Synoptic GospelsJohn K. Riches, William Telford, Christopher M. Tuckett 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. |
Contents
Abbreviations | 7 |
Further Reading on Matthew | 42 |
What Sort of a Book? | 53 |
Matthews World | 74 |
Matthews Christology | 109 |
Conclusion | 125 |
Introduction | 131 |
The Gospel as a Historical Document | 151 |
Conclusion | 244 |
Commentaries and General Works on Lukes Gospel | 252 |
Eschatology | 272 |
Jews Gentiles and Judaism | 286 |
The Person and Work of Jesus | 304 |
Poverty and Possessions | 323 |
Concluding Hermeneutical Reflections | 337 |
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The Gospel as a Literary Composition | 192 |
The Gospel as a Religious Text | 221 |
Common terms and phrases
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