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Introducing the New Testament: A Short Guide to Its History and Message is unavailable, but you can change that!

This abridged edition of an established major textbook brings the best of New Testament scholarship to the church and makes it accessible to the average reader. Focusing on historical questions dealing with authorship, date, sources, purpose, and destination of the New Testament books, this book will help a new generation of students and church leaders better grasp the message of the New...

The fourth gospel does not specify where John wrote it. Four places are commonly proposed: Alexandria, Antioch, Palestine, and Ephesus. The traditional view is that John wrote it in Ephesus, and no other location has the support of the church fathers. If John wrote it while residing in Ephesus, then perhaps he prepared it for readers in this general part of the empire, while still hoping for the widest possible circulation. Almost any date between
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