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This paradigm-shifting study is the first book-length investigation
into the compositional dates of the New Testament to be published
in over forty years. It argues that, with the notable exception of
the undisputed Pauline Epistles, most New Testament texts were
composed twenty to thirty years earlier than is typically supposed
by contemporary biblical scholars. What emerges is a revised view
of how quickly early Christians produced what became the seminal
texts for their new movement.
For two centuries scholars have sought to discover the historical
Jesus. Presently such scholarship is dominated not by the question
'Who was Jesus?' but rather 'How do we even go about answering the
question, "Who was Jesus?"?' With this current situation in mind,
Jonathan Bernier undertakes a two-fold task: one, to engage on the
level of the philosophy of history with existing approaches to the
study of the historical Jesus, most notably the criteria approach
and the social memory approach; two, to work with the critical
realism developed by Bernard Lonergan, introduced into New
Testament studies by Ben F. Meyer, and advocated by N.T. Wright in
order to develop a philosophy of history that can elucidate current
debates within historical Jesus studies.
For two centuries scholars have sought to discover the historical
Jesus. Presently such scholarship is dominated not by the question
'Who was Jesus?' but rather 'How do we even go about answering the
question, "Who was Jesus?"?' With this current situation in mind,
Jonathan Bernier undertakes a two-fold task: one, to engage on the
level of the philosophy of history with existing approaches to the
study of the historical Jesus, most notably the criteria approach
and the social memory approach; two, to work with the critical
realism developed by Bernard Lonergan, introduced into New
Testament studies by Ben F. Meyer, and advocated by N.T. Wright in
order to develop a philosophy of history that can elucidate current
debates within historical Jesus studies.
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