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The Cambridge companion to the Gospels / edited by Stephen C. Barton. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2006. - xii, 300 p. : 24 cm. - Cambridge companions to religion .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Stephen C. Barton -- Part I : approaching the gospels : context and method -- What is a gospel? / Loveday Alexander -- The fourfold gospel / Francis Watson -- The canonical matrix of the gospels / Richard B. Hays -- The gospels and 'the historical Jesus' / Stephen E. Fowl -- The gospels and the reader / Sandra M. Schneiders -- Part II : the gospels as witnesses to Christ : content and interpretation -- The gospel according to Matthew / Stephen C. Barton -- The gospel according to Mark / Joel B. Green -- The gospel according to Luke / John T. Squires -- The gospel according to John / Marianne Meye Thompson -- Part III : the afterlife of the gospels : impact on church and society -- The gospels and the development of doctrine / Frances Young -- The gospels embodied : the lives of saints and martyrs / David Matzko McCarthy -- Praying the gospels : spirituality and worship / Gordon Mursell -- Living the gospels : morality and politics / Scott Bader-Saye.

ISBN: 0521807662 (hbk.) 9780521807661 (hbk.) 0521002613 (pbk.) 9780521002615 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2006023478

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA664584 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013517133 Uk

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: BS2555.52 / .C36 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 226/.06