Reading the Gospels Today

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Stanley E. Porter
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004 - 211 pagini
As ancient documents, the New Testament Gospels can seem distant from contemporary life or irrelevant to modern society. Further complicating the task of reading the Gospels is the way they seem to introduce differing, if not competing, pictures of Jesus. Reading the Gospels Today is meant to help Bible readers understand -- and move beyond -- the difficulties involved in interpreting Scripture in our current context.

In these insightful studies several biblical scholars explore the content of the Gospels while also discussing how to read these writings in relation to each other and in terms of today's world. Some chapters consider issues that vex Gospel criticism; others look at particular texts or Synoptic themes; still others demonstrate how one's immediate interpretive context helps to raise the issues and shape the answers that are found when we read the Gospels. Well organized, thoughtfully written, and widely accessible, this volume will serve to draw readers into the exciting field of contemporary Gospels study.

Contributors: Craig A. Evans
Michael Knowles
Andrew T. Lincoln
Allan Martens
Lee Martin McDonald
Stanley E. Porter
Al Wolters
Yong-Eui Yang

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Reading the Gospels as a Hermeneutical Issue
xii
Why an Old Approach Is Still Best
1
Reading the Gospels and the Quest for the Historical Jesus
27
The Gospel as Oral Performance
56
1225 from a Korean Perspective
78
Reading Lukes Message for a Gentile Audience
100
The Fourth Gospel under Modern and Postmodern Interrogation
127
Their Origin Use and Authority
150
A Methodological Dialogue with Brevard Childs
179
Index of Modern Authors
193
Index of Subjects
198
Index of Ancient Sources
200
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Stanley E. Porter is president, dean, professor of New Testament, and holder of the Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Worldview at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario.

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