/lit/ - Literature

>>14898490
>>14898540

This guy is right. The Acts of the Apostles is the sequel to Luke's gospel (see the opening to both works).

After that I would recommend reading the earliest known Christian writings, which are the letters of the Apostle Paul. I Thessalonians and Galatians are generally seen by scholars to be his earliest letters.

A good reading order for Paul would probably be the following (and this is roughly in Chronological order):

(an asterisk notes letters that are debated by scholars over whether or not they're really written by Paul; ** marks letters almost universally recognized as being spurious or pseudepigrapha, though probably of the "Pauline School." *** Marks letters questioned even by early church authorities but nonetheless recognized as canonical and pious works)

I Thessalonians > Galatians > II Thessalonians* > I & II Corinthians > Romans > Philemon > Philippians > Colossians* > Ephesians* > I Timothy** > Titus** > II Timothy** > Hebrews***

Take care to remember that some of the things discussed in these letter, especially Galatians, Romans, Hebrews, and parts of I Corinthians are going to require some knowledge of the Old Testament (or Hebrew Bible). This is very true of the letter to the Hebrews.

After that (again proceeding in approximate chronological order of authorship), read I & II Peter. Then the Johannine writings (or "Johannine School")--The Gospel of John followed by the three epistles of John. "The Revelation of Jesus Christ" (or Book of Revelation), also considered to be a Johanine writing by the traditional churches, is probably the latest of all New Testament writings, assuming that the Pastorals (i.e. I & II Timothy and Titus) aren't written in the early 2nd century as a kind of noble Pauline fan fiction. Don't forget Jude (it's only one page in most type settings). You may find it useful to read Mark and Matthew's gospel and note some of the differences in accounts or theological themes with that of Luke. The letter of James is the real oddball of the mix. It can't possibly be written by James the Apostle, the son of Zebedee or James the Just (the "brother of the Lord") for reasons which I won't get into here. Because of this and few explicit contemporary references, dating it is a bit of a mess and scholars can really only rely on linguistic cues, so take your pick at where to dive into it.

>>14898490
>>14898540

This guy is right. The Acts of the Apostles is the sequel to Luke's gospel (see the opening to both works).

After that I would recommend reading the earliest known Christian writings, which are the letters of the Apostle Paul. I Thessalonians and Galatians are generally seen by scholars to be his earliest letters.

A good reading order for Paul would probably be the following (and this is roughly in Chronological order):

(asterisk notes letters that are debated by scholars over whether or not they're really written by Paul; ** marks letters almost universally recognized as being spurious or pseudepigrapha, though probably of the "Pauline School." *** Marks letters questioned even by early church authorities but nonetheless recognized as canonical and pious works)

Thessalonians > Galatians > II Thessalonians* > I & II Corinthians > Romans > Philemon > Philippians > Colossians* > Ephesians* > I Timothy > Titus > II Timothy > Hebrews***

Take care to remember that some of the things discussed in these letter, especially Galatians, Romans, Hebrews, and parts of I Corinthians are going to require some knowledge of the Old Testament (or Hebrew Bible). This is very true of the letter to the Hebrews.

After that (again proceeding in approximate chronological order of authorship), read I & II Peter. Then the Johannine writings (or "Johannine School")--The Gospel of John followed by the three epistles of John. Don't forget Jude (it's only one page in most type settings). You may find it useful to read Mark and Matthew's gospel and not some of the differences in accounts or theological themes with that of Luke. "The Revelation of Jesus Christ" (or Book of Revelation) is probably the latest of all New Testament writings, assuming that the Pastorals (i.e. I & II Timothy and Titus) aren't written in the early 2nd century as a kind of noble Pauline fan fiction. The letter of James is the real oddball of the mix. It can't possibly be written by James the Apostle, the son of Zebedee or James the Just (the "brother of the Lord") for reasons which I won't get into here. Because of this and few explicit contemporary references, dating it is a bit of a mess and scholars can really only rely on linguistic cues, so take your pick at where to dive into it.

>>13324781

Nice shelf. Are you in seminary, anon? Roman Catholic? Are you able to read the Loeb's in the original languages? Also, where's your Augustine!?