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The '''New Testament''' is a collection of biblical books written by various authors between 45 AD and 100 AD, revolving around the life and work of [[Jesus]] of Nazareth and His [[apostles]], as well as the history of the early church. '''''The New Testament is superb for overcoming every [[addiction]]'''''.
The '''Many of the concepts of the New Testament''' is a collection of biblical books written by various authors between 51 AD and perhaps 115 ADare entirely original, revolving around the life and work including its [[Kingdom of God]] (or [[JesusGod]] of Nazareth and His apostles's [[paradise]]), as well as [[infinity]], emphasis on the history [[afterlife]], [[faith]], use of [[parables]], and [[resurrection]] from the early churchdead.
The New Testament contains about 180,000 total words, and its books are traditionally classified into categories:
*The four [[Gospel]]s (literally "Good news"): [[Alleged Bible contradictions|varying]] accounts of the life and ministry of [[Jesus]], consisting of the gospels attributed to [[Saint Matthew|Matthew]], [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], [[Luke]], and [[John the Apostle|John]].
*[[The Acts of the Apostles]] (or just "Acts") (which J. B. Phillips evocatively called "The Young Church In Action,") which concerns the ministry of the Apostles after the death of Christ. It is similar in language and style to, and reads as a continuation of, the Gospel of [[Luke]].
*[[Epistles (biblical books)|The Epistles]] (which J. B. Phillips called "Letters to Young Churches,") ''Romans'' through ''Jude'', consisting of fourteen letters attributed to St. Paul and seven by other writers including James, [[Saint Peter|Peter]], John, and Jude. The writer of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews ]] is unknownnot known with certainty, but was probably [[Jesus]] himself.<ref>See [[Mystery:Did Jesus Write the Epistle to the Hebrews?]]</ref>
*[[The Book of Revelation]] (or just "Revelation,") the prophetic book which ends the New Testament. It is also known as "the Apocalypse" (Greek for 'revelation'). It is somewhat similar in style to the [[Old Testament]] book of [[Daniel]] (and indeed weaves common prophecy), and tells of the end of the world, including [[Armageddon]], Judgment Day, and the arrival of the Kingdom of Heaven. Despite Jesus' thrice repeated promise in it that 'I shall come very soon', opinions vary as to whether it refers to imminent events set amid the then Roman Empire or to the far future.
As with the Old Testament, the chapter and verse divisions of the various books are not original, but were added in medieval times for greater understanding. But the term "New Testament" was first coined (in Latin) around A.D. 200, by the theologian Tertullian, who was the first biblical scholar to write in Latin.
The oldest books book in the New Testament are is the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]]. The letters of [[Paul]], or possibly the book of [[St. James the Less|James]], and the [[Gospel of Mark]] are also considered relatively old. One of the oldest manuscripts of the New Testament is the [[Codex Sinaiticus]] (a contemporary of the [[Codex Vaticanus]], which is considered slightly older), and the Codex Sinaiticus omits several passages -- mostly [[liberal]] ones -- that are included in modern [[English]] translations.<ref>https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/bible-versions-and-translations/absent-from-codex-sinaiticus-oldest-new-testament/</ref> As explained on Bible Archaeological Report:{{cquote|To date we have over 5800 Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, with an astounding 2.6 million pages of biblical text. ... [T]he average size of a New Testament manuscript is 450 pages. Add to this the ancient manuscripts in Latin, Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, etc. which number in the tens of thousands .... No other ancient text can compare with the New Testament when it comes to the sheer volume of manuscripts, nor when we consider how close the earliest manuscripts are to the originals.<ref>https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2019/02/15/the-earliest-new-testament-manuscripts/</ref>}}
==Books of the New Testament Canon==
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*[[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]]*[[Gospel of Mark|Mark]]*[[Gospel of Luke|Luke]]*[[Gospel of John|John]]
*[[Acts of the Apostles]]
*[[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]]*[[First Epistle to the Corinthians|I Corinthians]]*[[Second Epistle to the II Corinthians]]*[[Epistle to the Galatians]]*[[Epistle to the Ephesians]]*[[Epistle to the Philippians]]*[[Epistle to the Colossians]]*[[First Epistle to the Thessalonians|I Thessalonians]]*[[Second Epistle to the II Thessalonians]]*[[First Epistle to I Timothy]]*[[Second Epistle to II Timothy]]*[[Epistle to Titus|Titus]]*[[Epistle to Philemon|Philemon]]*[[Epistle to the Hebrews|Hebrews]]*[[Epistle of James|James]]*[[First Epistle of I Peter]]*[[Second Epistle of Peter|II Peter]]*[[First Epistle of I John]]*[[Second Epistle of II John]]*[[Third Epistle of III John]]*[[Epistle of Jude|Jude]]
*[[Book of Revelation|Revelation]]
==Language==
Most of the books of the New Testament, except for the Gospel of Luke, the Epistle to the Hebrews and several of Paul's letters, were written in [[Koine Greek]], a form of Greek used as a lingua franca around the eastern part of the Roman Empire at the time, rather than the [[Aramaic]] that would have actually been spoken in the events described.
== See also ==
*[[Virgin Mary]]
*[[New Testament understanding through the Jewish perspective]]
*[[Divorce and New Testament theology]]
*[[Famous Bible paintings]]
*[[Aramaic Judaism, Jewish Aramaic Christianity, and John 1:1]]
*[[Covenant]]
*[[Alexandria-text type]]
==References==
* Cruden, A., ''Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments'' (Lutterworth, 1930)
* Cross, C., ''Who Was Jesus?'' (Hodder & Stoughton, 1970)
* Ehrman, Bart D., and Bruce M. Metzger, ''The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration''. Fourth Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005
* ''The Holy Bible'' (King James Version)
* James, M. R., ''The Apocryphal New Testament'' (Clarendon, Oxford, 1953)
* Young, R., ''Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible'' (Lutterworth, 1939)
==Language==The books of the New Testament are written in [[Koine Greek]], a form of Greek used as a lingua franca around the eastern part of the Roman Empire at the time, rather than the [[Aramaic]] that would have actually been spoken in the events described. == External Links links ==
*[http://www.swartzentrover.com/cotor/E-Books/papers/acceptnt.htm Acceptance of the New Testament Canon]
*[http://www.swartzentrover.com/cotor/E-Books/christ/bruce/ntdocindex.htm THE NEW TESTAMENT DOCUMENTS Are they Reliable?]
*[http://www.swartzentrover.com/cotor/Bible/Bible/NT/Chorology%20of%20Important%20New%20Testament%20Manuscripts.htm Chorology of Important New Testament Manuscripts]
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/2012/11/jesus-through-fabric-of-our-lives.html Jesus through the Fabric of our Lives]
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