Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels

Download or read book Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels written by Pheme Perkins and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-13 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book respected New Testament scholar Pheme Perkins delivers a clear, fresh, informed introduction to the earliest written accounts of Jesus — Matthew, Mark, and Luke — situating those canonical Gospels within the wider world of oral storytelling and literary production of the first and second centuries. Cutting through the media confusion over new Gospel finds, Perkins s Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels presents a balanced, responsible look at how the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke came to be and what they mean.