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New Testament Literary Form

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The New Testament just like the Old Testament, or rather the Hebrew Bible, contains many literary forms (Harris, 2011). The New Testament writers utilized four very specific literary forms (genres) as they laid out the grand form of what came to be known as one of the most prolific ancient religious texts. The New Testament is broken down in literary form by the Gospels, Account of the Early Church, Letters and the Apocalypse.

The Gospels present a very unique perspective as the New Testament marks the first use of the form as it was invented by the early Christians, translating to mean good news (Harris, 2011). Each of the Gospels tell the same story, however each from a different point of view. Each of the Gospels are given to us from
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