Pokorný From the Gospel to the Gospels

History, Theology and Impact of the Biblical Term 'euangelion'
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-030060-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
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The monograph is devoted to a crucial point of Christian theology: its development from the short formulae of the ‘gospel’ (euangelion) – as the first reflected expressions of Christian faith – to the theology of literary Gospels as texts that evoked the idea of Christian canon as a counterpart of the “Law and Prophets”.In the formulae of the oral gospel the apocalyptic expectations are adapted into a “doubled” or “split” eschatology: The Messiah has appeared, but the messianic reign is still the object of expectation. The experience with Jesus’ post Easter impact has been named as “resurrection” of which God was the subject. Since the apocalyptic “resurrection” applied for many or all people, the resurrection of Jesus became a guarantee of hope. The last chapters analyze the role of the oral gospel in shaping the earliest literary Gospel (Mark). This book analyses Gospels as texts that (re-)introduced Jesus traditions into the Christian liturgy and literature. Concluding paragraphs are devoted to the titles of the individual Gospels and to the origins of the idea of Christian canon.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pokorný, Petr

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;1. The Problem;11
1.1;1.1 The polysemy of the term “euangelion”;11
1.2;1.2 The link between the oral and the literary gospel;13
2;2. The Pre-Pauline Easter Gospel;15
2.1;2.1 The Three Formulae;15
2.1.1;2.1.1 Salvation from the “wrath of God”;15
2.1.2;2.1.2 Death and resurrection;17
2.1.3;2.1.3 Jesus Christ the Lord;19
2.1.4;2.1.4 A survey of the formulae;20
2.1.5;2.1.5 Conclusions;21
2.2;2.2 The Gospel and Myth;24
2.2.1;2.2.1 Apocalyptic myth;24
2.2.2;2.2.2 Interpreting myth;27
2.3;2.3 The Gospel and Christian Liturgy;29
2.3.1;2.3.1 The death and resurrection of Jesus and baptism;29
2.3.2;2.3.2 Baptism in the name of Jesus Christ as a new phenomenon;30
2.4;2.4 The Resurrection;31
2.4.1;2.4.1 Terminology and theology;31
2.4.2;2.4.2 Resurrection and the Last Judgment;33
2.4.3;2.4.3 Apocalyptic vision as a world concept;34
2.4.4;2.4.4 Theological function of the apocalyptic imagery: Interpreting the resurrection I;35
2.4.5;2.4.5 Shortcomings of the apocalyptic paradigm;38
2.4.6;2.4.6 The Christian transformation of apocalyptic imagery;40
2.4.7;2.4.7 A miracle? Interpreting the resurrection II;42
2.4.8;2.4.8 Resurrection and testimony: Interpreting the resurrection III;48
2.4.9;2.4.9 Revelation: Interpreting the resurrection IV;49
2.5;2.5 Euangelion;51
2.5.1;2.5.1 Lexical problems;51
2.5.2;2.5.2 The noun “euangelion”;53
2.5.3;2.5.3 Sequence in history;55
2.5.4;2.5.4 The “doubled” eschatology;58
3;3. The Gospel of Jesus;61
3.1;3.1 Jesus proclaimed the gospel – an early tradition;61
3.2;3.2 The prophecy in Isa 61:1 ff. and the self-understanding of Jesus;65
4;4. The Pauline Gospel;67
4.1;4.1 EUANGELION in Pauline Theology;67
4.1.1;4.1.1 Paul as seen by liberal researchers;67
4.1.2;4.1.2 Paul as servant of the gospel;68
4.1.3;4.1.3 The incarnation and death of Jesus as the basis of human hope;68
4.2;4.2 Paul and the Jesus Traditions;70
4.2.1;4.2.1 Was Paul reluctant to quote the words of Jesus?;70
4.2.2;4.2.2 The reasons for Paul’s reluctance;74
4.2.3;4.2.3 The religious situation;76
4.2.4;4.2.4 The problem of Christian prophecy;79
4.2.5;4.2.5 The absence of narratives about Jesus in Paul;80
4.2.6;4.2.6 An inner analogy between Paul and the narratives about Jesus;83
4.3;4.3 Social Background;86
4.4;4.4 “Good news” in Deutero-Pauline Texts;88
4.4.1;4.4.1 The prospect;89
5;5. The Survival of the Jesus Traditions before Mark;91
5.1;5.0 The general character of the Jesus traditions;91
5.2;5.1 Reconstruction in retrospect;93
5.2.1;5.1.1 Jesus traditions that survived in the liturgy;93
5.2.2;5.1.2 Transformations of the Jesus tradition before Mark;98
5.3;5.2 Fragmentary Testimonies of Jesus Traditions outside of Mark;100
5.3.1;5.2.1 The Synoptic tradition in the Apostolic Fathers and in the Gospel of Thomas;101
5.3.2;5.2.2 Only a few traces of the narratives of Jesus in the Apostolic Fathers;104
5.3.3;5.2.3 The Passion Story;106
5.3.4;5.2.4 Mark and source Q;109
5.3.5;5.2.5 Special Sources of Luke and Matthew;114
5.3.6;5.2.6 The written texts;114
6;6. The Gospel in the Gospel according to Mark;117
6.1;6.1 A New Literary (Sub)Genre;117
6.1.1;6.1.1 Biography;118
6.1.2;6.1.2 Material and structuring: Editor or author?;122
6.1.3;6.1.3 The literary structure;125
6.1.4;6.1.4 The problem of the ending;126
6.2;6.2 The Gospel (euangelion) as the Overarching Concept which Structures the Gospel of Mark;128
6.2.1;6.2.1 Pauline influence;128
6.2.2;6.2.2 The beginning and the ending of the Gospel;131
6.3;6.3 Christological Titles and the Messianic Secret;139
6.3.1;6.3.1 The Son of God and other titles;140
6.3.2;6.3.2 The Messianic Secret;146
6.3.3;6.3.3 Life of the messianic people;149
6.4;6.4 Jesus as Determining Element of the Christian Proclamation;151
6.4.1;6.4.1 Believe in the gospel;152
6.4.2;6.4.2 Turning back to the time of Jesus;154
6.5;6.5 Interpreting the Normative Past;158
6.5.1;6.5.1 The “Good News” of the Passion Story;158
6.5.2;6.5.2 “Earthing” the sacraments in Mark;164
6.5.3;6.5.3 By-products of the Markan concept of the Gospel;169
7;7. The other canonical Gospels;171
7.1;7.1 The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles;174
7.2;7.2 The Gospel of Matthew;179
7.3;7.3 The Gospel of John;183
8;8. Early Christian Literature and Canonization;187
8.1;8.1 The Gospel as a book;187
8.2;8.2 The use of the term “euangelion” in the Apostolic Fathers;188
8.3;8.3 Early evidence for texts about Jesus in canonised additions in the Gospels of John and Mark;192
8.4;8.4 Written Gospels;194
8.5;8.5 The titles of the Gospels;196
8.6;8.6 Non-canonical Gospels;201
9;9. Conclusions;205
9.1;9.1 The gospel in Jesus and Paul;205
9.2;9.2 Mark;206
9.3;9.3 Other canonical Gospels and the beginnings of the Christian canon;207
10;Bibliography;209
10.1;Sources in Critical Editions (chronological sequence);209
10.2;Secondary Literature (alphabetical sequence);210
11;Abbreviations;227
12;General Index;230
13;Index of References to the Bible and other Ancient Writings;236

Über Autor(innen)

Pokorný, Petr
Petr Pokorný, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic.

Petr Pokorný, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic.