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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels | |
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| The Gospel and the Gospels | |
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| The Term Gospel | |
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| Canonical and Apocryphal Gospels | |
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| The Question of Genre | |
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| Evidence for Jesus | |
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| Did Jesus Even Exist? | |
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| Non-Christian Literary Evidence | |
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| Archaeological Evidence | |
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| Jesus and Modern Scholarship | |
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| The Historical Jesus Enterprise | |
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| The Old Quest for the Historical Jesus | |
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| No Quest for the Historical Jesus | |
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| The New Quest for the Historical Jesus | |
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| The Third Quest for the Historical Jesus | |
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| The Third Quest Dissidents | |
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| Studying the Gospels | |
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| Textual Criticism | |
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| What Was in the Original Gospel Text? | |
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| Materials of Textual Criticism | |
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| Methods of Textual Criticism | |
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| An Exercise in Textual Criticism: Mark 1:1 | |
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| Source Criticism | |
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| How Are the Gospels Related? | |
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| The Question of Priority | |
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| The Minor Agreements | |
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| Matthew's and Luke's Additional Source | |
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| The Q Source | |
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| Redaction Criticism | |
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| Matthew, Mark, and Luke as Editors | |
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| Examples | |
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| Form Criticism | |
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| Before the Gospels | |
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| Form Criticism | |
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| Criteria of Authenticity | |
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| Form Critical Analysis of Some Passages | |
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| Tradition Criticism | |
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| Which Account Is Original? | |
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| Tradition Criticism of the Lord's Prayer | |
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| Tradition Criticism of the Sermon(s) on the Mount (Plain) | |
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| Tradition Criticism of the Parable of the Wedding Feast/Great Banquet | |
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| The Canonical Gospels | |
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| The Gospel according to Mark | |
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| Introductory Questions | |
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| The Theology of Mark | |
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| The Secret Gospel according to Mark | |
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| The Gospel according to Matthew | |
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| Introductory Questions | |
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| The Theology of Matthew | |
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| The Gospel according to Luke | |
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| Introductory Questions | |
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| The Theology of Luke | |
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| Theological Purpose | |
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| The Gospel according to John | |
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| Introductory Questions | |
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| The Theology of John | |
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| The Background of John | |
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| The Noncanonical Gospels | |
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| The Gospel according to Thomas | |
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| A Sayings Gospel | |
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| The Authorship and Provenance of the Gospel according to Thomas | |
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| The Sources of the Gospel according to Thomas | |
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| Other Jewish-Christian Gospels | |
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| The History of Jewish Christians | |
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| Jewish-Christian Gospels | |
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| Jesus and His World | |
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| The Major Religious Groups | |
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| The Religious Situation of Jesus' Day | |
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| The Social-Political Situation of Jesus' Day | |
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| The Sadducees | |
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| The Pharisees | |
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| The Essenes | |
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| The Qumran Sect | |
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| The Herodians | |
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| The Fourth Philosophy and Jewish Resistance Groups | |
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| Samaritans | |
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| The People of the Land | |
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| John the Baptist | |
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| The Ambiguity of John the Baptist | |
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| John and the Gospels | |
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| The Historical John the Baptist | |
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| Jesus and His Life | |
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| The Nativity and Childhood Legends | |
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| The Early Years of Jesus | |
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| The Genealogy of Jesus | |
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| The Virgin Birth of Jesus | |
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| The Magi and the Star | |
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| The Persecution of Male Children | |
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| Bethlehem and Nazareth | |
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| Passion Narrative | |
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| A Distinctive Narrative | |
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| The Entry into Jerusalem | |
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| The "Cleansing" of the Temple | |
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| The Last Supper | |
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| The Apprehension of Jesus | |
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| The Interrogation | |
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| Jesus before Pilate | |
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| Barabbas and the Cross | |
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| The Crucifixion | |
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| Easter and After | |
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| The Resurrection of Jesus | |
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| The Post-Resurrection Appearances | |
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| The Empty Tomb | |
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| Jesus and the Women | |
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| According to the Scriptures | |
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| Jesus and His Teachings | |
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| Jesus and the Kingdom of God | |
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| The Message of Jesus | |
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| The Future Kingdom | |
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| The Present Kingdom | |
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| Jesus and the Parables | |
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| Jesus and Parables | |
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| Allegory | |
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| Parable | |
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| The Parables of the Wicked Husbandmen and the Sower | |
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| Jesus and the Miracles | |
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| Miracles in the Ancient World | |
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| Defining Miracle in the Gospels | |
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| Types of Miracles Performed by Jesus | |
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| Jesus and the Law | |
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| The Sermon on the Mount | |
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| Love and the Law | |
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| The Problem of the Sermon: A Survey of Interpretations | |
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| Jesus on Jesus | |
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| Who Did Jesus Think He Was? | |
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| The Messiah | |
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| The Son of God | |
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| The Son of David | |
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| The Servant of God | |
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| The Son of Man | |
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| Maps | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography of Primary Sources | |
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| Bibliography of Secondary Sources | |
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| Indexes | |
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| Abbreviations | |