Gospels Before the Book

ISBN-13: 9780190848583 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 248 str.

Matthew Larsen

Opis

What does it look like to read the gospels "before the book"? Larsen explores ancient textual culture and argues the earliest readers and users of the Gospel of Mark regarded it not as a book published by an author but as an unfinished notes.

Recenzje

How often does it happen that you read something new and convincing that solves a large and centuries old problem, especially on such an overpublished field as the New Testament Gospels? This book does that! It is probably the best book on the Gospel of Mark and the synoptic Gospels in general, since they were written. It is a truly groundbreaking book that offers a novel and fully convincing interpretation of the Gospel of Mark, namely as incomplete archival notes. The argument is well-crafted, based just as much in deep knowledge of a wide range of sources (Jewish, Greek, Roman, Christian) as in sophisticated critical scholarship. This work is a field changer and will be the foundation for future gospel studies.

O autorze

Matthew Larsen is a Lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University. He is a cultural historian of religion whose work focuses on the lived experiences of Jewish and Christian communities in antiquity and late antiquity. Matthew's research has been published in the Journal for the Study of Judaism, the Journal for the Study of the New Testament, and various other venues.