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Astounding Of The New Testament

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The Bible is a beautiful interpretation of the human experience, given from a divine perspective (Unknown, n.d.). There are a number of literary styles and forms found in the text of the New Testament. We must look at these styles and appreciate them for what they are, and take that into account, as we read and attempt to understand the text itself. The New Testament was laid out in a way that goes against the normal thought process of a time line (Harris, 2014). The New Testament is laid out as it groups the literary styles together. The Gospels in the beginning through to the Revelations, are groupings of the literary styles and are not set to the time line of events throughout. The literary styling used in the New Testament is astounding
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