Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

ISBN-13:	9780802874313
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	04/28/2017
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	704
Sales rank:	184,422
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.90(d)

A groundbreaking work in New Testament studies expanded and updated Winner of the 2007 Christianity Today Book Award in Biblical Studies, this momentous volume argues that the four Gospels are closely based on the eyewitness testimony of those who personally knew Jesus. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the Jesus accounts circulated as "anonymous community traditions," asserting instead that they were transmitted in the names of the original eyewitnesses. In this expanded second edition Bauckham is adding a new preface, three substantial new chapters that respond to critics and clarify key points of his argument, and a comprehensive new bibliography.