Cutting Jesus down to size
Subtitle: what higher criticism has achieved and where it leaves Christianity
By: G.A. Wells.
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780812696561
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Gospels -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: What this book is about; title: The Jesus of the early Epistles is not the Jesus of the Gospels; title: Basic facts about the Gospels; title: Mark; title: Matthew and Luke; title: John; title: More on 'the Jews' in the Gospels; title: The question of miracles and the work of David Friedrich Strauss; title: The virgin birth; title: The birth at Bethlehem; title: Matthew's account; title: Luke's account; title: Luke's parallel between John the Baptist and Jesus; title: The nativity as fulfillment of prophecy; title: The genealogies; title: The origin and purpose of the Christian virgin birth traditions and their post-scriptural developments; title: The Resurrection; title: The Gospel accounts; title: The first three Gospels; title: The Fourth Gospel; title: Paul's account; title: To whom the risen Jesus appeared; title: Cephas; title: James; title: The twelve; title: The five hundred and more; title: The New Testament evidence as a whole and the synoptic burial narratives; title: Recent defenders of the traditional doctrine; title: Recent reinterpreters of the traditional doctrine; title: The Gospel of Mark : history or dogma?; title: William Wrede's epoch-making book; title: The role of the disciples; title: The secret of Jesus's status as Son of God; title: Mark and community tradition : K.L. Schmidt and form-criticism; title: The sayings GGspel, Q; title: The prelude to Jesus's public ministry; title: Jesus and John the Baptist; title: The temptation; title: Jesus as apocalyptic prophet; title: The transition from prophecy to apocalyptic thinking; title: From Reimarus to Schweitzer; title: Hermann Samuel Reimarus; title: Franz Overbeck, Johannes Weiss, and William Wrede; title: Albert Schweitzer; title: The Fourth Gospel and later; title: An appraisal of relevant passages; title: Recent attempts to cope with the texts; title: Sundry proposals; title: Meta-narratives; title: Coping with the Romans; title: Concluding thoughts; title: Epilogue: The Gospels and eyewitnesses.