Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. By Richard Bauckham
In this hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking study, Richard Bauckham argues that the Gospels bring us much closer to eyewitness testimony than scholars usually realize. Drawing on the work of Samuel Byrskog, he suggests that the evangelists actively sought the evidence of eyewitnesses because they...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 268-271 |
| Review of: | Jesus and the eyewitnesses (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, 2006) (Bond, Helen K.)
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| Summary: | In this hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking study, Richard Bauckham argues that the Gospels bring us much closer to eyewitness testimony than scholars usually realize. Drawing on the work of Samuel Byrskog, he suggests that the evangelists actively sought the evidence of eyewitnesses because they were in a unique position to understand and interpret the significance of what they had seen. What he is doing, in effect, is to displace the form-critical hypothesis (with its decades of oral transmission, preservation of tradition by anonymous communities, and alterations of the tradition to suit the needs of various church contexts) for one in which named eyewitnesses act as interpreters, preservers, and guarantors of the tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flm134 |