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The Synoptic Gospels: An Introduction » (REVISED & EXPANDED)

Authors: Keith Fullerton Nickle
ISBN-13: 9780664223496, ISBN-10: 0664223494
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Date Published: November 2001
Edition: REVISED & EXPANDED

	Preface
	Preface to the Second Edition
Ch. 1	Gospel Beginnings	1
1	The Early Church and Its Preaching	2
2	Different Contexts for Preaching and Teaching	8
3	Forms of Oral Traditions	18
4	The History of the Tradition	34
5	Gospel as Story	39
6	The Gospel and the Gospels	40
Ch. 2	In the Background of the Gospels	45
1	The Historical Context	46
2	Jewish Groups and Hellenism	53
Ch. 3	Why Write a Gospel?	63
1	Christian Writings Emerge	64
2	The Composition of the Gospel of Mark	68
3	Mark's Purposes	73
4	Special Features of Mark's Gospel	77
5	Mark's Gospel Story	83
6	Who Was Mark?	84
7	Outline of the Gospel of Mark	85
8	Interrelationship of the First Three Gospels	88
9	The "Q" Source	93
Ch. 4	Why Revise a Gospel?	103
1	Characteristic Traits of Matthew	104
2	Structure of the Gospel	117
3	Why Matthew Wrote His Gospel	120
4	Matthew and His Community	127
5	Matthew's Gospel Story	129
6	Outline	130
Ch. 5	Why Expand a Gospel?	135
1	Some Literary Considerations	136
2	Use of Sources	138
3	Why Luke Wrote His Gospel	146
4	Who Was Luke and When Did He Write?	157
5	Luke's Gospel Story	159
6	Outline	161
Ch. 6	The Synoptic Gospels in the Bible	165
1	Diversity in New Testament Christianity	166
2	The Quest for the Historical Jesus	170
3	Extracanonical Literature	179
4	The Canon of the New Testament	185
5	The Authority of the Gospels	190
	Notes	197
	Bibliography	211