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1st Century Christian Writings
The New Testament 50 – 100 A.D.
• Collection of Christian History, Letters and Literature (in Greek)
• The term NT wasn’t used until the 2nd Century A.D.
1st Century Christian Writings
The Hebrew “Scriptures”
The term “Old Testament” didn’t come until the 2nd Century
1st Century Christian Writings
The Septuagint“LXX”
From 200 B.C.
Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures
1st Century Christian Writings
The Septuagint“LXX”
• Predominant version of Hebrew Scriptures in 1st Century A.D.
• 80% of OT quotes found in NT are from the LXX
“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures”
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
1st Century Christian Writings
The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha200 B.C – 200 A.D
• Non-canonical books
1st Century Christian Writings
Greco-Roman Writing Methods
Letters (Epistles)
*The Prominent Media of the day
1st Century Christian Writings
Motivations for the Writings
• To share the account of the Life and Ministry of Jesus (Luke 1)
1st Century Christian Writings
Motivations for the Writings
• To call people to faith in Jesus as Messiah (John 20:30-31)
1st Century Christian Writings
Motivations for the Writings
• To encourage leaders and congregations ( Ephesians 1:15-16)
1st Century Christian Writings
Motivations for the Writings
• To speak against heresy (Galatians 1:6-7)
1st Century Christian Writings
• Papyrus / Parchment (2 Timothy 4:13)
• Scrolls
• Amanuensis (Romans 16:22 Galatians 6:11)
1st Century Christian Writings
• Manuscript = handwritten copies of the writings
• Over 5,000 manuscripts of portions of the NT have been collected
• The oldest manuscript dates to 125 A.D. (No Originals)