Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament [Paperback]

H. Wayne House (Author), Harold W. Hoehner (Foreword)

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ISBN-10: 0310416418 | ISBN-13: 978-0310416418 | Publication Date: December 9, 1981

Charts provide a synthesis and visual overview of information that helps in teaching, learning, and review. Facts, relationships, parallels, and contrast are grasped easily and quickly. The 75 charts in Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament are divided into four broad categories: General material, backgrounds to the New Testament, the Gospels, and the apostolic age. The charts cover a wide range of topics, from basic matters such as chronological list of the books of the New Testament to less familiar subjects such as 'The Roman Military System' and 'Early Patristic Quotations of the New Testament.'

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Charts provide a synthesis and visual overview of information that helps in teaching, learning, and review. Facts, relationships, parallels, and contrast are grasped easily and quickly. The 75 charts in Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament are divided into four broad categories: General material, backgrounds to the New Testament, the Gospels, and the apostolic age. The charts cover a wide range of topics, from basic matters such as chronological list of the books of the New Testament to less familiar subjects such as "The Roman Military System" and "Early Patristic Quotations of the New Testament."

About the Author

H. Wayne House (ThD, JD) is distinguished research professor of biblical and theological studies at Faith Seminary, Tacoma, Washington, and an adjunct professor of law at Trinity Law School, Trinity International University. He is the author of numerous books, including Charts of Cults, Sects, and Religious Movements; and Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine; and Charts of Apologetics and Christian Evidences. Dr. House is past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He and his wife Leta reside in Silverton, Oregon. H. Wayne House es un destacado profesor de Biblia y de derecho. Es autor de numerosos libros. Fue presidente de Evangelical Theological Society. El autor y su esposa Leta viven en Silverton, en el estado de Oregon.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (December 9, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310416418
• ISBN-13: 978-0310416418
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #786,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

H. Wayne House (ThD, JD) is distinguished research professor of theology, law, and culture at Faith Evangelical College and Seminary, Tacoma, Washington, and formerly was professor of law at Trinity Law School, Trinity International University. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Charts of Cults, Sects, and Religious Movements; and Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine; Charts of Apologetics and Christian Evidences; Intelligent Design 101; and Reasons for Our Hope: An Introduction to Apologetics.

Dr. House travels each year to the Mediterranean and Middle East and has taught internationally in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the South Pacific. He enjoys reading, travel, playing word games with his wife and grandchildren. He is past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He and his wife Leta reside in Silverton, Oregon, and have two children and five grandchildren.

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20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Actually, 3 1/2 would be better., April 20, 2001

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David Zampino "21st Century Hobbit" (Delavan, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament (Paperback)

This book of charts is part of a series covering the Old Testament, the New Testament, Church History, Christian Doctrine, Philosophy, etc.

Of the several that I have, I would rate this as one of the better titles. Dr. House, while obviously an evangelical, bordering on being a fundamentalist, is sound and even-handed when dealing with various differences in timetables, chronologies, opinions, etc. about New Testament history and doctrine.

There is a little big of Protestant "digging" against Catholic understandings of New Testament doctrines etc., but nothing too objectionable.

This would be a good book for the "informed layman" or for a church library. In fact, it's a good introduction to the New Testament for adult Christian education.

But it is not without its flaws, and that needs to be realized in advance by clergy of differing backgrounds.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very helpful resource., August 17, 2009

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PastoralMusings "mslapastor" (Dixie) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament: Second Edition (ZondervanCharts) (Paperback)

This is my first review for Zondervan. I must say that they hit a home run with this book. I received it today in the post. I do not normally review a book this quickly, but was curious about this book.

I sat down for about an hour poring over the book. The introduction stated that there is an abundance of information available about the New Testament. I must say that they packed much of it into this one.

I was amazed at all of the charts that were in the book.

I shall list some of them here:

Political and Religious Leaders

First Century Emporors, Prefects, Rulers in Judea, and in Israel

Roman Emporors in NT Times

The Ptolemies

The Seleucids

The Maccabees

The High Priests

and more

General Material

The Books of the NT (arranged according to the time of writing as well as charts on the doctrinal and literary classification of various books).

Weights and Measures

NT quotations of OT passages

The Gospels

Literary relationship of the Synoptics

A comparative chart of the four gospels

The five gospels of the Jesus Seminar

The Apostolic Age

Information about Acts

Paul's Journeys

Chronological charts of the Apostolic age

The Pauline epistles

Hebrews

Revelation

Various perspectives on Revelation

The list of charts goes on and on, it seems.

The charts deal with everything from the secular history of the times to the history of the NT books.

I can see how this work would be very useful to any careful student of the NT. It is a good resource. It is also easy to read. The font is easy on the eyes, and the layout is not overly cluttered.

I highly recommend it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Again, Top Notch Study Tool for the Bible, September 9, 2006

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C. Poston "princessoftheking" (Columbia, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chronological and Background Charts of the New Testament (Paperback)

Okey, I have to repeat what I said about the Old Testament version and this one. These are great study tools! I purchased these back in college. Loved them then and even now! Definitely a must for any library. Excellent format, charts, clear explainations, etc. If you don't get it for yourself, get it for your kids. They definitely need visual aids to get anything anyways! The others in this series are great too.