The New Testament Documents

This modern classic offers a compelling defense of the reliability of the Christian Scriptures. Christianity Today named it one of the top 50 books that have shaped Evangelicals.

"Our object," says F.F. Bruce, "is to find out what historical research reveals about the origin of the New Testament." Concise chapters explore dates and origin of New Testament books, the formation of the canon, the Gospels, Paul, Luke, and evidence from archaeology, from early Jewish and Gentile writings.

Professor Bruce concludes, "there is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New Testament."

This edition is a high quality ebook. It is the sixth (and latest) edition with an introduction by N.T. Wright, footnotes, and two linked indexes. Thirty-five years after the first publication of this book, Bruce wrote an article on "Are the New Testament Documents Still Reliable?" The article was published in Christianity Today and is also included as part of this ebook.