Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

by Bauckham, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780802863904
• ISBN10: 0802863906
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-07
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Noted New Testament scholar Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption the accounts of Jesus circulated as "anonymous community traditions," instead asserting that they were transmitted in the name of the original eyewitness.

Author Biography

Richard Bauckham is professor of New Testament studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and a fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Table of Contents

Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xi
From the Historical Jesus to the Jesus of Testimony	p. 1
Papias on the Eyewitnesses	p. 12
Names in the Gospel Traditions	p. 39
Palestinian Jewish Names	p. 67
The Twelve	p. 93
Eyewitnesses "from the Beginning"	p. 114
The Petrine Perspective in the Gospel of Mark	p. 155
Anonymous Persons in Mark's Passion Narrative	p. 183
Papias on Mark and Matthew	p. 202
Models of Oral Tradition	p. 240
Transmitting the Jesus Traditions	p. 264
Anonymous Tradition or Eyewitness Testimony?	p. 290
Eyewitness Memory	p. 319
The Gospel of John as Eyewitness Testimony	p. 358
The Witness of the Beloved Disciple	p. 384
Papias on John	p. 412
Polycrates and Irenaeus on John	p. 438
The Jesus of Testimony	p. 472
Index of Ancient Persons	p. 509
Index of Modern Authors	p. 516
Index of Places	p. 523
Index of Scriptures and Other Ancient Writings	p. 525
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