New Testament Survey, Revised

by Merrill C. Tenney

Publishers:

Eerdmans; Inter-Varsity

, 1985

Overview

First published in 1953 and revised in 1961, Merrill Tenney’s comprehensive survey has served to introduce the general reader, student, and teacher to the world and message of the New Testament. Written in a clear, nontechnical style, New Testament Survey begins with a survey of the social, political, economic, and religious background of the New Testament, and then goes on to examine the various groups of New Testament books, which are considered in their historical settings. The book concludes with a penetrating study of the New Testament canon. Undertaken at the request of Dr. Tenney, and prepared with his full approval, this 1985 revision by Walter M. Dunnett includes an entirely new chapter on the Jewish background of the New Testament, plus several new short sections, including materials on the Gospels and the canon of the New Testament. The bibliography has been enlarged and updated, and many of the book’s numerous illustrations, maps, and charts are new. Great care has been exercised to retain the spirit and quality of the original work, ensuring that the book will remain a standard in the years to come.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Under Ptolemy Philadelphus (285–246 B.C.) the Jewish Scriptures were translated into Greek. This version, known as the Septuagint, became the popular Bible of the Jews of the Dispersion and was generally used by the writers of the New Testament.” (Page 18)

“These three words, signs, belief, life, provide logical organization for the Gospel. In the signs is the revelation of God; in belief is the reaction that they are designed to produce; in life is the result that belief brings.” (Page 193)

“The ‘lectionaries,’ or collections of readings used in the liturgical worship of the church, preserve some passages from the Gospels and epistles.” (Page 419)

“Two aspects of Jewish life disappeared during the Persian and Greek periods: the monarchy, and the prophetic office.” (Page 24)

“First, Christianity was primarily spiritual, not political” (Page 344)

Product Details

• Title: New Testament Survey, Revised
• Author: Merrill C. Tenney
• Edition: Revised Edition
• Publishers: Eerdmans, Inter-Varsity
• Print Publication Date: 1985
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. › Introductions
• ISBNs: 9780082836113, 9780851116358, 0851116353
• Resource ID: LLS:NWTSTMNTSRVY
• Resource Type: text.monograph.survey.new-testament
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:01:26Z

About Merrill C. Tenney

Merrill Chapin Tenney (1904–1985) served on the original translation team for the New American Standard Bible. Tenney earned degrees from Gordon College of Theology and Missions, Boston University, and Harvard University. After serving as a pastor in Massachusetts, Tenney began teaching the New Testament and Greek at Wheaton College and served as dean of the graduate school and professor of Bible and theology for several years.

Tenney was also the general editor of the Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, and in 1951, he became the second president of the Evangelical Theological Society, an academic society of scholars, teachers, and pastors.

Among Tenney’s many books are John: The Gospel of Belief, Illustrated Manner and Customs of the Bible, New International Bible Dictionary, Galatians: The Charter of Christian Liberty, and New Testament Times.