Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony - Hardcover

Bauckham, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802831621 ISBN 13: 9780802831620

Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2006

Synopsis

/ 9780802831620 / Religion / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / hard cover / dust jacket / 17 x 25 cm / 538 .pp /

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Review:

"This book is a remarkable piece of detective work, resulting in a fresh and vivid approach to dozens, perhaps hundreds, of well-known problems and passages."
(N T Wright)

Synopsis:

This new book argues that the four Gospels are closely based on eyewitness testimony of those who knew Jesus. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the accounts of Jesus circulated as "anonymous community traditions," asserting instead that they were transmitted in the name of the original eyewitnesses. To drive home this controversial point, Bauckham draws on internal literary evidence, study of personal names in the first century, and recent developments in the understanding of oral traditions. "Jesus and the Eyewitnesses" also taps into the rich resources of modern study of memory and cognitive psychology, refuting the conclusions of the form critics and calling New Testament scholarship to make a clean break with this long-dominant tradition. Finally, Bauckham challenges readers to end the classic division between the "historical Jesus" and the "Christ of faith," proposing instead the "Jesus of testimony." Sure to ignite heated debate on the precise character of the testimony about Jesus, "Jesus and the Eyewitnesses" will be valued by scholars, students, and all who seek to understand the origins of the Gospels.

About this edition

• Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0802831621
• ISBN 13: 9780802831620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 538