Title: The earliest lives of Jesus /
Authors: Grant, Robert M. 1917-2014
Publisher: S.P.C.K.,
Year: 1961
Subjects: Jesus Christ History of doctrines; Origen; Jesus Christ History of doctrines; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Contents: I. The gospels in the First Two Centuries -- Four Gospels -- Docetic Gnostic Ideas -- Literary and Historical Criticism -- The Unity of the gospels -- Clement of Alexandria -- 2. Greek Literary and Historical Criticism -- Literary and Historical Criticism: Theon -- Dio and others -- Possible Alternatives -- 3. Origen and the Gospels -- Four Evangelists -- Inspiration and Contradiction -- The Johannine Synoptic Contradictions -- A Different approach -- Contra Celsum -- 4. Origen and the Life of Jesus -- Ministry and Person of Jesus -- Peter and his confession -- From Galilee to Jerusalem -- The Passion narrative -- The Crucifixion -- The Teaching of Jesus -- Eschatological Elements