The four Gospels and the one Gospel of Jesus Christ : an investigation of the collection and origin of the Canonical Gospels
"Professor Hengel examines the external historical evidence for the creation of the Gospels by those documenting the early church, like Papias and Irenaeus. He also analyzes the origin of the uniform title "Gospel according to" and the process of dissemination of the gospel." "He concludes that the gospel is both narrative and proclamation, and that, in spite of the different forms in which it has come down to us, this very multiplicity is a source of strength for the church."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2000
1st North American ed View all formats and editions
Trinity Press International, Harrisburg, Pa., 2000
xii, 354 pages ; 21 cm
9781563383007, 1563383004
43707192
I. Introduction: An Aporia and Two Questions
II. The Authors of the Four Gospels and the Temptation towards Harmonization or Radical Reduction
III. The Four Gospels, Their Authors, and the One Gospel
IV. The 'Cross-Check': The Origin of the Collection of the Four Gospels and the Christian Book Cupboard
An Attempt at a Reconstruction
V. The Gospel as Kerygma and Narrative
VI. Conclusion: Torah and Gospel as Narratives of Two Different Saving Events
VII. Postscript: Reflections on the Logia Source and the Gospels of Luke and Matthew
Translated from the German