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Gospels before the Book (Hardcover)
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What does it look like to read the texts we now call the gospels
like first- and second-century readers? There is no evidence of
anyone regarding the gospel as a book published by an author until
the end of the second century. So, put differently, what does it
mean to read the gospels "before the book"? For centuries, the ways
people discuss the gospels have been shaped by later ideas that
have more to do with the printing press and modern notions of the
author than ancient writing and reading practices. In Gospels
before the Book, Matthew D. C. Larsen challenges several subtle yet
problematic assumptions about authors, books, and publication at
work in early Christian studies. He then explores a host of
under-appreciated elements of ancient textual culture such as
unfinished texts, accidental publication, post-publication
revision, and the existence of multiple authorized versions of the
same work. Turning to the gospels, he argues that the earliest
readers and users of the text we now call the Gospel according to
Mark treated it not as a book published by an author, but as an
unfinished, open, and fluid collection of notes (hypomnmata). In
such a scenario, the Gospel according to Matthew would not be
regarded as a separate book published by a different author, but as
a continuation of the same unfinished gospel tradition. Similarly
it is not the case that, of the five different endings in the
textual tradition we now call the Gospel according to Mark, one is
"right" and the others are "wrong." Rather each represents its own
effort to fill a perceived deficiency in the gospel. Larsen offers
a new methodological framework for future scholarship on early
Christian gospels.
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