Synoptic Gospels

by McKnight, Scot; Riches, John K.; Telford, William; Tuckett, Christopher M.

• ISBN13: 9781841272108
• ISBN10: 1841272108
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: VHPS

Summary

The highly popular Sheffield New Testament Guides are being reissued in a new format, grouped together and prefaced by leading North American scholars. This new format is designed to ensure that these authoritative introductions remain up-to-date and accessible to seminary and university students of the New Testament while offering a broader theological and literary context for their study. In this volume, Scot McKnight writes an introducton to the Synoptic Gospels as a whole, illuminating their distinctive historical and theological features and their importance within the New Testament canon.

Author Biography

Christopher Tuckett is Professor in New Testament at the University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	7	(2)
An Invitation to the Synoptic Gospels	9	(119)
Scot McKnight
Part I Matthew
John Riches
Further Reading on Matthew	42	(1)
Leading Questions in Matthaean Scholarship	43	(10)
What Sort of a Book?	53	(21)
Matthew's World	74	(35)
Matthew's Christology	109	(16)
Conclusion	125	(3)
Part II Mark
William R. Telford
Commentaries on Mark	128	(124)
Introduction	131	(20)
Mark as History: The Gospel as a Historical Document	151	(41)
Mark as Literature: The Gospel as a Literary Composition	192	(29)
Mark as Theology: The Gospel as a Religious Text	221	(23)
Conclusion	244	(8)
Part III Luke
Christopher M. Tuckett
Commentaries and General Works on Luke's Gospel	252	(91)
Introduction	254	(18)
Eschatology	272	(14)
Jews, Gentiles and Judaism	286	(18)
The Person and Work of Jesus	304	(19)
Luke and the Christian Life: Poverty and Possessions	323	(14)
Concluding Hermeneutical Reflections	337	(6)
Index of References	343	(13)
Index of Authors	356