Jesus and the eyewitnesses : the Gospels as eyewitness testimony / Richard Bauckham. [print]

From the historical Jesus to the Jesus of testimony Papias on the eyewitnesses Names in the Gospel traditions Palestinian Jewish names The Twelve Eyewitnesses "from the beginning" The Petrine perspective in the Gospel of Mark Anonymous persons in Mark's passion narrative Papias on Mark and Matthew Models of oral tradition Transmitting the Jesus traditions Anonymous tradition or eyewitness testimony? Eyewitness memory The Gospel of John as eyewitness testimony The witness of the Beloved Disciple Papias on John Polycrates and Irenaeus on John The Jesus of testimony.

Winner of the 2007 Christianity Today Book Award in Biblical Studies, this momentous volume argues that the four Gospels are closely based on the eyewitness testimony of those who personally knew Jesus. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the Jesus accounts circulated as "anonymous community traditions," asserting instead that they were transmitted in the names of the original eyewitnesses. In this expanded second edition Bauckham is adding a new preface, three substantial new chapters that respond to critics and clarify key points of his argument, and a comprehensive new bibliography.

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Richard Bauckham is professor emeritus of New Testament studies at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, senior scholar at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and a fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His many other books include Jesus and the God of Israel, Gospel Women, and Jesus: A Very Short Introduction.