TY - BOOK AU - Blomberg,Craig TI - Jesus and the Gospels: an introduction and survey SN - 9780805410587 AV - BS2555.B653.J478 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - Nashville, Tennessee PB - Broadman and Holman KW - Jesus Christ. KW - Bible KW - Gospels KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 1 and indexes; Historical background for studying the Gospels. Political background : an overview of the intertestamental period ; Religious background : Hellenistic and Jewish religion ; Socioeconomic background : everyday life in New Testament times --; Critical methods for studying the Gospels. Historical criticism of the Gospels ; Literary criticism of the Gospels --; Introduction to the four Gospels. The Gospel of Mark ; The Gospel of Matthew ; The Gospel of Luke ; The Gospel of John --; A survey of the life of Christ. The historical Jesus : the quests and the chronology ; The birth and childhood of Jesus ; The beginnings of Jesus' ministry ; Jesus' Galilean ministry : earlier stages ; Jesus' Galilean ministry : later stages ; Additional teachings of Jesus in Matthew, Luke, and John ; Jesus' Judean ministry ; Passion, crucifixion, and resurrection --; Historical and theological syntheses. The historical trustworthiness of the Gospels ; The theology of Jesus; 2 ER -