The literary study of the New Testament: literary genres in the contexts of early Christianity

This article aims to demonstrate the perspective that you can take in understanding the richness of meaning of the texts of the Second or New Testament, through what we commonly call "literary genres". The genres used in these Christian scriptures are the result of various literary collections, which together were intended to express and interact with certain areas of human experience. The literary study assumes that the intent and functionality of the text through the genre are a vital part in the wider process communication, whose genre is closely correlated to the linguistic environment and social and historical conditioning of the author and their original readers. This notion is in an effective way of access to meaningful reality and built in the texts.