FIVE GOSPELS
by Funk, Robert Walter, Hoover, Roy WFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1993-01-01
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Summary
A "fifth gospel" (the gnostic gospel of Thomas) is employed by this team of international scholars to bring out a "fuller picture" of who Jesus really was. This is the controversial "Jesus Seminar" volume.
Author Biography
Robert W. Funk, a Guggenheim Fellow and Senior Fulbright Scholar, is the founder of the Jesus Seminar, based in Sonoma, California, at the Westar Institute.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
The Scholars Version Translation Panel
The Scholars Version
Abbreviations
How to Use This Book
Introduction
The Search for the Real Jesus: Darwin, Scopes, & All That
The Seven Pillars of Scholarly Wisdom
The Jesus of History & the Christ of Faith
Text Detectives & Manuscript Sleuths: The Gospels in Greek
A Map of Gospel Relationships
Rules of Written Evidence
From the Gospels to Jesus: The Rules of Oral Evidence
Beads & Boxes: The Jesus Seminar at Work
The Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of Matthew
The Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of John
The Gospel of Thomas
Roster of the Fellows of the Jesus Seminar
Suggestions for Further Study
Dictionary of Terms & Sources
Index of Red & Pink Letter Sayings
Figures
Representation of a Greek Manuscript
Map of Palestine
1. Two Portraits of Jesus
2. The Synoptic Puzzle
3. The Mystery of the Double Tradition
4. The Two-Source Theory
5. The Four-Source Theory
6. Independent & Derivative Gospels
7. The Growth of the Jesus Tradition
8. How the Gospels Got Their Names
9. Stages in the Development of Early Christian Tradition
Cameo Essays & Texts
Feasting & Fasting: The Domestication of the Tradition
Son of Adam
Egerton Gospel 3:1-6
God's Imperial Rule: Present or Future?
Jesus of Jerusalem
Hard Saying Softened
Eleazar the Exorcist
I AM Sayings in the Gospel of John
The Resurrection of a Young Bride
The Greek Fragments of Thomas
The Discovery of the Gospel of Thomas
Thomas & Gnosticism
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