The Four Gospels and the One Gospel of Jesus ChristWhy 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 examines the external historical evidence for the creation of the Gospels by those documenting the early church, like Papias and Ireneus. He also analyzes the origin of the uniform title "Gospel according to" and the process of dissemination of the gospel. He concludes that whether for the evangelists or for Paul, the gospel is both narrative and proclamation. Despite the problems caused by the different forms in which the gospel has come down to us, this very multiplicity remains a source of strength for the church. Martin Hengel is Emeritus Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at the University of Tubingen. |
Contents
Serapion of Antioch and the Gospel of Peter | 12 |
The Four Gospels Their Authors and the | 34 |
The superscriptions of the Gospels and the Gospel | 48 |
Gospel commentaries and apocryphal | 57 |
Papias note about Mark and Matthew | 65 |
Gospel and the tension between oral | 73 |
The Origin of | 116 |
Written and oral tradition in Clement of Rome | 128 |
Peter and the narrated Gospel | 153 |
The priority of the Gospel reading over | 161 |
Reflections on the Logia Source | 169 |
The chronological priority of the Gospel | 186 |
Summary | 205 |
Index of References to the Bible and Early | 324 |
Index of Modern Authors | 345 |
General Index | 351 |
The significance of the Roman book cupboard | 136 |
Copyright | |