The Contribution of Non-Canonical Gospels to the Memory of Jesus: The Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Peter as Test Cases
This article argues that the social memory approach makes a significant contribution to the interpretation of the early gospel tradition. This approach helps to overcome an anachronistic distinction between canonical' and non-canonical' (or apocryphal') Gospels by highlighting the...
| Published in: | New Testament studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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| In: |
New Testament studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gospel of Thomas
/ Gospel of Peter
/ Gospels
/ Jesus Christus
/ Collective memory
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
canonical' and apocryphal' portraits of Jesus
B post-Easter perspective B recreation of the Jesus story B memory approach B second-century Gospels B early gospel tradition B high Christology' |
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| Summary: | This article argues that the social memory approach makes a significant contribution to the interpretation of the early gospel tradition. This approach helps to overcome an anachronistic distinction between canonical' and non-canonical' (or apocryphal') Gospels by highlighting the way Jesus was portrayed in various Gospels of the first and second century. Early Christian Gospels in general presuppose the post-Easter perspective on Jesus as a divine figure, but depict his activity and teaching in different ways. A closer look at the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Peter demonstrates how these Gospels take up and continue perspectives which can be observed already in the earlier Gospels in their own ways. Thereby they provide glimpses of different social and theological contexts of second-century Christianity. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688518000206 |