Christobiography : memory, history, and the reliability of the Gospels / Craig S. Keener.

By:

Keener, Craig S, 1960- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780802876751

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Genre/Form:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LOC classification:

BS2555 .C475 2019
BS2555

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Contents:

Jesus in ancient historians -- What can be known about Jesus? -- Why historical-Jesus research needs the Gospels -- Default expectations and the Gospels -- We know more about Jesus than we think: Ancient biography -- We know less about Jesus than we want: Why history remembers

Not a novel proposal -- Examples and development of ancient biography -- What sort of biographies are the Gospels? -- What did first-century audiences expect of biographies?

Biographies and historical information -- What historical interests meant in antiquity -- Luke - Acts as biohistory -- Sources close to the events

Case studies: Biographies of recent characters use prior information -- Flex room: Literary techniques in ancient biographies

What about miracles? -- What about John?

Memory studies -- Jesus was a teacher -- Oral tradition, oral history -- The implications of this study

Subject: "The four canonical Gospels are ancient biographies, narratives of Jesus's life. The authors of these Gospels were intentional in how they handled historical information and sources. Building on recent work in the study of ancient biographies, Craig Keener argues that the writers of the canonical gospels followed the literary practices of other biographers in their day. In Christobiography he explores the character of ancient biography and urges students and scholars to appreciate the gospel writers' method and degree of accuracy in recounting the ministry of Jesus. Keener's Christobiography has far-reaching implications for the study of the canonical gospels and historical-Jesus research.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Reference (Library Use ONLY)	G. Allen Fleece Library REFERENCE	RES	BS2555.52.K446.C475 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Bible - BIB		31923001690201

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Jesus in ancient historians -- What can be known about Jesus? -- Why historical-Jesus research needs the Gospels -- Default expectations and the Gospels -- We know more about Jesus than we think: Ancient biography -- We know less about Jesus than we want: Why history remembers

PART 1: BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT JESUS -- Not a novel proposal -- Examples and development of ancient biography -- What sort of biographies are the Gospels? -- What did first-century audiences expect of biographies?

PART 2: BIOGRAPHIES AND HawaiiSTORY -- Biographies and historical information -- What historical interests meant in antiquity -- Luke - Acts as biohistory -- Sources close to the events

PART 3: TESTING THE RANGE OF DelawareVIATION -- Case studies: Biographies of recent characters use prior information -- Flex room: Literary techniques in ancient biographies

PART 4: TWO OBJECTIVE TO GOSPELS American Samoa HawaiiSTORICAL BIOGRAPHIES -- What about miracles? -- What about John?

PART 5: MaineMORIES ABOUT JESUS: MaineMORIES BEFORE MaineMOIRS -- Memory studies -- Jesus was a teacher -- Oral tradition, oral history -- The implications of this study

"The four canonical Gospels are ancient biographies, narratives of Jesus's life. The authors of these Gospels were intentional in how they handled historical information and sources. Building on recent work in the study of ancient biographies, Craig Keener argues that the writers of the canonical gospels followed the literary practices of other biographers in their day. In Christobiography he explores the character of ancient biography and urges students and scholars to appreciate the gospel writers' method and degree of accuracy in recounting the ministry of Jesus. Keener's Christobiography has far-reaching implications for the study of the canonical gospels and historical-Jesus research.

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