An Introduction to the New Testament

Synopsis: Studying the New Testament requires a determination to encounter this collection of writings on its own terms. This classic introduction by Charles B. Puskas revised with C. Michael Robbins provides helpful guidance. Since the publication of the first edition which was in print for twenty years a host of new and diverse cultural historical social-scientific socio-rhetorical narrative textual and contextual studies has been examined. Attentive also to the positive reviews of the first edition the authors retain the original tripartite arrangement on 1) the world of the New Testament 2) interpreting the New Testament and 3) Jesus and early Christianity. This volume supplies readers with pertinent primary and secondary material. The new edition carries on a genuine effort to be nonsectarian and although it is more of a critical introduction than a general survey it is recommended to midlevel college and seminary students and to anyone who wants to be better informed about the New Testament. Endorsement: This second edition of An Introduction to the New Testament by Puskas and Robbins is a literarily sensitive historically oriented volume. It provides a framework to the New Testament that will help readers appreciate the complex world out of which the New Testament arose and gain an understanding of what is involved in the exegesis of New Testament texts today. I recommend this text for use in undergraduate and seminary classes that offer an academic approach to the New Testament. --Mark Reasoner Associate Professor of Theology Marian University Author Biographies: Charles B. Puskas has extensive experience in college and university teaching religious publishing and parish ministry. He is the author of The Conclusion of Luke-Acts (Pickwick Publications 2009) The Letters of Paul (1993) and with David Crump An Introduction to the Gospels and Acts (2008). C. Michael Robbins is an adjunct professor of religion and philosophy in the Haggard School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University. He is the author of The Testing of Jesus in Q (2007) and with Steven Johnson has helped revise James Allen Hewetts New Testament Greek with CD-ROM (2009).