TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moule,C.F.D.
TI  - The birth of the New Testament
T2  - Black's New Testament commentaries
SN  - 1283206250
AV  - BS2330.2 .M68 1981
U1  - 270.1 
PY  - 1981///
CY  - London
PB  - Adam & Charles Black
KW  - Bible
KW  - N.T
KW  - Canon
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; No name; I Introductory; II The Church at Worship; III The Church explains itself: 1 Stages of Self-Awareness; IV The Church explains itself: 2 The Use of the Jewish Scriptures; V The Church explains itself: 3 The Gospels and Acts; VI The Church explains itself: 4 The Reign of Christ; VII The Church under attack; VIII Building the Superstructure and Consolidating; IX Variety and Uniformity in the Church; X Collecting and Sifting the Documents; XI Postscript; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; INDEX OF BIBLICAL AND OTHER REFERENCES; INDEX OF AUTHORS AND BOOKS
N2  - C.F.D. Moule shows how the earliest Christian writing developed as a response to the daily demands of Christian life in societies indifferent or even hostile to Christianity, and how the selection of certain writings to constitute the basis of Christian belief was a response to specific needs
ER  -