Renaissance and reformation. A survey of European history between 1450 and 1660.

Second Edition. Cambridge University Press 2004, cm.15x22,5, pp.X,858, paperback. The New revised Standard Version. This fully revised second edition of the Companion to the New Testament now follows the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV). Using accessible non-technical language, A.E. Harvey provides a running commentary on the text of the New Testament that applies the findings of recent scholarship. Setting the text in the context of the time and place in which it was written, Harvey clarifies its meaning in the light of modern methods of research and interpretation. The work will be invaluable to clergy as well as lay people.