Product Description

This book illustrates all aspects of the chronology, historical background, and criticism of the New Testament, covering such topics as weights and measures, social structures, theories of the history of the text, and the history of Rome and Palestine.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #548427 in Books
• Published on: 1981-12-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From the Back Cover
Charts provide a synthesis and visual overview of information that helps in teaching, learning, and review. Facts, relationships, parallels, and contrast are grasped easily and quickly. The 75 charts in Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament are divided into four broad categories: General material, backgrounds to the New Testament, the Gospels, and the apostolic age. The charts cover a wide range of topics, from basic matters such as chronological list of the books of the New Testament to less familiar subjects such as "The Roman Military System" and "Early Patristic Quotations of the New Testament."

About the Author
H. Wayne House (Th.D., Concordia Seminary; J.D., Regent University School of Law) is distinguished professor of biblical studies and apologetics at Faith Seminary, Tacoma, Washington, professor of law (Trinity Law School) and professor of theology and culture (Trinity Graduate School) of Trinity International University. He is formerly professor of theology at Michigan Theological Seminary and Dallas Theological Seminary. He is the author of numerous books, including Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine and Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament.

Customer Reviews

Actually, 3 1/2 would be better.
This book of charts is part of a series covering the Old Testament, the New Testament, Church History, Christian Doctrine, Philosophy, etc.

Of the several that I have, I would rate this as one of the better titles. Dr. House, while obviously an evangelical, bordering on being a fundamentalist, is sound and even-handed when dealing with various differences in timetables, chronologies, opinions, etc. about New Testament history and doctrine.

There is a little big of Protestant "digging" against Catholic understandings of New Testament doctrines etc., but nothing too objectionable.

This would be a good book for the "informed layman" or for a church library. In fact, it's a good introduction to the New Testament for adult Christian education.

But it is not without its flaws, and that needs to be realized in advance by clergy of differing backgrounds.

Again, Top Notch Study Tool for the Bible
Okey, I have to repeat what I said about the Old Testament version and this one. These are great study tools! I purchased these back in college. Loved them then and even now! Definitely a must for any library. Excellent format, charts, clear explainations, etc. If you don't get it for yourself, get it for your kids. They definitely need visual aids to get anything anyways! The others in this series are great too.

comprehensive set of charts
I have looked for many of these charts, but never could find them all in one place. Also, he created many new ones that are very useful for me, and for the class I teach.