Author: Erhardt GuttgemannsPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 0915138247
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Candid Questions Concerning Gospel Form Criticism
Author: Erhardt GuttgemannsPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 0915138247
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
The Historical-Critical Method: A Guide for the Perplexed
Author: David R. LawPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567583104
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Historical Critical Analysis is the main way in which the Bible (both the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and the New Testament) has been examined and read by scholars in the last century. The term refers to a range of methodologies which examine the origins of biblical texts, in relation to other contemporaneous texts, to form critical approaches and to questions of authorship, audience and authenticty. The aim is to get as close to the 'original text' and its 'original meaning' as possible. For many years Historical Critical Method has been the cornerstone upon which biblical scholarship is built, even as modern studies examine other theoretical approaches to reading the text in history, tradition, and from different audience perspectives the Historical Critical Method still presents the crucial starting point for students and scholars.
Behind the Gospels
Author: Eric EvePublisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 1451469403
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
New Testament scholars often talk about oral tradition as a means by which material about Jesus reached the Gospels writers. Despite the recent interest in oral tradition, scholarly advances have not penetrated the mainstream of academic Gospels scholarship, let alone the wider public. Behind the Gospels fills this gap, offering a general theoretical discussion of oral tradition and the formation of ancient texts and providing a critical survey of the field.
The Sheep of the Fold
Author: Edward W. Klink IIIPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139466704
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The last generation of gospel scholarship has considered the reconstruction and analysis of the audience behind the gospels as paradigmatic. The key hermeneutical template for reading the gospels has been the quest for the community that each gospel represents. This scholarly consensus regarding the audience of the gospels has been reconsidered. Using as a test case one of the most entrenched gospels, Edward Klink explores the evidence for the audience behind the Gospel of John. This study challenges the prevailing gospel paradigm by examining the community construct and its functional potential in early Christianity, the appropriation of a gospel text and J. L. Martyn's two-level reading of John, and the implied reader located within the narrative. The study concludes by proposing a more appropriate audience model for reading John, as well as some implications for the function of the gospel in early Christianity.
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (2nd edn)
Author: J B GREENPublisher: Inter-Varsity Press
ISBN: 1789740266
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1849
Book Description
The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels is unique among reference books on the Bible, the first volume of its kind since James Hastings published his Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels in 1909. In the more than eight decades since Hastings, our understanding of Jesus, the Evangelists and their world has grown remarkably. New interpretive methods illumined the text, the ever-changing profile of modern culture has put new questions to the Gospels, and our understanding of the Judaism of Jesus's day has advanced in ways that could not have been predicted in Hastings's day. But for many readers of the Gospels the new outlook on the Gospels remains hidden within technical journals and academic monographs. The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels bridges the gap between scholars and those pastors, teachers, students and lay people desiring in-depth treatment of select topics in an accessible and summary format. The topics range from cross-sectional themes (such as faith, law, Sabbath) to methods of interpretation (such as form criticism, redaction criticism, sociological approaches), from key events (such as the birth, temptation and death of Jesus) to each of the four Gospels as a whole. Some articles - such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic traditions and revolutionary movements at the time of Jesus - provide significant background information to the Gospels. Others reflect recent and less familiar issues in Jesus and Gospel studies, such as divine man, ancient rhetoric and the chreiai. Contemporary concerns of general interest are discusses in articles covering such topics as healing, the demonic and the historical reliability of the Gospels. And for those entrusted with communicating the message of the Gospels, there is an extensive article on preaching from the Gospels. The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels presents the fruit of evangelical New Testament scholarship at the end of the twentieth century - committed to the authority of Scripture, utilising the best of critical methods, and maintaining dialog with contemporary scholarship and challenges facing the church.
Christian Origins and the Establishment of the Early Jesus Movement
Author: Stanley E. PorterPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004372741
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
Christian Origins and the Establishment of the Early Jesus Movement explores the events, people, and writings surrounding the founding of the early Jesus movement in the mid to late first century. The essays are divided into four parts, focused upon the movement’s formation, the production of its early Gospels, description of the Jesus movement itself, and the Jewish mission and its literature. This collection of essays includes chapters by a global cast of scholars from a variety of methodological and critical viewpoints, and continues the important Early Christianity in its Hellenistic Context series.
What Are the Gospels?
Author: Richard A. BurridgePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521483636
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Compares the work of the evangelists to the development of biography in the Graeco-Roman world
Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation
Author: Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134635575
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
The Relationship Between John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth
Author: Daniel S. DapaahPublisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761831099
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
"What was Jesus' relationship with John the Baptist? Did Jesus baptize people like John? Where did Christian baptism come from? In this book Dr. Dapaah looks at these and other important questions, coming up with some intriguing answers. His well-written work offers thought-provoking insights into the questions of the historical Jesus, and I very warmly commend it." — David Wenham, Dean and Lecturer, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University
The Cambridge Companion to the Gospels
Author: Stephen C. BartonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108471951
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Authoritative chapters chart new developments of gospels interpretation in four main areas: background, content, interpretation and impact.