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Author Porter, Stanley E

Title Criteria for Authenticity in Historical-Jesus Research
Published London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (305 pages)
Series Academic
Academic
Contents List of Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Part I: PREVIOUS DISCUSSION; Chapter 1 THE 'THIRD QUEST' FOR THE HISTORICAL JESUS AND THE CRITERIA FOR AUTHENTICITY; Chapter 2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRITERIA FOR AUTHENTICITY AND THE RISE OF FORM (AND REDACTION) CRITICISM; Chapter 3 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CRITERIA FOR AUTHENTICITY; Part II: NEW PROPOSALS; Chapter 4 THE CRITERION OF GREEK LANGUAGE AND ITS CONTEXT; Chapter 5 THE CRITERION OF GREEK TEXTUAL VARIANCE; Chapter 6 THE CRITERION OF DISCOURSE FEATURES; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References
Index of AuthorsB; D; G; H; L; N; S; T; Y; Z
Summary Historical-Jesus research continues to captivate the interests of scholars, and recently, there has been renewed discussion of the criteria for authenticity. The first half of this volume reviews the state of play in historical-Jesus research and examines the criteria in particular. One chapter is devoted to the so-called 'Quests', and a second critically charts the development of the criteria in the light of form criticism. One of the conclusions of this part of the volume is that several criteria, especially those based on linguistics, need re-evaluation. The second half of the volume propos
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SUBJECT Jesus Christ fast
Subject Jesus Christ -- Historicity
Greek language, Biblical.
Greek language, Biblical
Historicity of Jesus Christ
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780567520982
0567520986