02856nam 2200493 450 991046119200332120200520144314.01-4674-3765-4(CKB)3710000000470795(SSID)ssj0001544402(PQKBManifestationID)16135273(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544402(PQKBWorkID)14365435(PQKB)11334062(MiAaPQ)EBC4859820(Au-PeEL)EBL4859820(CaPaEBR)ebr11388466(OCoLC)988872634(EXLCZ)99371000000047079520170619h20132013 uy 0engurcn#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGospel writing a canonical perspective /Francis WatsonGrand Rapids, Michigan ;Cambridge, England :William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,2013.©20131 online resource (583 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8028-4054-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Prologue -- The Eclipse of the Fourfold Gospel -- Reframing Gospel Origins -- The Canonical Construct -- In lieu of a conclusion: Seven Theses on Jesus and the Canonical GospelThat there are four canonical versions of the one gospel story is often seen as a problem for Christian faith: where gospels multiply, so too do apparent contradictions that may seem to undermine their truth claims. In Gospel Writing Francis Watson argues that differences and tensions between canonical gospels represent opportunities for theological reflection, not problems for apologetics.Watson presents the formation of the fourfold gospel as the defining moment in the reception of early gospel literature -- and also of Jesus himself as the subject matter of that literature. As the canonical division sets four gospel texts alongside one another, the canon also creates a new, complex, textual entity more than the sum of its parts. A canonical gospel can no longer be regarded as a definitive, self-sufficient account of its subject matter. It must play its part within an intricate fourfold polyphony, and its meaning and significance are thereby transformed.In elaborating these claims, Watson proposes nothing less than a new paradigm for gospel studies — one that engages fully with the available noncanonical material so as to illuminate the historical and theological significance of the canonical..Electronic books.226/.066Watson Francis1956-947793MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461192003321Gospel writing2142248UNINA