LähdeteoksetThe Four Gospels and the One Gospel of Jesus Christ
Martin Hengel
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Sivuja: 368
Kustantaja: Trinity Press International, 2000
ISBN-13: 9781563383007
ISBN-10: 1563383004
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Kirjan takakannesta:
How could the same word, ’Gospel’, be used both by Paul for a proclamation which seems to include no narrative about the earthly Jesus, and by the author of the Gospel according to Mark and his successors, as a title for works which adopt an essentially narrative form? Why did the church, in forming its canon of scripture, choose to include four different and sometimes contradictory accounts of the life of Jesus, when others, like Tatian and Marcion, opted for a harmony, for one account?
Professor Hengel's investigation of these questions leads him to re-examine the external historical evidence for the writing of the Gospels in the writers of the early church, like Papias and Irenaeus; he also considers closely the origin of the uniform title ’Gospel according to’ and the process of dissemination of the gospel.
His conclusion is that whether for the evangelism or for Paul, the gospel is both narrative and proclamation, and that despite the problems caused by the different forms in which it has come down to us, this very multiplicity is a source of strength for the church.
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Edesmennyt Martin Hengel (1926–2009) oli Vanhan testamentin ja antiikin juutalaisuuden emeritusprofessori (Tübingenin yliopisto, Saksa), uskonnonhistorioitsija, Uuden testamentin tutkija ja yksi aikansa suurimmista teologeista.
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