New Testament concept of witness
The author argues that the idea of witness is a live metaphor in the New Testament, to be understood in terms of the Old Testament legal assembly, though the Greek lawcourts are also relevant. Professor Trites contends that this idea of witness in relation to Christ and his gospel plays an essential part in the New Testament and in Christian faith and life generally.
Print Book, English, 2004
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [etc.], 2004
x, 294 pages 22 cm
9780521609340, 0521609348
1056591622
Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The witness terminology of secular Greek; 3. The witness terminology of the Septuagint; 4. The use of controversy in the Old Testament; 5. The controversy in Isiaih 40-55; 6. The idea of witness in other Jewish writings; 7. The witness terminology of the New Testament; 8. The concept of witness in the Fourth Gospel; 9. The concept of witness in the Book of Acts; 10. The concept of witness in the Book fo Revelation; 11. The idea of witness elsewhere in the New Testament; 12. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index of references.