Neues Testament -> Der historische Jesus

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

Richard Bauckham

Alban Books Ltd

2008, 538 Seiten

Buchbeschrieb:

"This fresh book argues that the four Gospels are closely based on eyewitness testimony of those who knew Jesus. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the accounts of Jesus circulated as "anonymous community traditions" instead asserting that they were transmitted in the name of the original eyewitness.
To drive home this controversial point, Bauckham draws on internal literary evidence, study of personal names in the first century, and recent developments in the understanding of oral traditions. 'Jesus and the Eyewitnesses' also taps into the rich resources of modern study of memory and cognitive psychology, refuting the conclusions of the form critics and calling New Testament scholarship to make a clean break with this long-dominant tradition. Finally, Bauckham challenges readers to end the classic division between the 'historical Jesus' and the 'Christ of faith' proposing the 'Jesus of testimony' that is actually presented by Gospels."