The Pattern of New Testament Truth (Biblia.com)

The Pattern of New Testament Truth is unavailable, but you can change that!

George Eldon Ladd here addresses the problem of differences and similarities in the theologies of the New Testament writers, and seeks to show in this examination what he calls “the pattern of New Testament truth.” The author argues against an overemphasis on Gnosticism in the study of the background of the New Testament. Ladd then goes on to consider a philosophical movement, prevalent during...

that he chose the world’s riches over the Kingdom of God (Mark 10:22ff.). That the world is in darkness (Matt. 5:14) illustrates the biblical dualism in contrast to the Greek dualism. The world is not darkness because it is the world of matter in contrast to an extra-worldly realm of light and life. The “world” here is not the sphere of nature and bodily existence; it is the world of men, of human society. The dualism is ethical and religious, not cosmological. God does not stand over against the

Page 43

Buy this book at Logos.com