FIVE GOSPELS

Contents

Preface

The Scholars Version Translation Panel

The Scholars Version

Abbreviations

How to Use This Book

Introduction

The Search for the Real Jesus: Darwin, Scopes, & All That
The Seven Pillars of Scholarly Wisdom
The Jesus of History & the Christ of Faith
Text Detectives & Manuscript Sleuths: The Gospels in Greek
A Map of Gospel Relationships
Rules of Written Evidence
From the Gospels to Jesus: The Rules of Oral Evidence
Beads & Boxes: The Jesus Seminar at Work

The Gospel of Mark

The Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of John

The Gospel of Thomas

Roster of the Fellows of the Jesus Seminar

Suggestions for Further Study

Dictionary of Terms & Sources

Index of Red & Pink Letter Sayings

Figures

Representation of a Greek Manuscript
Map of Palestine
1. Two Portraits of Jesus
2. The Synoptic Puzzle
3. The Mystery of the Double Tradition
4. The Two-Source Theory
5. The Four-Source Theory
6. Independent & Derivative Gospels
7. The Growth of the Jesus Tradition
8. How the Gospels Got Their Names
9. Stages in the Development of Early Christian Tradition

Cameo Essays & Texts

Feasting & Fasting: The Domestication of the Tradition
Son of Adam
Egerton Gospel 3:1-6
God's Imperial Rule: Present or Future?
Jesus of Jerusalem
Hard Saying Softened
Eleazar the Exorcist
I AM Sayings in the Gospel of John
The Resurrection of a Young Bride
The Greek Fragments of Thomas
The Discovery of the Gospel of Thomas
Thomas & Gnosticism

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