Why are there differences in the gospels?: what we can learn from ancient biography

Why are there differences in the stories of the Gospels? Licona turns to Greek classicist Plutarch for an answer, assessing differences that appeared when Plutarch told the same story more than once in his Lives. He suggests the differences in the Gospels often resulted from their authors employing...

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Main Author: Licona, Michael R. 1961- (Author)
Contributors: Evans, Craig A. 1952- (Writer of preface)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press USA- OSO 2016
In:Year: 2016
Reviews:[Rezension von: Licona, Michael R., 1961-, Why are there differences in the gospels? : What we can learn from ancient biography] (2021) (Stenschke, Christoph W., 1966 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Plutarchus 45-120, Vitae parallelae
B Bible / Synoptic problem
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Synoptic Problem
B Electronic books
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Summary:Why are there differences in the stories of the Gospels? Licona turns to Greek classicist Plutarch for an answer, assessing differences that appeared when Plutarch told the same story more than once in his Lives. He suggests the differences in the Gospels often resulted from their authors employing the same compositional devices used by Plutarch.
Cover -- Why Are There Differences in the Gospels? -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Compositional Textbooks -- 2. Who Was Plutarch? -- 3. Parallel Pericopes in Plutarch's Lives -- 4. Parallel Pericopes in the Canonical Gospels -- 5. Synthetic Chronological Placement in the Gospels -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Thirty-​Six Pericopes Appearing Two or More Times in the Nine Lives of Plutarch Examined -- Appendix 2: Nineteen Pericopes Appearing Two or More Times in the Canonical Gospels Examined -- Appendix 3: Which Women Were Present at the Cross, Burial, and Empty Tomb? -- Appendix 4: Biosketches of Main Characters in Plutarch's Lives -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Modern Names Index -- Ancient Sources Index -- Scripture Index.
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ISBN:0190264276