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Part I - Approaching the Gospels

Context and Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2021

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Stephen C. Barton  and
Todd Brewer
Stephen C. Barton
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University of Durham
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The Cambridge Companion to the Gospels , pp. 7 - 134
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Bultmann, Rudolf, The History of the Synoptic Tradition, ET (New York: Harper & Row, 1976)Google Scholar
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Further Reading

Fowl, Stephen E., and Jones, L. Gregory, Reading in Communion: Scripture and Ethics in Christian Life (London: SPCK, 1991)Google Scholar
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