Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

Author: Richard Bauckham

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This momentous book argues that the four Gospels are closely based on the eyewitness testimony of those who personally knew Jesus. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the accounts of Jesus circulated as “anonymous community traditions,” asserting instead that they were transmitted in the names of the original eyewitnesses.

To drive home this controversial point, Bauckham draws on internal literary evidence, the use of personal names in first-century Jewish Palestine, and recent developments in the understanding of oral tradition. Jesus and the Eyewitnesses also taps into the rich resources of modern study of memory, especially in cognitive psychology, refuting the conclusions of the form critics and calling New Testament scholarship to make a clean break with this long-dominant tradition. Finally, Bauckham challenges readers to end the classic division between the “historical Jesus” and the “Christ of faith,” proposing instead the “Jesus of testimony” as presented by the Gospels.

Sure to ignite heated debate on the precise character of the testimony about Jesus, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses is a groundbreaking work that will be valued by scholars, students, and all who seek to understand the origins of the Gospels.

1.4" H x 9.54" L x 6.46" W (2.08 lbs) 538 pages
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
US SRP: $ 32.00 US
Pub Date: November 2006

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony Author: Richard Bauckham
	Item#	Type	Price
	0802831621	Hardcover	20.95
This momentous book argues that the four Gospels are closely based on the eyewitness testimony of those who personally knew Jesus.

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