From Jesus to the Gospels : interpreting the New Testament in its context / Helmut Koester.

Author/creator Koester, Helmut
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : Fortress Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxiii, 311 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
Bible. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents Apocryphal and canonical Gospels -- Gospels and Gospel traditions in the second century -- The text of the synoptic Gospels in the second century -- From the Kerygma-Gospel to written Gospels -- The synoptic sayings Gospel Q in the early communities of Jesus' followers -- The extracanonical sayings of the Lord as products of the Christian community -- Mark 9:43-47 and Quintilian 8.3.75 -- The history-of-religions school, Gnosis, and the Gospel of John -- History and cult in the Gospel of John and in Ignatius of Antioch -- The story of the Johannine tradition -- Dialogue and the tradition of sayings in the Gnostic texts of Nag Hammadi -- The farewell discourses of the gospel of John -- Gnostic sayings and controversy traditions in John 8:12-59 -- Jesus the victim -- The memory of Jesus' death and the worship of the risen Lord -- The historical Jesus and the cult of the Kyrios -- The story of Jesus and the Gospels -- The sayings of Q and their image of Jesus -- The historical Jesus and his sayings -- Eschatological Thanksgiving meals : from the Didache to Q and Jesus.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
Bibliography note"Publications of Helmut Koester, 1991-2007": p. 293-299.
LCCN 2007010691
ISBN9780800620936 (alk. paper)
ISBN0800620933 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BS 2555.52 .K64 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold