Introduction To The Synoptic Gospels
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ABBREVIATIONS
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION
What Is A Gospel?
Ancient Biography
Gospels And Apostles-A Key Combination
Mark’s Innovation: Framing The Ministry And The Passion
Matthew And Luke Improve On The Model
Note: Alternate Suggestions For Genre
Note: The Four-Gospel Canon
Books And Believers In Early Christianity
Early Christianity As An Explosion Of Texts
How Books Were Written
How The Gospel Texts Have Come Down To Us
When Texts Differ: What The Text Critic Contributes
The Septuagint: Scripture Cited In The Gospels
Marcion And The Idea Of A Second-Century “Canon”
The Quest For Sources
From A Synopsis: Comparing The Synoptic Gospels
From Q And The Gospel Of Thomas To Sayings Gospels
Q
Is It A Gospel?
Strata In Q
The Community Responsible For Q
Form Criticism
The Shape And Function Of Sayings And Stories
Sayings Material
Parables And Similitudes
Miracle Stories
The Passion Narrative
The Gospel Of Peter And The Developmentof The Passion Narrative
Reading Mark’s Gospel
From Beginning To End: Mark’s Narrative Shape
Literary Features Of Mark’s Narrative
Characters In The Gospel
Jesus In Mark’s Gospel
The Community Implied In Mark’s Narrative
Endings Added To The Gospel Of Mark
A Secret Version Of Mark?
Reading Matthew’s Gospel
From Beginning To End: Matthew’s Narrative Shape
Literary Features In Matthew’s Narrative
Characters In The Gospel
Jesus In Matthew’s Gospel
The Community Implied In Matthew’s Narrative
Jewish Christian Gospel Traditions
Reading Luke’s Gospel
From Beginning To End: Luke’s Narrative Shape
Literary Features Of Luke’s Narrative
Characters In The Gospel
Jesus In Luke’s Gospel
The Community Implied In Luke’s Narrative
Mary Traditions And Other Infancy Gospels
The Reception And Revision Of The Gospel Of Luke
Gospels From The Second And Third Centuries
A Mixture Of Traditions: Oral And Written
Apocryphal Gospels And Reading The Synoptics
Gnostic “Gospels” From The Second And Third Centuries
The Gospel Of Judas
P. Berol. 22220: The “Gospel Of The Savior”
The Question Of Genre Revisited
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES
Additional Info
In 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.
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SKU (ISBN): 9780802865533
ISBN10: 0802865534
Pheme Perkins
Binding: Trade Paper
Published: November 2009
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
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