What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography Burridge Richard A.
What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography Burridge Richard A. The publication of Richard Burridge's What Are the Gospels? Burridge argued convincingly for an understanding of…
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What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography Burridge Richard A.
The publication of Richard Burridge's What Are the Gospels? Burridge argued convincingly for an understanding of the Gospels as biographies, a ubiquitous genre in the Graeco-Roman world. in 1992 inaugurated a transformation in Gospel studies by overturning the previous consensus about Gospel uniqueness.
Drawing on insights from literary theory, he demonstrated that the previously widespread view of the Gospels as unique compositions was false. To establish this claim, Burridge compared each of the four canonical Gospels to the many extant Graeco-Roman biographies. Burridge went on to discuss what a properly "biographical" perspective might mean for Gospel interpretation, which was amply demonstrated in the revised second edition reflecting on how his view had become the new consensus.
This third, twenty-fifth anniversary edition not only celebrates the continuing influence of
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