
Winner of the 2007 Christianity Today Book Award in Biblical Studies, this momentous volume argues that the four Gospels are closely based on the eyewitness testimony of those who personally knew Jesus. A groundbreaking work in New Testament studies expanded and updated. In this expanded second edition Bauckham is adding a new preface, three substantial new chapters that respond to critics and clarify key points of his argument, and a comprehensive new bibliography. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the Jesus accounts circulated as "anonymous community traditions," asserting instead that they were transmitted in the names of the original eyewitnesses. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the Jesus accounts circulated as ""anonymous community traditions,"" asserting instead that they were transmitted in the names of the original eyewitnesses.In this expanded second edition Bauckham is adding a new preface, three substantial new chapters that respond to critics and clarify key points of his argument, and a comprehensive new bibliography. In this expanded second edition Bauckham is adding a new preface, three substantial new chapters that respond to critics and clarify key points of his argument, and a comprehensive new bibliography.|A groundbreaking work in New Testament studies expanded and updated. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the Jesus accounts circulated as ""anonymous community traditions,"" asserting instead that they were transmitted in the names of the original eyewitnesses.
