From the Gospel to the Gospels : history, theology, and impact of the biblical term euangelion / Petr Pokorný.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pokorný, Petr, 1933-2020.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Beiheft 195.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche, 0171-6441 ; Bd. 195

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 237 p.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The monograph is devoted to a crucial point of Christian theology: its development from the short formulae of the 'gospel' (euangelion) - as the first reflected expressions of Christian faith - to the theology of literary Gospels as texts that evoked the idea of Christian canon as a counterpart of the "Law and Prophets". In the formulae of the oral gospel the apocalyptic expectations are adapted into a "doubled" or "split" eschatology: The Messiah has appeared, but the messianic reign is still the object of expectation. The experience with Jesus' post Easter impact has been named as "resurrection" of which God was the subject. Since the apocalyptic "resurrection" applied for many or all people, the resurrection of Jesus became a guarantee of hope. The last chapters analyze the role of the oral gospel in shaping the earliest literary Gospel (Mark). This book analyses Gospels as texts that (re-)introduced Jesus traditions into the Christian liturgy and literature. Concluding paragraphs are devoted to the titles of the individual Gospels and to the origins of the idea of Christian canon.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

1. The Problem

2. The Pre-Pauline Easter Gospel

3. The Gospel of Jesus

4. The Pauline Gospel

5. The Survival of the Jesus Traditions before Mark

6. The Gospel in the Gospel according to Mark

7. The other canonical Gospels

8. Early Christian Literature and Canonization

9. Conclusions

Bibliography

Abbreviations

General Index

Index of References to the Bible and other Ancient Writings

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110300604

3110300605

9781299276857

1299276857

OCLC:

832487312