Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Student's Chronological New Testament (d104 of the American Standard Revision): With Introductory Historical Notes and Outlines
The exact chronology of all the books is not observed for obvious rea sons. For instance, the Four Gospels all doubtless belong to a period after the Epistle of James and some of Paul's Epistles. The Gospels, it should be remembered, are an interpretation Of the facts of Christ's life, in the light of much of the Apostolic history and with some of the Apostolic literature already produced. A solid historical basis is thus easily reached in studying the foundations of Christianity which rein forces the Gospels. But as the Gospels deal with facts that antedate the Apostolic history, they must in historical study clearly be read before that history. Again, the Acts of the Apostles was undoubtedly written after many of the books of the New Testament had appeared. And yet, since much of the story Of Acts antedates those books, the Acts must appear before the Apostolic Epistles. Where it is possible in con nection With the Epistles, mention will be made of the part of Acts with which it corresponds. The effort has been not to follow a blind rule, but to arrange the books in such a way as to allow them to throw light on each other and in accordance with the known or probable historical facts, so that one can read in the Scripture text the story of the origin of Christianity and its actual development.
This edition is designed for all readers and students of the New Testament. There is unavoidable condensation in the introductory notes. The New Testament tells its own story.
And now may the Lord Jesus Christ, the great Head of the Church, bless His Word thus arranged.
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