1st Edition
The Quest of the Historical Gospel Mark, John and the Origins of the Gospel Genre
By Lawrence M. Wills
Copyright 1998
296 Pages
by
Routledge
The Quest of the Historical Gospel explores the nature and origin of the gospel genre. Lawrence M. Wills compares the Greco-Roman tradition of the cult of the dead hero to the parallel traditions in ancient Judaism to consider a paradigm for the Christian gospels: the death and vindication of the revered hero. Wills explores the analogies between popular, novelistic biographies, such as the bawdy... Read more
1. The Gospel Genre, 2. The Life of Aesop and the Cult Hero Paradigm in the Gospel Tradition, 3. A Synopsis of Mark and John, Part 1: Mark 1:1 - 3:30/John 1:1 - 7:20, Part 2: Mark 5:21 - 10:52/John 4:46 - 11:57, Part 3: Mark 11:1 - 16:20/John 12:12 - 20:23, 4. Conclusion
Biography
Lawrence M. Wills is Ethelbert Talbot Professor of Biblical Studies and has taught at Harvard Divinity School and Wesleyan University.
