The Written GospelThis book comprehensively surveys the origin, production and reception of the canonical gospels in the early church. The discussion unfolds in three steps. Part One traces the origin of the 'gospel' of Jesus, its significance in Jewish and Hellenistic contexts of the first century, and its development from eyewitness memory to oral tradition and written text. Part Two then more specifically examines the composition, design and intentions of each of the four canonical gospels. Widening the focus, Part Three first asks about gospel-writing as viewed from the perspective of ancient Jews and pagans before turning to the question of reception history in the proliferation of 'apocryphal' gospels, in the formation of the canon, and in the beginnings of a gospel commentary tradition. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Gospel in Herodian Judaea | 7 |
The gospel of Jesus | 31 |
Q as oral tradition | 45 |
Eyewitness memory and the writing of the Gospels | 70 |
Who writes why and for whom? | 99 |
How Matthew writes | 116 |
How Mark writes | 135 |
Beginnings and endings | 184 |
The Four among Jews | 205 |
I2 The Four among pagans | 222 |
Forty other gospels | 238 |
The One the Four and the many | 254 |
The making of gospel commentaries | 274 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Written Gospel |
| Editors | Markus Bockmuehl, Donald A. Hagner |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1139445723, 9781139445726 |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Studies / General Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament Religion / History |
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