TY - MANSCPT AU - Moreland,James Porter TI - An apologetic critique of the major presuppositions of the new quest of the historical Jesus AV - BT301.M839.M674 1979 PY - 1979/// KW - Jesus Christ KW - Apologetics N1 - Introduction; Chapter 1. Major Presuppositions of the New Quest; Chapter 2. Historiography; Chapter 3. Objections to Form Criticism; Chapter 4. The Nature of the Sources; Chapter 5. Criteria of Authenticity; 1 (leaves 113-122); History of Criticism --; Purpose of Thesis; Bultmann --; Four Major Assumptions of the New Quest --; Conclusion; The Relationship Between History and Science --; Objectivity in History --; The Possibility and Knowability of Miracles; It Oversteps Its Limits When It Makes Judgments on Historical Worth --; There Is an Uncertainty in the Exact Classification of Form --; The Marcan Framework Is More Chronologically Reliable Than Is Normally Assumed --; The Principle of Sitz im Leben Has Serious Problems --; Analogies Drawn from Epics, Folklore, and Sagas Are Irrelevant --; Hellenistic Influence Has Been Overemphasized --; The Method of Attaining the Laws of Tradition Is Problematic --; Radical Form Critics Do Not Take Seriously the Supernatural Nature of the Tradition --; Form Criticism is Only One Tool Among Many --; Conclusion; The Gattung "Gospel" --; Was the Early Church Interested in Jesus? --; The Gospels and Ancient Biographies --; Ancient Historiography --; The Role of Eyewitnesses --; Conclusion; General Remarks --; The Existence of Early Christian Prophets --; The Nature of the Tradition --; Burden of Proof --; Objections to the Individual Criteria --; Conclusion; 2 ER -