CONTENTS
Preface
INTRODUCTION
A.
A Brief Sketch of Earlier Scholarship
B.
The Synoptic Gospels as Sources: Three Options
C.
The Fourth Gospel as a Source
D.
The Chronology of the Gospels
E.
Non-Canonical Materials as Controls for the Gospels
F.
Criteria of Authenticity
G.
The Emergence of a New Historiography
H.
The Results of Research: "Lives" of Jesus
I.
Historical Uncertainty and Christian Faith
J.
Jewish and Roman Catholic Scholarship
PART
I/THE GOSPELS AS SOURCES VARIOUS VIEWS ON THE SYNOPTICS
SUBSTANTIAL
EYEWITNESS MATERIAL
1.
Studies in the Gospels and Epistles
PROFESSIONALLY
TRANSMITTED ORAL TRADITION
2.
Memory and Manuscript
ANONYMOUS
ORAL TRADITION REFLECTING THE COMMUNITY'S FAITH
3.
Faith and History in the Gospels
OTHER
COMMENTS
4.
The Synoptic Gospels
5.
Assessment of Form Criticism
6.
The Historical Value of the Gospel Tradition
THE
FOURTH GOSPEL AS A SOURCE
7.
Some Considerations upon the Historical Aspect of the Fourth Gospel
