
How Did the New Testament Come to Be?
In the last three episodes of this short series, we focused on the formation of the Hebrew Bible, or the Old Testament. We also talked about other works of literature from the Second Temple period, known collectively as the Deuterocanon or Apocrypha. Today, we’ll finally explore yet another collection of Second Temple literature that was formed around the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus—the New Testament. In this episode, Jon and Tim look at the people in the early Jesus movement who wrote, collected, and distributed these biographies about Jesus and letters to churches across the Roman Empire.
How Did the New Testament Come to Be?
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Episode Chapters
Scripture References
2 Timothy 3:162 Timothy 3:15Matthew 5:17-18Matthew 28:16-20Luke 1:1-4John 20:30-31John 21:4-14John 21:15-19John 21:24-25John 1:1-51 John 1:1-42 John 1:123 John 1:1-3Romans 16:23Acts 19:29Acts 20:4Acts 16:10Colossians 4:7-9Colossians 4:1-16Colossians 4:10Acts 12:121 Peter 5:132 Peter 3:15-171 Timothy 1:21 Corinthians 1:11 Peter 5:122 Corinthians 11:31Matthew 28:19
Referenced Resources
- Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony by Richard Bauckham
- Check out the The Deuterocanon / Apocrypha video series.
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Show Music
- “at the pictures” by Lofi Sunday, Cassidy Godwin
- “little adventures” by Lofi Sunday, Cassidy Godwin
- “Church Pew ft. Oly.Lo, WISDM-02” by Lofi Sunday
- “Yo-05” by Lofi Sunday, Just Derrick
- BibleProject theme song by TENTS
Show Credits
Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.