Introduction to the Synoptic GospelsIn this book respected New Testament scholar Pheme Perkins delivers a clear, fresh, informed introduction to the earliest written accounts of Jesus — Matthew, Mark, and Luke — situating those canonical Gospels within the wider world of oral storytelling and literary production of the first and second centuries. Cutting through the media confusion over new Gospel finds, Perkins s Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels presents a balanced, responsible look at how the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke came to be and what they mean. |
Contents
What Is a Gospel? | 1 |
Books and Believers in Early Christianity 31 32 37 | 31 |
The Quest for Sources | 54 |
From Q and the Gospel of Thomas to Sayings Gospels | 67 |
Form Criticism | 96 |
Reading Marks Gospel | 126 |
Reading Matthews Gospel | 164 |
Reading Lukes Gospel | 202 |
Gospels from the Second and Third Centuries | 254 |
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