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1 S Login with Sign Up for a Free Account Help SPARKNOTES NO FEAR TEST PREP VIDEO SPARKLIFE THE MINDHUT Home SparkNotes Literature Study Guides Bible: The New Testament Plot Overview CONTENTS BIBLE: THE NEW TESTAMENT FOLLOW US Plot Overview Like 322,046 people like this. Sign Up to see what your friends like. The New Testament is a collection of twenty-seven books centered on the figure of Jesus of Nazareth. Each of these books has its own author, context, theme, and persuasive purpose. Combined, they comprise one of history s most abundant, diverse, complex, and fascinating texts. The books of the New Testament are traditionally divided into three categories: the Gospels, the Epistles, and the Book of Revelation. The Gospels and Acts of the Apostles The Gospels of Ma!hew, Mark, and Luke are known as the synoptic meaning at one look Gospels because each one tells a similar story, differing only in some additions, special emphases, and particular omissions according to the interests of the author and the message the text is trying to convey. Each of the synoptic Gospels tells the story of Jesus of Nazareth, including his ministry, gathering of disciples, trial, crucifixion, and, in the case of Ma!hew and Luke, his resurrection. John is also a Gospel, though it is not placed with the synoptic Gospels because his story is so different. Rather than recording many of the facts about Jesus s life, the Gospel according to John focuses on the mystery and identity of Jesus Take a Study Break! The best confidenceboosting tips on the interwebs courtesy of YOU ONE TICKET TO HOGWARTS, PLEASE plus 8 more fictional vacation spots you've GOT to visit! If you're not 1 of 5 7/20/15, 2:11 PM

2 Context Plot Overview Character List Analysis of Major Characters Themes, Motifs & Symbols Summary & Analysis to Ma!hew (Ma!hew) to Mark (Mark) to Luke (Luke) to John (John) Acts of the Apostles (Acts) The Le!er of Paul to the Romans (Romans) The First Le!er of Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians) The Second Le!er of Paul to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians) The Revelation to John (Revelation) Important Quotations Explained Key Facts Study Questions & Essay Topics Quiz Suggestions for Further Reading How to Cite This SparkNote as the Son of God. Acts of the Apostles follows John, although it was intended to be the second volume of a single unit beginning with Luke. The same author wrote Luke and Acts consecutively, and while Luke is a Gospel about Jesus, Acts picks up the story at the resurrection, when the early disciples are commissioned to witness to the world. Acts is a chronological history of the first church of Christ. The Epistles The twenty-one books following Acts are epistles, or le!ers, wri!en from church leaders to churches in various parts of the world. The first fourteen of these le!ers are called the Epistles of Paul and are le!ers that tradition has accorded to St. Paul in his correspondence with the earliest churches in the first and second century. Historians are fairly certain that Paul himself, Christianity s first theologian and successful missionary, indisputably composed seven of the le!ers, and possibly could have wri!en seven others. The seven le!ers following the Epistles of Paul are called the Catholic Epistles, because they are addressed to the church as a whole rather than to particular church communities. These le!ers identify as their authors original apostles, biological brothers of Jesus, and John the Evangelist, although it is thought that they were actually wri!en by students or followers of these early church luminaries. The first of the Catholic Epistles is the Le!er of James, a!ributed to James, the brother of Jesus and leader of the Christian church in Jerusalem. Next are the First and Second Le!ers of Peter, which identify themselves as le!ers from the apostle Peter. The First, Second, and Third Le!ers of John a!ribute their authorship to John the Evangelist, and the Le!er of Jude a!ributes itself to Jude, the brother of James, who is elsewhere identified as one of Jesus s brothers. The Revelation to John The last book in the New Testament is the Revelation to John, or Book of Revelation, the New Testament s only piece of literature in the apocalyptic genre. It describes a vision by a leader of a church community in Asia Minor living under the persecution of the Roman Empire. part of our hilarious Go Set a Watchman book club, you are seriously MISSING OUT Find out which celebs looked CRAY & which ones looked UH-MAZING in this week's ALL-CAPS STYLE RECAP Brace your eyeballs for EPICNESS: We illustrated 9 more awesome YA quotes! What's July got in store for you? ONLY JONO KNOWS. Click here for your horoscope! MORE HELP Katniss has some of the best burns in history click here for our fave Hunger Games quotes! Buy the print Bible: The New Testament SparkNote on BN.com Read the original Buy the ebook of this SparkNote on BN.com 2 of 5 7/20/15, 2:11 PM

3 Take a Study Break! READERS' NOTES Most Helpful Readers' Notes (6 total) ADD A NOTE Geek Quiz went to Comic Con! The Book of John by GODSGIRL13, September 11, 2012 This is a great place to start in the bible! 0 Comments 10 out of 24 people found this helpful The 7 biggest scientific inaccuracies in Jurassic World Three wise men? by ADAMSCAMERON32, May 07, 2013 the bible does not have a specific number of wise men, it is just assumed that there were 3. There could have been 2 and there could have been much more. 0 Comments Which Batman villain is the baddest? Check out our bracket and see! Luke and Acts have always been two separate volumes by OPENHEARTS, February 09, 2014 The starting claim that the two books "Luke" and "Acts" were originally a single volume is not vindicated from any archaeological source nor by quotes from other ancient Christian writers. The real reason behind claiming they were originally a single work is to try to excuse dating the books a#er the fall of the temple. the script of Acts ends in abruptly with Paul in Rome, and can be dated as AD62, over two years a#er Festus became governor of Judea and sent him there. The dating of the books may be commonly stated to be past AD80,... Read more 0 Comments 16 out of 16 people found this helpful A Comic Con cosplay salute to the women of Marvel Don't blink at this amazing Doctor Who cosplay from SDCC 2015 SEE ALL 6 READERS' NOTES Harry Po"er vs. Hunger Games: where does your allegiance lie? 3 of 5 7/20/15, 2:11 PM

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