New Testament Book by Fr. Etienne Charpentier

For those who have background in bible study and sharing in groups, this book by Fr. Etienne Charpentier is easy to understand. The content is presented in brief paragraphs with accompanying illustrations and maps related to biblical times. The book's content covers all the books of the New Testament from the gospels, to the epistles and the book of Revelation.

Background for understanding NT texts

The background for understanding the text of the New Testament books and epistles is the explanation of the three stages of formation in the completion of the NT writings. Without reading the content of the book by Fr. Charpentier, you can simply review the illustrations and already obtain a good understanding how the writings came into being: starting from the person of Jesus of Nazareth, to the oral traditions (unrecorded sources from the early Christian communities) that were shared among the early Christians, until writers were inspired by the Holy Spirit to bring all into the present canonical books and epistles.

A good comprehensive guide

The reader of the New Testament texts can always refer to this book when certain questions arise upon the meaning of certain chapters or passages. It provides the context for understanding the text because of information about the author of the books, the community in which he belongs or the community which his writing is addressed to, the geographical context of the book [with miniature maps for study], some selected texts of the book which have short commentaries, outlines of the main topics of the book, parallel studies of similar texts with other gospels, and much more. The book grounds the reader very well in the history of the Christian faith.

Topics in the book

Listed here are the topics that give the book its structure:

• A Guide to the Bible
• Getting Ready for our Journey
• The Three Stages in the Formation of the New Testament
• The Literary Genre of the Gospel
• Literary Genres in the Gospels
• The World of the First Christians
• The Roman Empire
• Palestine
• Jamnia - Judaism after AD 70
• The First Christians
• Easter
• The Disciples Proclaim their Faith: the Kerygma
• The Disciples Celebrate their Faith: Creed and Hymns
• The Disciples Tell of their Faith: Narratives
• And Now...?
• Paul and his Letters
• The Gospel according to Mark
• The Gospel according to Matthew
• The Work of Luke: The Gospel of Acts
• The Work of John: The Gospel and the Letters
• The Apocalypse: the Book of Revelation
• The Beginning of the Gospel

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