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The Making of the New Testament: Origin, Collection, Text & Canon is unavailable, but you can change that!

In The Making of the New Testament, Arthur Patzia retells the New Testament’s story. His textbook study of the origin, collection, copying and canonizing of the New Testament documents answers a myriad of questions—cultural, historical, geographical, linguistic and spiritual. What motivated the early Christians to commit teaching and events and visions to papyrus? How were the stories and...

Table 1.1. Sample Parallels: New Testament and Old Testament Apocrypha Matthew 11:28–30 Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Sirach 51:23–26 Draw near to me, you who are uneducated, and lodge in the house of instruction. Why do you say you are lacking in these things, and why do you
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