The Books of the New Testament

The Books of the New Testament,
by Leighton

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Title: The Books of the New Testament
Author: Leighton Pullan

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THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
by the
REV. LEIGHTON PULLAN
Fellow and Tutor of St. John Baptist's College, Oxford.

"If you choose to obey your Bibles, you will never care who attacks
them."--RUSKIN.

Fourth Edition Revised
Rivingtons 34 King Street, Covent Garden London 1912

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PREFACE
This book is intended to meet the widely prevalent need of an
introduction to the New Testament which is neither a mere hand-book
nor an elaborate treatise for specialists. It is written in a conservative
spirit, and at the same time an ample use has been made of recent
critical investigation.
It has been impossible to give an exhaustive proof of the position
maintained, but no matter of great importance has been overlooked.
The arguments will be intelligible to educated persons who are

unacquainted with the Greek language.
The author has sometimes derived much help from the articles in Dr.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. The dates which have been adopted
are in most cases those adopted in {vi} that Dictionary by Dr. Sanday
and Mr. C. H. Turner.
His best thanks are due to the Rev. E. W. Pullan, Mr. J. F. Briscoe, and
Mr. E. W. Corbett, for the kind help which they have given him in the
preparation of the book.

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
TABLE OF APPROXIMATE DATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . x I. THE NEW
TESTAMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. THE
GOSPELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 III. THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW . . . . . . . . 33 IV. THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO ST. MARK . . . . . . . . . . 49 V. THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE . . . . . . . . . . 64 VI. THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN . . . . . . . . . . 80 VII. THE ACTS OF
THE APOSTLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 VIII. THE EPISTLES OF ST.
PAUL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 IX. 1 AND 2
THESSALONIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 X. THE FIRST EPISTLE
OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
CORINTHIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 XI. THE SECOND
EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
CORINTHIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 XII. THE EPISTLE OF
PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE GALATIANS . . 150 XIII. THE
EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE ROMANS . . . 158 XIV.
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
COLOSSIANS--THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO PHILEMON . . . 170
XV. THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE

EPHESIANS . . 180 XVI. THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE PHILIPPIANS 188 XVII. THE PASTORAL
EPISTLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 XVIII. THE EPISTLE TO THE
HEBREWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 XIX. THE CATHOLIC
EPISTLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 XX. THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF
JAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 XXI. THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL
OF PETER . . . . . . . . . 235 XXII. THE SECOND EPISTLE