
1.	The New Testament	5
2.	The Roman Background of Christianity	10
3.	The Greek Background of Christianity	15
4.	The Jewish Background of Christianity: I. Palestinian Judaism	21
5.	The Jewish Background of Christianity: II. The Judaism of the Dispersion	26
6.	The Messiah	31
7.	The Book of The Acts	36
8.	The Cross and the Resurrection the Foundation of Apostolic Preaching	41
9.	The Beginnings of the Christian Church	46
10.	The First Persecution	51
11.	The First Gentile Converts	56
12.	The Conversion of Paul	60
13.	The Church at Antioch	67
14.	The Gospel to the Gentiles	75
15.	The Council at Jerusalem	81
16.	The Gospel Carried Into Europe	86
17.	Encouragement for Recent Converts	92
18.	The Conflict with the Judaizers	97
19.	Problems of a Gentile Church	103
20.	The Apostle and His Ministry	109
21.	The Gospel of Salvation	115
22.	Paul's Journey to Rome	120
23.	The Supremacy of Christ	124
24.	The Church of Christ	129
25.	Christ and His Followers	133
26.	Training New Leaders	138
27.	A Presentation of Jesus to Jewish Christians	147
28.	A Graphic Sketch of the Life of Jesus	154
29.	A Greek Historian's Account of Jesus	158
30.	The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple	165
31.	The Jesus of the Gospels	174
32.	A Document of the Jerusalem Church	178
33.	Jesus the Fulfillment of the Old Testament	184
34.	Christian Fortitude	189
35.	The Christian's Attitude Toward Error and Immorality	194
36.	The Life of the Children of God	198
37.	The Messages of the Living Christ	203