Reading the Gospels as Christian Scripture (Reading Christian Scripture)

This survey textbook offers an accessible introduction to the four Gospels in their literary, canonical, and theological contexts. In part 1, respected New Testament scholar Joshua Jipp focuses on these two questions: What are the Gospels? How did we get four canonical Gospels? In part 2, Jipp explores the role that history, narrative, and theology play in our reading of the Gospels. Part 3 examines each of the four canonical Gospels from the perspectives of history, narrative, and theology, par