TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bird,Michael F.
TI  - The Gospel of the Lord: How the Early Church Wrote the Story of Jesus
SN  - 9781467440318
U1  - 226.066 
KW  - Bible-Gospels-Authorship
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: From Jesus to Gospels -- Excursus: From Oral Gospel to Written Gospel -- 2. The Purpose and Preservation of the Jesus Tradition -- Excursus: An Evangelical and Critical Approach to the Gospels -- 3. The Formation of the Jesus Tradition -- Excursus: The Failure of Form Criticism -- 4. The Literary Genetics of the Gospels:The Synoptic Problem and Johannine Question -- Excursus: Patristic Quotations on the Order of the Gospels -- 5. The Genre and Goal of the Gospels:What Is a Gospel and Why Write One? -- Excursus: What about the "Other" Gospels? -- 6. The Fourfold Gospel of Jesus Christ:Why Four Gospels? -- Excursus: The Text of the Gospels in the Second Century -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Texts
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