Why are there differences in the gospels? : what we can learn from ancient biography

Why are there differences in the gospels? : what we can learn from ancient biography / Michael R. Licona ; foreword by Craig A. Evans.

Why are there differences in the stories of the Gospels? Licona turns to Greek classicist Plutarch for an answer, assessing differences that appeared when Plutarch told the same story more than once in his Lives. He suggests the differences in the Gospels often resulted from their authors employing...

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Main Author: Licona, Mike, 1961- (Author, writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Plutarch. > Lives.
Plutarchus > 45-120 > Alexander et Caesar
Bible. > Gospels > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Lives (Plutarch)
Bible. > Gospels
Bibel
Synoptic problem.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
Synoptic problem
Synoptische Frage
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:Why are there differences in the stories of the Gospels? Licona turns to Greek classicist Plutarch for an answer, assessing differences that appeared when Plutarch told the same story more than once in his Lives. He suggests the differences in the Gospels often resulted from their authors employing the same compositional devices used by Plutarch.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 308 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190264277
0190264276
9780190264284
0190264284
9780190264291
0190264292
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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