Jesus before the Gospels : how the earliest Christians remembered, changed, and invented their stories of the Savior

9780062285201
0062285203

First edition

326 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Oral traditions and oral inventions
The history of invention
Eyewitness testimonies and our surviving Gospels
Distorted memories and the death of Jesus
Distorted memories and the life of Jesus
Collective memory: our earliest Gospel of Mark
The kaleidoscopic memories of Jesus: John, Thomas, and a range of others
In conclusion: a paean to memory

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