Author : Richard A. Burridge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,66 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 : Craig S. Keener
Publisher :
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 31,95 MB
Release : 2016-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781609471064
Through critical comparative study of the relevant ancient sources, this work shows that the New Testament gospels are reliable.
Author : Craig S. Keener
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 40,96 MB
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1467456764
Are the canonical Gospels historically reliable? The four canonical Gospels are ancient biographies, narratives of Jesus’s life. The authors of these Gospels were intentional in how they handled historical information and sources. Building on recent work in the study of ancient biographies, Craig Keener argues that the writers of the canonical Gospels followed the literary practices of other biographers in their day. In Christobiography he explores the character of ancient biography and urges students and scholars to appreciate the Gospel writers’ method and degree of accuracy in recounting the life and ministry of Jesus. Keener’s Christobiography has far-reaching implications for the study of the canonical Gospels and historical Jesus research. He concludes that the four canonical Gospels are historically reliable ancient biographies.
Author : Charles H. Talbert
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 30,96 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780865541856
Author : Helen K Bond
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 2024-07-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802884473
What difference does it make to identify Mark's gospel as an ancient biography? Reading the gospels as ancient biographies makes a profound difference to the way that we interpret them. Biography immortalizes the memory of the subject, creating a literary monument to the person's life and teaching. Yet it is also a bid to legitimize a specific view of that figure and to position an author and his audience as appropriate "gatekeepers" of that memory. Biography was well suited to the articulation of shared values and commitments, the formation of group identity, and the binding together of a past story, present concerns, and future hopes. Helen Bond argues that Mark's author used the genre of biography to extend the gospel from an earlier narrow focus on the death and resurrection of Jesus so that it included the way of life of its founding figure. Situating Jesus at the heart of a biography was a bold step in outlining a radical form of Christian discipleship patterned on the life - and death - of Jesus.
Author : Ryder Wishart
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 2024-03-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004687165
Challenging the widely accepted classification of the canonical gospels as biographies or historiographies, the author argues that they should be classified as collections of folk literature from early Christianity. Drawing on comparative register analysis and re-introducing literary and sociolinguistic insights from the twentieth-century form critics, this insightful study challenges readers to rethink the significance of gospels for understanding Jesus’s historical context and relevance for modern readers. The gospels are not merely designed to inform readers about the life of Jesus but also to push readers into accepting or rejecting his teaching. It is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the gospel genre and the intentions of the evangelists who compiled them.
Author : Craig S. Keener
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 36,87 MB
Release : 2014-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1610972058
Johannine Literature offers some of the most beautiful, majestic, and profound theology contained within the entire biblical text. Within its works can be found the highest Christology, the capstone of eschatology, and the heartbreaking struggles of a community committed to Christ. However, it does not always get the attention it deserves in New Testament studies. This book seeks to remedy that by drawing together some of the most respected biblical scholars to bring their expertise to bear on various aspects of Johannine studies that are contained within the Gospel, Epistles, and the Apocalypse. These contributions have been collected as a Festschrift in honor and celebration of the career of Benny C. Aker, a preeminent scholar, teacher, and mentor.
Author : Mike Licona
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 21,15 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 : Richard A. Burridge
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 31,42 MB
Release : 2004-08-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802809711
"The publication of Richard Burridge's What Are the Gospels? in 1992 inaugurated a transformation in Gospel studies by overturning the previous consensus about Gospel uniqueness. Burridge argued convincingly for an understanding of the Gospels as biographies, a ubiquitous genre in the Graeco-Roman world. To establish this claim, Burridge compared each of the four canonical Gospels to the many extant Graeco-Roman biographies. Drawing on insights from literary theory, he demonstrated that the previously widespread view of the Gospels as unique compositions was false. Burridge went on to discuss what a properly "biographical" perspective might mean for Gospel interpretation, which was amply demonstrated in the revised second edition reflecting on how his view had become the new consensus. This third, twenty-fifth anniversary edition not only celebrates the continuing influence of What Are the Gospels?, but also features a major new contribution in which Burridge analyzes recent debates and scholarship about the Gospels. Burridge both answers his critics and reflects upon the new directions now being taken by those who accept the biographical approach. This new edition also features as an appendix a significant article in which he tackles the related problem of the genre of Acts. A proven book with lasting staying power, What Are the Gospels? is not only still as relevant and instructive as it was when first published, but will also doubtlessly inspire new research and scholarship in the years ahead."-- Provided by publisher.
Author : Witness Lee
Publisher : Living Stream Ministry
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,19 MB
Release : 1969
Category : California
ISBN : 0870830201
