

Other books of the New Testament New Testament, Click the link for more information.), though these are not biographies but theologically framed accounts of the ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus, i.e., of the basic subject matter of Christian preaching and teaching. Traditonally regarded as the earliest Gospel, it is now generally accepted that it postdates the Gospel of St. Scholars conjecture that it was written for the church at Antioch toward the end of the 1st cent. The primary sources for Jesus' life and teaching are the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (see articles on the individual books, e.g., Matthew, Gospel according to Matthew, Gospel according to,ġst book of the New Testament. Click the link for more information.'s term as prefect of Judaea (A.D. He was supposedly a ruthless governor, and he was removed at the complaint of Samaritans, among whom he engineered a massacre. He was born just before the death of King Herod the Great (37 B.C.–4 B.C.) and was crucified after a brief public ministry during Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilate The doctrine of avatara first occurs in the Bhagavad-Gita, where Krishna declares: "For the preservation of the righteous, the destruction of the wicked, and the establishment of dharma, I come into , incarnations of Hindu gods, especially Vishnu. Muslims acknowledge him as a prophet, and Hindus as an avatar (see avatara avatara Click the link for more information. and whom they have characterized as Son of God and as Word or Wisdom of God incarnate. The idea developed among the Jews especially in their adversity, and such a conception is clearly indicated in Isaiah 9. , in Judaism, a man who would be sent by God to restore Israel and reign righteously for all humanity. Jesus or Jesus Christ (jē`zəs krīst, jē`zəz), 1st-century Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah Messiah

It is the first book of the Deuteronomic history (Joshua–2 Kings), in which the theological outlook of the Book of Deuteronomy is used to explain the fate of Israel. 2 Son of Sirach, author of Ecclesiasticus. , 1st-century Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah and whom they have characterized as Son of God and as Word or Wisdom of God incarnate.
