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Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth (1995) is a book by Burton L. Mack.

Abstract

Editions

Published in San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995.

Table of contents

• Prologue: The Mystique of Sacred Scripture
• Part 1: Jesus and the Christ
  • 1. Clashing Cultures
  • 2. Teachings from the Jesus Movements (Q, Pronouncement Stories, Gospel of Thomas, Miracle Stories, the Pillars in Jerusalem)
  • 3. Fragments from the Christ Cult (Christ Myth, Ritual Meal, Christ Hymn)
• Part 2: Christ and the Hinge of History
  • 4. Paul and His Gospel (1 and 2 Thessalonians, Galatians)
  • 5. Paul's Letters to Greeks and Romans (1 and 2 Corinthians, Romans, Philemon, Phillipians)
  • 6. Gospels of Jesus the Christ (Mark, Matthew, Luke)
  • 7. Visions of the Cosmic Lord (John, Colossians, Ephesians, Hebrews, Revelation)
  • 8. Letters from the Apostles (Pastoral Epistles, Catholic Epistles, James, Johannine Letters)
• Part 3: History and the Christian Myth
  • 9. Inventing Apostolic Traditions (Acts, Didache, 1 Clement, Ignatius)
  • 10. Claiming Israel's Epic (Marcion, Valentius, Justin Martyr)
  • 11. Creating the Christian Bible (Canons, Mishnah, Eusebius, Jerome)
• Epilogue: The Fascination of the Bible
  • Appendix A: Early Christian Literature
  • Appendix B: The Contents of Q
  • Appendix C: The Pronouncement Stories in Mark

External links

• Google Books (partial text)