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The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts is unavailable, but you can change that!

This volume addresses the most important issues related to the study of New Testament writings. Two respected senior scholars have brought together a team of distinguished specialists to introduce the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds necessary for understanding the New Testament and the early church. The book includes 75 photographs, 15 maps, numerous tables and charts, illustrations,...

1 Peter as well. In the case of 1 Peter, the question has to do with the letter’s remarkably good Greek and style—uncommon among working-class persons from Galilee; others respond that 1 Peter was written through a skilled secretary, Silvanus (5:12). Likewise, scholars question whether the book of Revelation was written by John the apostle. This is an interesting case because Revelation makes no claim to have been written by the apostle, though the author does name himself as “John” (1:9); yet, it
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