Reading the Gospels today / edited by Stanley E. Porter.

Contributor(s):

Porter, Stanley E., 1956-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: McMaster New Testament StudiesPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans, c2004.Description: xvii, 211 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0802805175

Subject(s):

Bible N.T. Gospels -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses

LOC classification:

BS 2555.52 .R43 2004

Contents:

Introduction : reading the Gospels as a hermeneutical issue / Stanley E. Porter Sorting out the Synoptic problem : why an old approach is still best / Craig A. Evans Reading the Gospels and the quest for the historical Jesus / Stanley E. Porter Reading Matthew : the Gospel as oral performance / Michael Knowles Reading Mark 11:12-25 from a Korean perspective / Yong-Eui Yang Salvation today : reading Luke's message for a Gentile audience / Allan Martens Reading John : the Fourth Gospel under modern and postmodern interrogation / Andrew T. Lincoln The Gospels in early Christianity : their origin, use, and authority / Lee Martin McDonald Reading the Gospels canonically : a methodological dialogue with Brevard Childs / Al Wolters

Summary: 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. -- Publisher's description

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Papers presented at the eighth H.H. Bingham Colloquium in New Testament, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : reading the Gospels as a hermeneutical issue / Stanley E. Porter
Sorting out the Synoptic problem : why an old approach is still best / Craig A. Evans
Reading the Gospels and the quest for the historical Jesus / Stanley E. Porter
Reading Matthew : the Gospel as oral performance / Michael Knowles
Reading Mark 11:12-25 from a Korean perspective / Yong-Eui Yang
Salvation today : reading Luke's message for a Gentile audience / Allan Martens
Reading John : the Fourth Gospel under modern and postmodern interrogation / Andrew T. Lincoln
The Gospels in early Christianity : their origin, use, and authority / Lee Martin McDonald
Reading the Gospels canonically : a methodological dialogue with Brevard Childs / Al Wolters

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. -- Publisher's description

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