This is one of the subjects covered by “The Great Courses”. It is a bundled set consisting of 2 dvd’s and a book. The set has never been opened and is still in it’s original shrink wrapping. This is a complete educational course by Professor Bart Ehrman, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Synopsis:
What different kinds of books are in the New Testament? When, how, and why were they written? And why did some books, and not others, come to be collected into what Christians came to consider the canon of scripture that would define their belief for all time?
With these lectures, get a fast-moving yet thorough introduction to these and other key issues in the development of Christianity. Designed to deepen the understanding of both Christians and non-Christians alike, this lecture series takes as its perspective the historical, rather than the theological, issues behind the development of the Bible. And it's an illuminating perspective, indeed, ranging across issues of language, oral history, the physical limitations of spreading the written word at a time when the printing press lay far in the future, and, of course, the theological forces that were shaping Christianity, molding a commonly accepted canon from the various expressions of the faith spreading across the ancient world.
Professor Ehrman recreates the context of the times in which the canon was being assembled so that you can understand what the message of each written work would have meant to ancient Christians. You'll come to see how the diverse books of the New Testament were gathered together into the form we now know, whether it's the four canonical Gospels (whose authorship was only attributed by later Christians), the book of Acts, the 21 Epistles, or the book of Revelation (sometimes called the Apocalypse of John). These lectures are a compelling introduction not only to the development of the Christian canon, but to all of the forces that would play a role in early Christian history.
Disc 1:
The New Testament-An Overview
Paul-Our Earliest Christian Author
The Pauline Epistles
The Problem of Pseudonymity
The Beginnings of the Gospel Traditions
The Earliest Gospels
Disc 2:
The Other Gospels
Apocalypticism and the Apocalypse of John
The Copyists Who Gave us Scripture
Authority in the Early Church
The Importance of Interpretation
When Did the Canon Get Finalized?
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