Reading the Gospels Wisely A Narrative and Theological Introduction

Name: Reading the Gospels Wisely A Narrative and Theological Introduction
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ISBN: 9780801039379

ISBN-10: 0801039371

ISBN-13: 9780801039379

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jonathan T. Pennington, Richard Bauckham

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This textbook on how to read the Gospels well can stand on its own as a guide to reading this New Testament genre as Scripture. It is also ideally suited to serve as a supplemental text to more conventional textbooks that discuss each Gospel systematically. Most textbooks tend to introduce students to historical-critical concerns but may be less adequate for showing how the Gospel narratives, read as Scripture within the canonical framework of the entire New Testament and the whole Bible, yield material for theological reflection and moral edification.Pennington neither dismisses nor duplicates the results of current historical-critical work on the Gospels as historical sources. Rather, he…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 10/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 282
Size: 6.54" wide x 8.98" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.034

Jonathan T. Pennington (PhD University of St. Andrews, Scotland) is assistant professor of New Testament Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.



Foreword



Preface



Clearing Ground, Digging Deep, and Laying a Good Foundation



What Are the Gospels? Defining "Gospel"



What Are the Gospels? Understanding the "Gospel" Genre



Why Do We Need the Gospels? (Or Why Saint Paul Is Not Enough)



The Joy and Angst of Having Four Gospels



Texts and History: The Testimony of the Fourfold Witness



Reading Holy Scripture Well: Three Avenues



Reading Holy Scripture Well: Intent, Meaning, and. Posture



Foundations for Reading the Gospels Well



Building the House through Wise Reading



Reading the Gospels as Stories: The "Whatever Strikes Me" (WSM)Hermeneutic versus Narrative Analysis



Reading the Gospels as Stories: Circles of Contextual Meaning



Living in the Gospels House



Summing It All Up: Applying and Teaching the Gospels



The Gospels as the Archway of the Canon


Scripture Index


Author Index