Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction
Publisher: Baker academic; Baker Academic
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780801039379
Table of contents: title: What are the Gospels? defining "Gospel"; title: What are the Gospels? understanding the "Gospel" genre; title: Why do we need the Gospels? (or why Saint Paul is not enough); title: The joy and angst of having four Gospels; title: Texts and history: the testimony of the fourfold witness; title: Reading Holy Scripture well: three avenues; title: Reading Holy Scripture well: intent, meaning, and posture; title: Foundations for reading the Gospels well; title: Reading the Gospels as stories: the "whatever strikes me" (WSM) hermeneutic versus narrative analysis; title: Reading the Gospels as stories: circles of contextual meaning; title: Summing it all up: applying and teaching the Gospels; title: The Gospels as the archway of the canon