The Making of the New TestamentBacon, Benjamin Wisner
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The Making of the New Testament
Bacon, Benjamin Wisner
Bible. New Testament -- Introductions
Lives of Paul by Cone, Clemen (German) and others are abundant in
recent years. See the _Encyclopaedias_ and _Dictionaries of the
Bible_, s.v. "Paul."
3. Critical Treatments of the Synoptic Gospels and Acts.
STANTON, V. H. _The Gospels as Historical Documents_, Parts I and
II. Cambridge University Press, 1903-1909. 297 + 400 pp., 8vo. A
standard survey of Gospel criticism from a conservative standpoint,
the work of a scholar for scholars.
CONE, O. _Gospel Criticism and Historical Christianity._ Putnam's,
N.Y., 1891. 375 pp., small 8vo. Liberal, semi-popular.
BURKITT, F. C. _The Earliest Sources for the Life of Jesus._
Houghton & Mifflin, Boston and New York, 1910. 130 pp., 12mo. Simple
and popular. Burkitt is a leading progressive scholar.
4. The Johannine Writings.
DRUMMOND, JAS. _Character and Authorship of the Fourth Gospel._
Scribner's, N.Y., 1904. 544 pp., 8vo. The ablest recent defence of
the traditional authorship. Scholarly discussion of the literary
history.
BACON, B. W. _The Fourth Gospel in Research and Debate._ Moffat,
Yard & Co., N.Y., 1910. 556 pp., 8vo. A similar discussion of the
evidences reaching the reverse conclusion.
SCOTT, E. F. _The Fourth Gospel, its Purpose and Theology._ T. & T.
Clarke, Edinburgh, 1906. 386 pp., 8vo. Admirable in temper, lucid in
style, semi-popular.
SCHMIEDEL, P. W. _The Johannine Writings._ Engl. transl., by M. A.
Canney. London, A. & C. Black, 1903. 295 pp., 12mo. Brief, popular,
radical, by one of the ablest of N.T. critics.
General.
REUSS, E. _History of the N.T._ Engl. transl. from 5th German ed.,
by E. L. Houghton. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1884. 649 pp. 2
vols. large 8vo. A standard treasury of scholarly information.
WERNLE, P. _The Beginnings of Christianity._ Engl. transl., by G. A.
Bienemann. London, Williams & Norgate, 1904. 388 + 404 pp., 8vo. 2
vols. Able, scholarly, advanced.
PFLEIDERER, O. _Christian Origins._ Engl. transl., by D. Huebsch.
New York, B. W. Huebsch, 1906. 295 pp., 12mo. Popular lectures
showing something of the views of the modern school of critics known
as _religionsgeschichtlich_. Pfleiderer's critical opinions are
fully expressed in his _Primitive Christianity_ (Engl. transl., by
W. Montgomery, in four vols., 8vo. Putnams, 1909).
MUZZEY, D. S. _The Rise of the N.T._ New York, Macmillan, 1900. 156
pp., 12mo. An excellent primer for beginners.
WREDE, W. _The Origin of the N.T._ Engl. transl. by J. S. Hill.
Harper & Bros., London & New York, 1909. 151 pp., 12mo. An admirable
primer by a brilliant leader of advanced criticism.
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