117 117 Geisler <strong>and</strong> Nix (eds.), Ibid, 34 118 118 Ferguson, Clement, 5 119 119 See G. Bornkamm, The New Testament, A Guide to Its Writ<strong>in</strong>gs, trans. by R.H. Fuller <strong>and</strong> Ilse Fuller, Fortress Press, Phila., 1973, 73ff; also see T.G.A. Baker, What is the New Testament, SCM Press, London, 1969, 124-25; F. Beare, St. Paul <strong>and</strong> his Letters, London, 1962, A. W. Heathcote, An Introduction to the Letters of St. Paul, London, 1963; D.F. Hudson, The Life <strong>and</strong> Letters of St. Paul, London, 1966; Theodor Zahn, "The Epistles of St. Paul <strong>in</strong> the Fires of Modern Criticism", Luthern Church Review (Philadelphia) 9 (1890), 212-31; John W. Bailey, "Light from Paul on Gospel Orig<strong>in</strong>s", Anglican Theological Review (NY) 28 (1946), 217-26 120 120 Bornkamm, Ibid, 80-81; J.H. Wilk<strong>in</strong>son, "Recent Theories as to the Composition <strong>and</strong> Date of the New Testament Epistles", American Journal of Theology 2 (1898), 118-23 <strong>and</strong> also W.M. Ramsey, "Suggestions on the History <strong>and</strong> Letters of St. Paul", The Expositor 8th series, 5 (1913), 127-45, 264-84, 347-71 121 121 Albert Schweitzer, The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle, trans. by W. Montgomery, The Seabury Press, NY, 1968, 47 122 122 Baker, Ibid, 124-25; also see W.C. Wake, " The Authenticity of the Paul<strong>in</strong>e Epistles- a Contribution from Statistical Analysis", Hibbert Journal (London), 47 (1948), 50-55; James M. Boice, "The Reliability of the Writ<strong>in</strong>gs of Luke <strong>and</strong> Paul", <strong>Christianity</strong> Today (Chicago) 12/4 (1967), 176-78; William O. Walker, "Text-Critical Evidence for Interpolations <strong>in</strong> the Letters of Paul", Catholic Biblical Quarterly (Wash<strong>in</strong>gton D.C.) 50/4 (1988), 622- 31; <strong>and</strong> W<strong>in</strong>some %Munro, "Interpolation <strong>in</strong> the Epistles: Weigh<strong>in</strong>g Probability", New Testament Studies (Cambridge) 36 (1990), 431-43 123 123 H. Anderson, Jesus <strong>and</strong> Christian Orig<strong>in</strong>s, Oxford UP, NY, 1964, 26 124 124 V.Paul Furnish, Jesus Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Paul, CUP, 1993, 4 125 125 John Hick, Ibid, 3 126 126 Burridge, What Are the Gospels?, 25 127 127 Quoted from G. A. Wells, Did Jesus Exist?, Pemberton, London, 1968, 56, see also Bornkamm, Paul, Trans. by D. Stalker, London, 1971, 11 128 128 Francois Bovon, "The Synoptic Gospels <strong>and</strong> the Noncanonical Acts of the Apostles", Harvard Theological Review, 81, 2 129 129 For oral tradition see Eduard Schweizer, Lordship <strong>and</strong> Discipleship, Alec R. Allenson, Naperville, 1960, ch. 130 130 Maurice Wiles, The Mak<strong>in</strong>g of Christian Doctr<strong>in</strong>e, UP, Cambridge, 1967, 4 131 131 See Geisler, Ibid, 35 132 132 Harris, Ibid, 23 133 133 Encyclopedia of Religion, vol.2, 18 134 134 For a popular <strong>in</strong>troduction to Mark, see Curtis Beach, The Gospel of Mark: Its Mak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> Mean<strong>in</strong>g, Harper & Row, NY, 1959; see also D.E. N<strong>in</strong>eham, Sa<strong>in</strong>t Mark, Pelican, Baltimore, 1963; <strong>and</strong> J.M. Rob<strong>in</strong>son, The Problem of History <strong>in</strong> Mark, A.R. Allenson, Naperville, 1957; a very f<strong>in</strong>e commentary by V. Taylor, The Gospel Accord<strong>in</strong>g to St. Mark, Macmillan, London, 1953; R.H. Lightfoot, The Gospel Message of St. Mark, OUP, NY, 1952, 135 135 Burridge, Four Gospels, One Jesus, 1 136 136 See S. Neil, Ibid, 108- 137 137 Ibid, 11 138 138 See Ibid, 12 139 139 Riches, Ibid, 15 140 140 Hoffmann (ed.), Ibid, 19 141 141 Burridge, Ibid, 12; also see Alfred Wikenhauser, New Testament Introduction, Herder & Herder, NY, 1963, 239-52; <strong>and</strong> H.C. Kee, F.W. Young <strong>and</strong> K. Froehlich (Eds.), Underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g the New Testament, Prentice- Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1965, 76-80; see also H. Anderson, The Gospel of Mark, London, 1976; M. Hengel, Studies <strong>in</strong> the Gospel of Mark, London, 198 110
142 142 E.P. S<strong>and</strong>ers, Ibid, 278; W.R. Farmer has already attempted to demonstrate Mark's dependence on Matthew <strong>in</strong> his "The Synoptic Problem", Macmillan, NY, 196 143 143 T. G. A. Baker, What is the New Testament, SCM, London, 1969, 12 144 144 See J.D. Crossan, The Historical Jesus, 430, also his Four Other Gospels: Shadows on the Contours of Canon, Seabury Books, W<strong>in</strong>ston Press, M<strong>in</strong>neapolis, 1985, but see Koester, "History <strong>and</strong> Development of Mark's Gospel (From Mark to Secret Mark <strong>and</strong> `Canonical' Mark)", <strong>in</strong> Colloquy on New Testament Studies: A Time for Reappraisal <strong>and</strong> Fresh Approaches, edited by Bruce Corley, Mercer UP, Macon, GA, 1983, 35-5 145 145 See Baker, Ibid, 12 146 146 See E.P. Blair, Jesus <strong>in</strong> the Gospel of St. Matthew, Ab<strong>in</strong>gdon, NY, 1960; G. Bornkamm, G. Barth <strong>and</strong> H.J. Held, Tradition <strong>and</strong> Interpretation <strong>in</strong> Matthew's Gospel, Westm<strong>in</strong>ster, Phila., 1963; also W.D. Davies, The Sett<strong>in</strong>g of the Sermon on the Mount, CUP, London, 1964; for Luke see H.J. Cadbury, The Mak<strong>in</strong>g of Luke-Acts, Allenson, Naperville, 1958 <strong>and</strong> SPCK, London, 1961; for essays along form-criticism l<strong>in</strong>es see M. Dibelius, Studies <strong>in</strong> the Book of Acts, Westm<strong>in</strong>ster, Phila., 1956; for theological study see H. Conzelmann, Theology of St. Luke, Harper & Row, NY, 1960; <strong>and</strong> for survey of research on Luke-Acts see C.K. Barrett, Luke the Historian <strong>in</strong> Recent Study, Epworth, London, 1961; E.E. Ellis' The Gospel of Luke , T. Nelson & Sons, London, 1967 is a good commentary. For accurate statements about the dates of the New Testament books see Part III of M.S. Ensl<strong>in</strong>, Christian Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs, Harper & Row, NY, 1938 <strong>and</strong> also Baker, Ibi 147 147 H. Kung, Ibid, 152-53; for a recent study see J. Ashton, Underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g the Fourth Gospel, Oxford, 1991 <strong>and</strong> Ashton (Ed.), The Interpretation of John, London, 1986; still f<strong>in</strong>e commentary is C.K. Barrett, The Gospel Accord<strong>in</strong>g to St. John, Seabury Press, NY, 1956, London, 1978; Barrett, The Gospel of John <strong>and</strong> Judaism, London, 1975; Lightfoot, St. John's Gospel: A Commentary, OUP, NY, 1956; C.H. Dodd, The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel, CUP, Cambridge, 1953; BD.M. Smith, Jr., Composition <strong>and</strong> Order <strong>in</strong> the Fourth Gospel, YUP, New Haven, 1964; J.L. Martyn, History <strong>and</strong> Theology <strong>in</strong> the Fourth Gospel, NY, 1968; <strong>and</strong> E. Haenchen, A Commentary on the Gospel of John, Phila., 198 148 148 Crossan, The Historical Jesus, 432; also see his The Cross That Spoke: The Orig<strong>in</strong>s of the Passion Narratives, Harper & Row, San Francisco, 1988 149 149 See The Gospel of Thomas, Guillaumont, Puech, et al., Harper <strong>and</strong> Row, NY, 1959 (Brill text); for more details see Alex<strong>and</strong>er Walker, Apocryphal Gospels, Acts, <strong>and</strong> Revelations. (Ante-Nicene Christian Library, vol. xvi), T. & T. Clark, Ed<strong>in</strong>burgh, 1870 150 150 For details see Geisler, Ibid, 200; Fox, Ibid, 150; also H. I. Bell <strong>and</strong> T.C. Skeat, Fragments of an Unknown Gospel <strong>and</strong> Other Early Christian Papyri, OUP, London, 1935; also R.D. Cameron, The Other Gospels: Noncanonical Gospel Texts, Westm<strong>in</strong>ster Press, Phila., 1982 151 151 Quoted from Crossan, Historical Jesus, xxx 152 152 Fox, Ibid, 15 153 153 Bruce M. Metzger, The New Testament, Its Background, Growth <strong>and</strong> Content, Ab<strong>in</strong>gdon Press, NY, 1965, 27 154 154 Kelly, Ibid, 57-5 155 155 Ibid, 58-5 156 156 For Marcion <strong>and</strong> Montanist controversies see Arthur C. McGiffert, A History of Christian Thought, C. Scribners, N.Y., 1960, vol. 1, p: 58-95, <strong>and</strong> Grant, Ibid, 121-129, <strong>and</strong> Harnack, Ibid, 2, 94-10 157 157 Kelly, Ibid, 5 158 158 An English translation of the text of this manuscript is <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> Hennecke-Schneemelcher, New Testament Apocrypha, I, trans. by R. McL. Wilson, Westm<strong>in</strong>ster, Philadelphia, 1963, 43-44 159 159 See New Catholic Encyclopedia, McGraw-Hill, N.Y., 1967, vol.2, p:394, <strong>and</strong> Geisler, Ibid, 19 160 160 Metzger, Ibid, 27 161 161 Kelly, Ibid, 59-6 162 162 Fox, Ibid, 15 163 163 Ibid, 152-15 164 164 S. Neil, Ibid, 6 111
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