Abstract

church-related colleges. The information was incorporated in a doctoral dissertation. There were several indications of dissatisfaction with existing textbooks. Some of the most widely used were published from fifteen to twenty years ago, e.g., The Literature of the New Testament, by E. F. Scott (1932) and An Introduction to the New Testament, by E. J. Goodspeed (1937). Conversations with college instructors disclosed their reluctance to endorse any single text as being fully adequate, and all expressed an interest in the appearance of new books. The National Council on Religion in Higher Education had been aware of possible needs for publication in this field and, after an informal survey made by a special committee, the preparation of a two-volume introduction to the Bible was launched. The New Testament volume is

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