The Written Gospel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Written Gospel write by Markus Bockmuehl. This book was released on 2005-07-28. The Written Gospel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book comprehensively surveys the origin, production and reception of the canonical gospels in the early church. The discussion unfolds in three steps. Part One traces the origin of the 'gospel' of Jesus, its significance in Jewish and Hellenistic contexts of the first century, and its development from eyewitness memory to oral tradition and written text. Part Two then more specifically examines the composition, design and intentions of each of the four canonical gospels. Widening the focus, Part Three first asks about gospel-writing as viewed from the perspective of ancient Jews and pagans before turning to the question of reception history in the proliferation of 'apocryphal' gospels, in the formation of the canon, and in the beginnings of a gospel commentary tradition.
The Gospel According to Matthew
The Gospel According to Matthew - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gospel According to Matthew write by . This book was released on 1999. The Gospel According to Matthew available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.
The Oral and the Written Gospel
The Oral and the Written Gospel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oral and the Written Gospel write by Werner H. Kelber. This book was released on 1997-11-22. The Oral and the Written Gospel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Spoken words process knowledge differently from writing. What happens when speech turns into text? In reappraising literary scholars' propensity to trace Jesus' sayings back to the assumed original version, the author argues that in the oral medium each rendition of a saying is the original. Orality works with multiple originals, rather than with single originality. In what may be the most extraordinary thesis of the book, Kelber argues that the written gospel is related less by evolutionary progression than by contradiction to what preceded it.
Cold-Case Christianity
Cold-Case Christianity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cold-Case Christianity write by J. Warner Wallace. This book was released on 2013-01-01. Cold-Case Christianity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Written by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator. Christianity could be defined as a “cold case”: it makes a claim about an event from the distant past for which there is little forensic evidence. In Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace uses his nationally recognized skills as a homicide detective to look at the evidence and eyewitnesses behind Christian beliefs. Including gripping stories from his career and the visual techniques he developed in the courtroom, Wallace uses illustration to examine the powerful evidence that validates the claims of Christianity. A unique apologetic that speaks to readers’ intense interest in detective stories, Cold-Case Christianity inspires readers to have confidence in Christ as it prepares them to articulate the case for Christianity.
From Jesus to Christ
From Jesus to Christ - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Jesus to Christ write by Paula Fredriksen. This book was released on 2008-10-01. From Jesus to Christ available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
