Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Jesus and the Eyewitnesses Noted New Testament scholar Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption the accounts of Jesus circulated as "anonymous community traditions," instead asserting that they were transmitted in the name of the original eyewitness.
Full description- Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
- Published: 07 November 2008
- Format: Paperback 552 pages
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- Categories: New Testaments | Biblical Studies & Exegesis
- ISBN 13: 9780802863904 ISBN 10: 0802863906
- Sales rank: 18,821
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Full description for Jesus and the Eyewitnesses
This fresh 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" instead asserting that they were transmitted in the name of the original eyewitness.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 the "Jesus of testimony" that is actually presented by Gospels.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.
