Combining Gospels in Early Christianity : The One, the Many, and the Fourfold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodriguez, Jacob A.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apocryphal Gospels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.).

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2023.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Preface

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction: Focus and Method

Chapter 1: The Gospel according to Thomas: Combining Gospels through Interpretive Rewriting

1.1 Earliest Gospels: Setting the Patterns of Interpretive Rewriting

1.2 Combining Gospels in the Gospel according to Thomas

1.2.1 Identities and Mode

GThomas' Use of the Proto-Canonical Gospels

1.2.2 Identities and Mode

Noncanonical Gospels in GThomas

1.2.3 Summary of Gospel Sources in GThomas

1.2.4 Integrity and Interactions of Gospel Materials in GThomas

1.2.5 Textual Authority in GThomas

1.3 Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 2: The Epistula Apostolorum: Combining Gospels through Interpretive Rewriting

2.1 Prolegomena to the Epistula Apostolorum

2.2 Identities: Proto-canonical Gospels and Noncanonical Traditions

2.3 Identities: Noncanonical Traditions in the Epistula Apostolorum

2.4 Mode: Combining Gospel Excerpts in the Epistula Apostolorum

2.5 Integrity and Interactions of Gospels in the Epistula Apostolorum

2.5.1 Sequencing, Stitching, and Creative Additions in the Gospel Epitome of EpAp 3.10-12.4

2.5.2 Healing the Hemorrhaging Woman: EpAp 5.3-7

2.5.3 Freeing the Demoniac: EpAp 5.10-12

2.5.4 Feeding the Five Thousand: EpAp 5.17-21

2.5.5 Crucifixion and Burial: EpAp 9.1-5

2.5.6 Summary of Integrity and Interactions of Gospels in EpAp

2.6 Textual Authority in the Epistula Apostolorum

2.6.1 Minimizing the Authoritative Status of Prior Gospels in EpAp?

2.6.2 Four Gospels or More in EpAp?

2.6.3 Rewriting Liberally and Resolving Discrepancies in GJohn and GMatthew

2.6.4 The Authority of Prior, Written Gospel Traditions in EpAp

2.6.5 EpAp as Gospel Compendium, Consensus Document, and Apologia for a Nascent Biblical Canon

2.7 Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 3: Orchestrating the Gospel: Tatian's Diatessaron as a Gospel Combination

3.1 Identities

3.1.1 Proto-Canonical Gospels in Tatian's Diatessaron

3.1.2 Noncanonical Gospels in Tatian's Diatessaron

3.2 Integrity and Interactions

3.2.1 Macro-Level Sequencing

3.2.2 Micro-Level Sequencing

3.2.3 Integrity and Interactions: Summary

3.3 Mode

3.4 Situating Tatian's Diatessaron in Relation to Its Historical Context

3.5 Authority

3.6 Summary and Conclusion

3.7 Excursus: The Longer Ending of Mark

Chapter 4: Second-Order Discourse on Gospel Authors and Their Texts, Part 1: GMark to Justin Martyr

4.1 The Beginnings of Multi-Author Discourse: Earliest Gospels

4.2 Gospel Authorship in Papias and His Traditions

4.2.1 The Question of Papian Fragments

4.2.2 Analyzing the Papian Fragments

4.3 Gospel Authors and Their Texts in New Testament Apocrypha

4.3.1 Competitive Textuality

4.3.2 Solo Performance

4.3.3 Apostolic Collaboration

4.4 Justin Martyr

4.5 Summary and Conclusions

Notes:

Chapter 5: Second-Order Discourse on Gospel Authors and Their Texts, Part 2: Irenaeus, Clement, Heretics, and Celsus

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Print version: Rodriguez, Jacob A. Combining Gospels in Early Christianity

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9783161619731

3161619730

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99994805792

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