Cambridge Companion to the Gospels

Informationen zum Autor Stephen C. Barton is Reader in New Testament! Department of Theology! Durham University. Klappentext An introduction covering historical! theological and ethical aspects of the gospels through the ages. Zusammenfassung This introduction focuses not only on historical questions - authorship! date! historical setting and literary genre - but also considers the gospels as texts of Christian scripture which have inspired the faith and worship of the church down the ages. The contributors include theologians and ethicists as well as New Testament scholars. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Stephen C. Barton; Part I. Approaching the Gospels - Context and Method: 1. What is a gospel? Loveday Alexander; 2. The fourfold gospel Francis Watson; 3. The canonical matrix of the gospels Richard B. Hays; 4. The gospels and 'the historical Jesus' Stephen E. Fowl; 5. The gospels and the reader Sandra M. Schneiders; Part II. The Gospels as Witnesses to Christ - Content and Interpretation: 6. The Gospel according to Matthew Stephen C. Barton; 7. The Gospel according to Mark Joel B. Green; 8. The Gospel according to Luke John T. Squires; 9. The Gospel according to John Marianne Meye Thompson; Part III. The Afterlife of the Gospels - Impact on Church and Society: 10. The gospels and the development of doctrine Frances Young; 11. The gospels embodied: the lives of saints and martyrs David Matzko McCarthy; 12. Praying the gospels: spirituality and worship Gordon Mursell; 13. Living the gospels: morality and politics Scott Bader-Saye.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stephen C. Barton, Stephen C. (University of Durham) Barton
• Mitarbeit: Stephen C. Barton (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521807661
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80766-1
• Seiten: 314
• Serien: Cambridge Companions to Religi; Cambridge Companions to Religi
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum