Jesus and the Eyewitnesses · the Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony by Bauckham, Richard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Preface Abbreviations Chapter 1. - From the Historical Jesus to the Jesus of Testimony

The Historical Quest and Christian Faith Introducing the Key Category: Eyewitness Testimony Samuel Byrskog and the Eyewitnesses

Chapter 2. - Papias on the Eyewitnesses

Papias and His Book Papias on the Eyewitnesses “A Living and Surviving Voice” Oral Tradition or Oral History?

Chapter 3. - Names in the Gospel Traditions

Names in the Gospels The Women at the Cross and the Tomb Simon of Cyrene and His Sons Recipients of Healing Vivid Detail of Eyewitness Recollections?

Chapter 4. - Palestinian Jewish Names

A New Resource for Study of the Gospels On Counting Names The Relative Popularity of Names Why Were Some Names So Popular? How to Tell Simon from Simon Conclusion

Chapter 5. - The Twelve

The Significance of the Twelve The Lists of the Twelve Differences among the Lists of the Twelve Names and Epithets of the Twelve A Note on Matthew and Levi

Chapter 6. - Eyewitnesses “from the Beginning”

“From the Beginning” The Preface to Luke’s Gospel The Inclusio of Eyewitness Testimony in Mark The Inclusio of Eyewitness Testimony in John Luke’s Inclusio of the Women The Inclusio of Eyewitness Testimony in Lucian’s Alexander Conclusion

Chapter 7. - The Petrine Perspective in the Gospel of Mark

The Plural-to-Singular Narrative Device The Role of Peter in Mark The Characterization of Peter in Mark Conclusion

Chapter 8. - Anonymous Persons in Mark’s Passion Narrative

Theissen on Protective Anonymity Anonymous Supporters of Jesus The Woman Who Anointed the Messiah The Anonymous in Mark Are Named in John Once Again: The Naked Youth

Chapter 9. - Papias on Mark and Matthew

Mark as Peter’s Interpreter Everything Peter Remembered Peter’s Anecdotes Mark’s Lack of Order Mark, Matthew, and John Is Mark’s Gospel Really “Not in Order”? Mark as Peter’s Gospel A Petrine Gospel?

Chapter 10. - Models of Oral Tradition

Form Criticism Criticisms of Form Criticism The Scandinavian Alternative A Middle Way? Problems with the Threefold Typology Bailey and Dunn on the Eyewitnesses

Chapter 11. - Transmitting the Jesus Traditions

Pauline Evidence for Formal Transmission Remembering the Past of Jesus An “Isolated” Tradition Controlling the Tradition: Memorization Controlling the Tradition: Writing?

Chapter 12. - Anonymous Tradition or Eyewitness Testimony?

Communities or Individuals? Anonymous Gospels? Controlling the Tradition: Eyewitnesses and Gospels Individual and Collective Memories

Chapter 13. - Eyewitness Memory

When Rossini Met Beethoven The Case of the Rotting Fisherman Recollective Memory Copies or (Re)constructions? The Reliability of Recollective Memory Schematization, Narrativization, and Meaning Fact and Meaning, Past and Present Remembering Jesus Schematization, Narrativization, and Meaning Fact and Meaning, Past and Present A Note on Eyewitness Testimony in Court

Chapter 14. - The Gospel of John as Eyewitness Testimony

The Beloved Disciple “Wrote These Things” The End of the Gospel Who Are the “We” of 21:24? The “We” of Authoritative Testimony A Prophetic Precedent for the “We” of Authoritative Testimony

Chapter 15. - The Witness of the Beloved Disciple

What Sort of Witness? The Beloved Disciple among the Witnesses in God’s Lawsuit A Comparison with Luke-Acts The Inclusio of Eyewitness Testimony The Beloved Disciple as Ideal Witness and Author The Beloved Disciple and the Other Disciples The Meaning of Eyewitness “Seeing” Why Is the Beloved Disciple’s Role as Principal Witness and Author Not Revealed ... Authentic or Pseudepigraphal? The Eyewitness as Historian Conclusion

Chapter 16. - Papias on John

The Identity of the Beloved Disciple One More Time — Papias on the Eyewitnesses John the Elder — the Long-Lived Disciple of Jesus Papias on the Gospel of John Evidence in the Muratorian Canon for Papias on John Appendix: Papias as Eusebius’s Source in Hist. Eccl. 3.24.5-13?

Chapter 17. - Polycrates and Irenaeus on John

Polycrates on John John as a Jewish High Priest? Irenaeus on John Was the Author of John’s Gospel John the Son of Zebedee? Identification of the Author of John’s Gospel with John the Son of Zebedee

Chapter 18. - The Jesus of Testimony

What Is Testimony and Can We Rely on It? Testimony and History Ricoeur on Testimony and History Testimony and Its Reception Holocaust Testimonies Holocaust Testimony and Gospel Testimony Testimonial Form Testimony as Historical and Theological Category

Index of Ancient Persons Index of Modern Authors Index of Places Index of Scriptures and Other Ancient Writings