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LEADER: 02511cam a22002174a 4500
001 2009012192
003 DLC
005 20100305075743.0
008 090323s2009 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009012192
020 $a9780812696561 (trade paper : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBS2555.52$b.W45 2009
082 00 $a226/.06$222
100 1 $aWells, George Albert,$d1926-
245 10 $aCutting Jesus down to size :$bwhat higher criticism has achieved and where it leaves Christianity /$cG.A. Wells.
260 $aChicago, Ill. :$bOpen Court,$c2009.
300 $ax, 394 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- What this book is about -- The Jesus of the early Epistles is not the Jesus of the Gospels -- Basic facts about the Gospels -- Mark -- Matthew and Luke -- John -- More on 'the Jews' in the Gospels -- The question of miracles and the work of David Friedrich Strauss -- The virgin birth -- The birth at Bethlehem -- Matthew's account -- Luke's account -- Luke's parallel between John the Baptist and Jesus -- The nativity as fulfillment of prophecy -- The genealogies -- The origin and purpose of the Christian virgin birth traditions and their post-scriptural developments -- The Resurrection -- The Gospel accounts -- The first three Gospels -- The Fourth Gospel -- Paul's account -- To whom the risen Jesus appeared -- Cephas -- James -- The twelve -- The five hundred and more -- The New Testament evidence as a whole and the synoptic burial narratives -- Recent defenders of the traditional doctrine -- Recent reinterpreters of the traditional doctrine -- The Gospel of Mark : history or dogma? -- William Wrede's epoch-making book -- The role of the disciples -- The secret of Jesus's status as Son of God -- Mark and community tradition : K.L. Schmidt and form-criticism -- The sayings GGspel, Q -- The prelude to Jesus's public ministry -- Jesus and John the Baptist -- The temptation -- Jesus as apocalyptic prophet -- The transition from prophecy to apocalyptic thinking -- From Reimarus to Schweitzer -- Hermann Samuel Reimarus -- Franz Overbeck, Johannes Weiss, and William Wrede -- Albert Schweitzer -- The Fourth Gospel and later -- An appraisal of relevant passages -- Recent attempts to cope with the texts -- Sundry proposals -- Meta-narratives -- Coping with the Romans -- Concluding thoughts -- Epilogue: The Gospels and eyewitnesses.
630 00 $aBible.$pN.T.$pGospels$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.