The Eyewitness Bible: The New Testament Volume 1: The Church's Early Writings (The Eyewitness New Testament)

The three volumes of the Eyewitness New Testament trace Christianity's beginnings, taking the reader on an entertaining, mind-stretching, and spiritually challenging journey through the New Testament documents in the order in which they were written. You will find yourself "on the scene" as a first century eyewitness when the 27 world-changing books first hit scrollshelves around the Mediterranean. This unique "self-discovery" adventure brings historical freshness and vitality to the well-known gospels and letters of Christianity's origins. Scholarly yet readable, intellectually challenging yet devotionally inspirational, this entertaining account will be savored, pondered, and re-read by those fascinated with Christianity's origins. The author's bold claim is a promise and a challenge: "Read this book once, know the New Testament better than most in your church. Read this book twice...know the backgrounds of the New Testament as well as your pastor." With the combined skills of a novelist and biblical scholar, Phillips probes the backgrounds, personalities, and intriguing relationships of the people who produced the documents that launched the worldwide Christian faith. Their story reads like a graduate seminar, a mystery thriller, and a biblical novel all in one. This is the story of the New Testament as only a storyteller could tell it!