Hypertextuality and historicity in the gospels
By: Bartosz Adamczewski
Series: European studies in theology, philosophy and history of religions -- v. 3; European studies in theology, philosophy and history of religions -- v. 3.
Publisher: Peter Lang; Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften; Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9783631628980
Subjects: Bibel; Bible; Geschichtlichkeit; Historicity of Jesus Christ; Historicity; Intertextuality in the Bible; Textual Criticism; Intertextualität
Description: "This book demonstrates that the Gospels originated from a sequential hypertextual reworking of the contents of Paul's letters and, in the case of Matthew and John, of the Acts of the Apostles. Consequently, the new quest for the historical Jesus, which takes this discovery into serious consideration, results in a rather limited reconstruction of Jesus' life. However, since such a reconstruction includes, among others, Jesus' messiahship, behaving in a way which was later interpreted as pointing to him as the Son of God, instituting the Lord's Supper, being conscious of the religious significance of his imminent death, dying on the cross, and appearing as risen from the dead to Cephas and numerous other Jewish believers, it can be reconciled with the principles of the Christian faith."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: Hypertextuality in the gospels: some examples; title: The problem of the historicity of the gospel material; title: Hypertextuality and historicity in the gospels from a modern Catholic perspective.