"A valuable reference."
-- "Religious Studies Review"
Jesus never wrote a book. The main sources about him, the Four
Gospels, were written some forty years after his death, and
contentious debates reign concerning their sometimes contradictory
portrayals, which accounts are credible, and how far their authors
may have altered or invented episodes to support a view or doctrine
of the early Church.
Most scholars assume that information about Jesus was preserved
only orally up until the writing of the Gospels, allowing ample
time for the stories of Jesus to grow and diversify. Alan Millard
here argues that written reports about Jesus could have been made
during his lifetime and that some among his audiences and followers
may very well have kept notes, first-hand documents that the
Evangelists could weave into their narratives.
Reading and Writing in the Time of Jesus first provides a brief,
fascinating introduction to the history of writing's early
survival, how we have the documents we have, and what they can tell
us about the times and places of their origins. This overview is
followed by a more specific look at what biblical and religious
writings survive, how they are dated, and who was able to read and
write at the time of their creation. Finally, Millard examines the
possibility that Jesus' words and actions were committed to writing
during his lifetime and what this would mean for the study of
Christianity and the origins of the Gospels.
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