Gospel Writing by Watson, Francis -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Contents Abbreviations Acknowledgements Prologue PART ONE: THE ECLIPSE OF THE FOURFOLD GOSPEL

1. Augustine’s Ambiguous Legacy

Perspectives Historical and Theological The Illusions of Harmony The Old and the New

2. Dismantling the Canon: Lessing/Reimarus

A Controversy in the Making A Parable and a Proposal Against the Fourth Gospel The Lost Original

PART TWO: REFRAMING GOSPEL ORIGINS

3. The Coincidences of Q

Luke, Papias, and Gospel Origins Two Annunciations Q’s Uncertain Start Mark, the Mount, and the Plain

4. Luke the Interpreter

Rewriting Matthew A New Sayings Collection Luke’s Matthean Sequence From Sayings Collection to Text

5. Thomas versus Q

De-gnosticizing Thomas Thomas and the Sayings Collection Genre Before Mark

6. Interpreting a Johannine Source (Jn, GEger)

Moses, Jesus, and Two Evangelists (i) Searching the Scriptures (ii) Moses the Accuser (iii) Moses against Jesus (iv) Moses’ True Theme (v) A Hostile Response (vi) “As Moses Commanded” The Johannine Interpreter (i) Two Communities (ii) A Mosaic Stratum

7. Reinterpreting in Parallel (Jn, GTh, GPet)

Modelling Reception Seeking and Finding The Crucified King Locating the Risen Lord

PART THREE: THE CANONICAL CONSTRUCT

8. The East: Limiting Plurality

Clement: The Inclusive Gospel Eusebius: Constructing the Boundary

9. The West: Towards Consensus

Irenaeus: The Politics of Gospel Origins Rome and the Gospel from Asia Contested Beginnings

10. Origen: Canonical Hermeneutics

Commentary as Pilgrimage Scripture’s Firstfruits Gospel Difference

11. Image, Symbol, Liturgy

On the Cherubim Jerome in Ravenna Imaging the One Christ

In lieu of a Conclusion: Seven Theses on Jesus and the Canonical Gospel Bibliography Index of Patristic Authors Index of Modern Authors Index of Subjects Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Texts