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Christobiography : memory, history, and the reliability of the gospels / Craig S. Keener.

By: Material type: TextGrand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing, ©2019Description: xxix, 712 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802876751
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS 2555.52 K252 2019
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Part one. biographies about Jesus -- 2. Not a novel proposal -- 3. Examples and development of ancient biography -- 4. What sort of biographies are the gospels? -- 5. What did first-century audiences expect on biographies? -- Part 2. Biographies and history -- 6. Biographies and historical information -- 7. What historical interests meant in antiquity -- 8. Luke acts as bio history -- 9. Sources close to the events -- Part 3. Testing the range of deviation -- 10. Case studies: biographies of recent characters use prior information -- 11. Flex room: Literary techniques in ancient biographies -- Part 4. Two objections to gospels as historical biographies -- 12. What about miracles? -- 13. What about John? --Part 5. Memories about Jesus: memories before memoirs -- 14. Memory studies -- 15. Jesus was a teacher -- 16. Oral tradition, oral history -- 17. The implications of this study.
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1. Introduction -- Part one. biographies about Jesus -- 2. Not a novel proposal -- 3. Examples and development of ancient biography -- 4. What sort of biographies are the gospels? -- 5. What did first-century audiences expect on biographies? -- Part 2. Biographies and history -- 6. Biographies and historical information -- 7. What historical interests meant in antiquity -- 8. Luke acts as bio history -- 9. Sources close to the events -- Part 3. Testing the range of deviation -- 10. Case studies: biographies of recent characters use prior information -- 11. Flex room: Literary techniques in ancient biographies -- Part 4. Two objections to gospels as historical biographies -- 12. What about miracles? -- 13. What about John? --Part 5. Memories about Jesus: memories before memoirs -- 14. Memory studies -- 15. Jesus was a teacher -- 16. Oral tradition, oral history -- 17. The implications of this study.

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