The Literature and History of New Testament Times
Overview
The Literature and History of New Testament Times is comprised of 52 lessons, one for each week of the year, originally meant for the classroom. Published in 1915, The Literature and History of New Testament Times still serves as a quick and reliable reference guide for readers today, and each lesson is followed by a bibliography for further study on the chosen topic.
J. Gresham Machen is considered the last in the lineage of the Great Princeton Theologians, following in the steps of Archibald Alexander, Charles Hodge, A. A. Hodge, and B. B. Warfield. Machen taught at Princeton Seminary for almost 15 years and established himself as a well respected New Testament scholar. After a dispute that divided faculty members over an emerging modernist theology, Machen left Princeton and became one of the principal founders of Westminster Theological Seminary, where he taught until his death.
- Provides a firm foundation based on knowledge of the Gospels
- Contains 52 weekly lessons
- States that knowledge leads to a more intelligent and strong faith
Top Highlights
“The fitting end of a life of true service, the calm facing of death, the certainty of heavenly communion with the Lord—these are the things above all others that have been learned from the last of the epistles of Paul.” (Page 143)
“The senatorial provinces were governed by ‘proconsuls,’ chosen by lot from among the members of the Senate” (Page 11)
“The gospel is a record of something that has happened, and uncertainty about the gospel is fatal weakness” (Page 3)
“Octavius, who later assumed the name of Augustus, became sole ruler” (Page 10)
- Title: The Literature and History of New Testament Times
- Author: John Gresham Machen
- Publisher: Presbyterian Board of Publication
- Print Publication Date: 1915
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. › History of Biblical events; Church history › Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
- Resource ID: LLS:LITHISTMACHEN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:22:53Z
John Gresham Machen (July 28, 1881–January 1, 1937) was an American Presbyterian theologian in the early twentieth century. He was the professor of New Testament at Princeton Seminary between 1915 and 1929, and led a conservative revolt against modernist theology at Princeton and formed Westminster Theological Seminary as a more orthodox alternative.