Author : Mike Licona
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 15,36 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0190264268
Why are there differences in the stories of the Gospels? Licona turns to Greek classicist Plutarch for an answer, assessing differences that appeared when Plutarch told the same story more than once in his Lives. He suggests the differences in the Gospels often resulted from their authors employing the same compositional devices used by Plutarch.
Author : David G. Muller, Jr.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 2016-10-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781537046433
Studying the Gospels from a New Perspective. Readers of the Bible have always known that the Gospels tell many of the same stories, usually with differences in detail, but sometimes with significant variations. Comparing the Gospels identifies these parallel passages and lays them side by side so you can compare them more easily. Relieved of the burden of flipping Bible pages back and forth among two, three, or all four of the Gospels, you can focus on what each witness has to report. As a rule, you will end up with a more complete picture of each episode, as details from each can often be combined. But you will also find some sources of perplexity, where two or more of the Gospel witnesses tell inconsistent stories. Sometimes it even seems not all the accounts of a particular episode can possibly be true. Bible students using this book will find it necessary to decide what to make of these conflicting pieces of evidence. Bible study leaders and students will find this approach intellectually challenging and a welcome change from classic book-of-the-Bible studies. Pastors developing a sermon on a particular theme will also find it useful to have at their fingertips all the Gospel passages that report on an episode in Christ's ministry.
Author : Richard A. Burridge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,39 MB
Release : 1995-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780521483636
Compares the work of the evangelists to the development of biography in the Graeco-Roman world
Author : Mark Goodacre
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 14,98 MB
Release : 2004-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567080561
A lively, readable and up-to-date guide to the Synoptic Problem, ideal for undergraduate students, and the general reader.
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 45,95 MB
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199335249
Bart Ehrman--the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and a recognized authority on the early Christian Church--and Zlatko Plese--a foremost authority on Christian Gnosticism--here offer a valuable compilation of over 40 ancient gospel texts and textual fragments that do not appear in the New Testament. This comprehensive collection contains Gospels describing Jesus's infancy, ministry, Passion, and resurrection, and includes the controversial manuscript discoveries of modern times, such as the Gospel of Thomas and the most recent Gospel to be discovered, the Gospel of Judas Iscariot. Each translation begins with a thoughtful examination of important historical, literary, and textual issues in order to place the Gospel in its proper context. This volume is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in early Christianity and the deeper meanings of these apocryphal Gospels.
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Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 47,7 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0857860976
The earliest of the four Gospels, the book portrays Jesus as an enigmatic figure, struggling with enemies, his inner and external demons, and with his devoted but disconcerted disciples. Unlike other gospels, his parables are obscure, to be explained secretly to his followers. With an introduction by Nick Cave
Author : James D. Tabor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1439134987
In this “compulsively readable exploration of the tangled world of Christian origins” (Publishers Weekly), religious historian James Tabor illuminates the earliest years of Jesus’ teachings before Paul shaped them into the religion we know today. This fascinating examination of the earliest years of Christianity reveals how the man we call St. Paul shaped Christianity as we know it today. Historians know almost nothing about the two decades following the crucifixion of Jesus, when his followers regrouped and began to spread his message. During this time Paul joined the movement and began to preach to the gentiles. Using the oldest Christian documents that we have—the letters of Paul—as well as other early Christian sources, historian and scholar James Tabor reconstructs the origins of Christianity. Tabor shows how Paul separated himself from Peter and James to introduce his own version of Christianity, which would continue to develop independently of the message that Jesus, James, and Peter preached. Paul and Jesus illuminates the fascinating period of history when Christianity was born out of Judaism.
Author : Markus Bockmuehl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,90 MB
Release : 2005-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139445726
This 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.
Author : Arthur W. Pink
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1608997863
Author : Dennis Ronald MacDonald
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,62 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300080124
In this groundbreaking book, Dennis R. MacDonald offers an entirely new view of the New Testament gospel of Mark. The author of the earliest gospel was not writing history, nor was he merely recording tradition, MacDonald argues. Close reading and careful analysis show that Mark borrowed extensively from the Odyssey and the Iliad and that he wanted his readers to recognise the Homeric antecedents in Mark's story of Jesus. Mark was composing a prose anti-epic, MacDonald says, presenting Jesus as a suffering hero modeled after but far superior to traditional Greek heroes. Much like Odysseus, Mark's Jesus sails the seas with uncomprehending companions, encounters preternatural opponents, and suffers many things before confronting rivals who have made his house a den of thieves. In his death and burial, Jesus emulates Hector, although unlike Hector Jesus leaves his tomb empty. Mark's minor characters, too, recall Homeric predecessors: Bartimaeus emulates Tiresias; Joseph of Arimathea, Priam; and the women at the tomb, Helen, Hecuba, and Andromache. And, entire episodes in Mark mirror Homeric episodes, including stilling the sea, walking on water, feeding the multitudes, the Triumphal E
