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Behind the Scenes of the New Testament

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The story behind the story....Who were the Herods? Who were the Pharisees and what did they stand for? What effect did the Roman Empire have on the burgeoning development of the early Christian church? In what religious and social environment did Jesus, Paul and the earliest Christians live their lives? Here in one succinct volume Paul Barnett tells the behind-the-scenes story of the New Testament, tracing the events from the Gospels to the Revelation and anchoring them within the wider historical, political and social context of the Roman Empire. Students and general readers alike will find this a valuable aid in their understanding of Scripture.

247 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1990

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Paul Barnett

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Paul Barnett, former Anglican Bishop of North Sydney, Australia, is a Visiting Fellow in Ancient History at Macquarie University and Teaching Fellow at Regent College, Vancouver and Moore College, Sydney. He is a frequent traveler to Israel, where Christianity began, and to Turkey and Greece, to which it rapidly spread.

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January 8, 2009
O livro procura contextualizar historicamente os eventos históricos narrados no novo testamento. O autor é um historiador, cristão, que usa todo o conhecimento atual sobre a cultura, a religião, a política e a sociedade do século I para aprofundar vários acontecimentos da história de Jesus.

Para citar um exemplo, Barnett explica quem foi herodes seus interesses políticos que culminaram na tentativa de matar os primogênitos Judeus, de onde poderia surgir o futuro Rei dos Judeus. Um outro exemplo é a contextualização da história do nascimento de Jesus. Ele mostra como foi difícil, socialmente falando, José aceitar e vivenciar a gravidez de Maria.

Ainda não terminei o livro, mas Já estou programando ler outros livros do mesmo autor.
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