Exegesis and the Synoptics / Robert Geis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geis, Robert J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Gospels--Evidences, authority, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Gospels.

Physical Description:

xii, 169 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : University Press of America, 2012.

Summary:

Does the resolute defense of their beliefs prove that the Christian proto-communities' earliest documents about Jesus' life did not have the discrepancies, contradictions, and conflicts which exegetes argue existed in the four Gospels? Their presence has divided the Gospels into the Synoptics and John, declared by most contemporary exegetes to be originally Greek in their composition. Geis claims that the various differences in Synoptic accounts can be explained by the evidence that reveals they were originally, whole or in part, Hebrew documents that were later translated into Greek. The texts lexically provide a basis for this Hebrew undercurrent. Exegesis and the Synoptics also maintains, against current exegesis, that Matthew's role as a tax collector and a record keeper makes the claim that he kept a contemporaneous written account of the Lord quite credible. Book jacket.

Contents:

Discrepancy and Contradiction 1

Evangelion 15

Applying Origen's Exegetical Method 25

Hebraisms: Earlier Gospel Datings 49

Towards An Nt Canon 69

Augustine and Harmonization 87

Breakdown of Harmonization 97

Exegesis and Skepticism 111.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780761859710

0761859713

OCLC:

800034443