Why Does the Genre of the Gospels Matter?: The Gospels’ Genre and Historical Jesus Research
The primary aim of this study is to assess whether the contemporary consensus on the genre of the Gospels has contributed to a deeper understanding of early Christianity and the historical Jesus. I demonstrate that many modern scholars tend to understand the classification of the Gospels as biograph...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2025
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| In: |
The catholic biblical quarterly
Jahr: 2025, Band: 87, Heft: 4, Seiten: 655-671 |
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Evangelium
/ Literaturgattung
/ Biografie
/ Jesus Christus
/ Geschichtlichkeit
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| IxTheo Notationen: | HC Neues Testament NBF Christologie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
historicity of Gospels
B Gospel genre B Gospels as biographies B Historical Jesus |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The primary aim of this study is to assess whether the contemporary consensus on the genre of the Gospels has contributed to a deeper understanding of early Christianity and the historical Jesus. I demonstrate that many modern scholars tend to understand the classification of the Gospels as biographies only as a matter of taxonomy, overlooking the broader implications of this perspective, namely, for areas such as the purpose of the Gospels, study of Jesus’s self-understanding, and chronology of his life. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-2529 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2025.a974782 |
