What do ancient historians make of the New Testament?
This article looks at some of the ways in which ancient historians, such as A.N. Sherwin-White, E.A. Judge and A.H.M. Jones, use Acts and other parts of the New Testament as historical sources, in the same way that they use other ancient sources such as Herodotus, Thucydides and Tacitus. They do not...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Tyndale bulletin
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 285-290 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New Testament
/ Classical studies
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| RelBib Classification: | HC New Testament TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Classical studies
B New Testament |
| Summary: | This article looks at some of the ways in which ancient historians, such as A.N. Sherwin-White, E.A. Judge and A.H.M. Jones, use Acts and other parts of the New Testament as historical sources, in the same way that they use other ancient sources such as Herodotus, Thucydides and Tacitus. They do not use the New Testament uncritically, but take account of its individual authors and particular circumstances. Comparison is made to the ways in which some classical authors have been used for similar purposes. |
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| ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
| Contains: | In: Tyndale bulletin
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