A New New Testament: A Bible for the 21st Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts (Hardcover) by Hal Taussig

from BradKautz

I'll begin this review with a disclaimer of sorts. I am a confessional Christian and pastor in the Reformed tradition, affirming the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession and the Canons of Dort at my ordination as standards of orthodox belief. Which means that I believe the books of the Old...

from hadden

I don't like this book, and this is one of the few books that I don't recommend. The New New Testament includes the regular New Testament books, but interspaced between them are selected additions from the first through third Christian century texts. These texts, originally left out of the offici...

from waltzmn

It's books like this that leave readers wanting more. Much, much, much, more. This book seems a little confused about its goals (is it a challenge to traditional theology? A new sort of history? Something else?), but the general idea seems to be to show the sort of thinking that was going on in t...

from summers1630

*I won this book from Goodreads' First Reads This is an interesting (and certainly EXTENSIVE) read, but don't treat it as a continuation/rewrite of the Bible; instead, read it objectively as a companion. This guide combines all of the old Christian and "gnostic" writings, and gives insight to man...

from Doondeck

An interesting collection of early Christian texts, combining both the traditional books of the New Testament with related writings of the same era. It remains to be seen whether this edition will have any major effect on scriptural scholarship.