Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity: A History of New Testament Times / New Testament History: A Narrative Account

From: Trinity Journal | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Paul Barnett. Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity: A History of New Testament Times. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1999. 448 pp. $29.99.

Ben Witherington III. New Testament History: A Narrative Account. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001. 432 pp. $26.99.

Although F. F. Bruce's New Testament History has been the standard textbook for students of early Christianity for thirty years, there have now arisen not one but two new contenders for the position held by Bruce's work. Both accounts are by respected evangelical historians and both receive high praise on the dust jackets as worthy successors of ...

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