The an investigation of the collection and origin of the Canonical Gospels Hengel, Martin 1926-2009 creator text bibliography pau Harrisburg, PA Trinity Press International 2000 1st North American ed. monographic eng ger

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xii, 354 p. ; pbk ; 21 cm. 'This is a scholarly study of many areas of the historical origins and nature of the Gospels, taking up basic introductory questions for a historical critical approach to Gospel study. (...) Hengel shows his mastery of the areas of the history of the early Church and his great familiarity with the text of the Gospels themselves and early Christian writings. (...) A book for good libraries and for serious teachers and students of the Gospels.' -- P.M. Meagher S. J. 2002 I. Introduction: An Aporia and Two Questions -- II. The Authors of the Four Gospels and the Temptation towards Harmonization or Radical Reduction -- III. The Four Gospels, Their Authors, and the One Gospel -- IV. The 'Cross-Check': The Origin of the Collection of the Four Gospels and the Christian Book Cupboard -- An Attempt at a Reconstruction -- V. The Gospel as Kerygma and Narrative -- VI. Conclusion: Torah and Gospel as Narratives of Two Different Saving Events -- VII. Postscript: Reflections on the Logia Source and the Gospels of Luke and Matthew. Martin Hengel ; [translated by John Bowden from the German]. Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-323) and indexes. Canonical criticism 226.066/HEN 1563383004 (pbk.) 00029911 DLC 000315 20130917155846.0 11941695