The New Testament : a guide to its writings
Günther Bornkamm, Reginald H. Fuller (Translator), Ilse Fuller (Translator)
"Readers of the New Testament sometimes feel like distant admirers of a strange and awesome edifice which they acknowledge to be both famous and significant, but which they feel is largely beyond their grasp. Their desire is not to be told more about its background and contours but to be ushered directly into its majestic corridors and introduced to its inner secrets. Glinther Bornkamm's book is just such a guide.A biblical scholar of international renown, the author leads the non-specialist into the writings themselves. He points to the main theme of Jesus' preaching and to the central message of the evangelists. He sketches the early 'gospel according to Paul' and interprets the focal ideas of the later writings associated with the name of John. This is not a comprehensive "Introduction" in the technical sense. Professor Bornkamm makes no attempt to indicate for every book who wrote it and when and why, and what it contains. Indeed, he touches on history and origins only insofar as they illumine the question of meaning. Here is no arid reference work for antiquarians but a fascinating book for the general reader, a layman's guide to Christianity's basic document and its diverse expressions of faith. Under the author's expert guidance the New Testament itself seems to come alive and the reader is caught up in the exciting process of inquiry and discovery." -- Back cover
Print Book, English, 1973
Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1973