{"product_id":"the-gospel-and-the-gospels-christian-proclamation-and-early-jesus-books-9780802877598","title":"The Gospel and the Gospels: Christian Proclamation and Early Jesus Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA robust scholarly defense of the distinctiveness of the canonical Gospels.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo the four New Testament gospels share some essence that distinguishes them from noncanonical early Gospels? The tendency among biblical scholars of late has been to declare the answer to this question \u003ci\u003eno\u003c\/i\u003e--that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were grouped together by happenstance and are defended as canonical today despite there being no essential commonalities between them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Gathercole challenges this prevailing view and argues that in fact the theological content of the New Testament Gospels distinguishes them substantially from noncanonical Gospels. Gathercole shows how the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John each include four key points that also formed the core of early Christian preaching and teaching: Jesus's identity as messiah, the saving death of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus, and Scripture's foretelling of the Christ event. In contrast, most noncanonical Gospels--like the \u003ci\u003eGospel of Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGospel of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, and Marcion's Gospel--only selectively appropriated these central concerns of early Christian proclamation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Gathercole\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of New Testament and early Christianity at the University of Cambridge, where he is also the director of studies in theology at Fitzwilliam College. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Testament Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eEarly Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, and a contributor to numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian.\u003c\/i\u003e His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Preexistent Son: Recovering the Christologies of Matthew, Mark, and Luke; What Did the Cross Accomplish? A Conversation about the Atonement\u003c\/i\u003e, which he coauthored with N. T. Wright and Robert B. Stewart; and a translation of the apocryphal gospels for Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496994181394,"sku":"9780802877598","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ce9772ed-0da0-47ca-9586-f1c2b3e70b0c.jpg?v=1730704444","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gospel-and-the-gospels-christian-proclamation-and-early-jesus-books-9780802877598","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}