TOGETHER WITH BARCLAY'S INTRODUCTION TO JOHN AND THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES THIS BOOK PROVIDES AN EXTREMELY READABLE INTRODUCTION TO THE ENTIRE FIRST HALF OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. I HAVE READ NO BETTER BOOK BY DR. BARCLAY THAN THIS. WRITTEN WITH CHARM AND CLARITY. BECAUSE OF DR. BARCLAY'S EXTRAORDINARY SKILL AS A NEW TESTAMENT INTERPRETER AND HIS EASILY READ STYLE, IT HAS SINCE BECOME A STANDARD VOLUME FOR COLLEGE AND SEMINARY STUDENTS OF THE GOSPELS AND A VALUABLE STUDY AND REFERENCE WORK IN CHURCH EDUCATION. THIS NEW EDITION BECOME EVEN MORE USEFUL. NOT ONLY DOES IT COVER THE SAME GROUND AS THE ORIGINAL WORK, BUT IT HAS BEEN REVISED AND SUPPLEMENTED WITH TWO ADDITIONAL SECTIONS ONE ON THE HISTORY OF GOSPEL CRITICISM AND ONE ON REDACTION CRITICISM, A RELATIVELY RECENT DEVELOPMENT CONCERNED WITH THE THEOLOGICAL VIEW OF THE EVANGELISTS. - from Amzon