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The Synoptic Gospels: Volume I From Bethlehem to the River Jordan |
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Foreword Preface Biblical and Church Timeline Introduction: The Ancient and Timeless Journey of Faith The Composition of The Bible Gospels The Canonical Gospels From an Ancient to a Modern Application The Responsible Interpretation of Scripture Tools for Interpreting Scripture Our Silence Will Not Save Us Chapter 1: Beginning Our Journey The Synoptic Problem And if we do not tell it the stones will speak… Chapter 2: The Synoptic Journeys The Rebel’s Journey The Galilean Journey of the Q Community The Rabbi’s Journey The Chronicler’s Journey Chapter 3: Out of Ur in the Chaldees and into Occupied Israel Tamar Rahab Ruth Bathsheba Mary Chapter 4: From the Jerusalem Temple to the Judean Hill Country The Time The Occasion The Players The News The Reaction What of Elizabeth? The Time The Occasion The Players The News The Reaction What of Joseph? John and Jesus: Shared Patterns and Paths Of Men and Angels Chapter 5: From Denial to Acceptance: Two Journeys to Fatherhood The Circumcision and Naming Zechariah Speaks The Friends and Relations Respond Zechariah Sings The Benedictus Preliminary Matters Joseph’s Dilemma and his “Righteous” Response A Change of Direction: An Angelic Message The Virgin Birth Chapter 6: From Nazareth to Bethlehem An Occasion for a Trip to Bethlehem An Old Story The God of the Lowly A New Story Out of Bethlehem An Ethereal Visit The Religious Traditions of the Wise Men The Sign The Gifts The Title The Future The Traditions Chapter 7: From Bethlehem to Nazareth: A Transitional Journey The Rites of Circumcision and Purification Blessings and Honors Bestowed A Proclamation Poetry and Evangelism In the World of a Tyrant Connections to the Past, According to Matthew A Theological Problem with Matthew’s Story On the Place of Dreams in Scripture Chapter 8: From Nazareth to the Jerusalem Temple: A Journey to Adulthood A Pilgrimage with a Twist A Different Tradition Gnosticism The Infancy Gospel of Thomas A Broader Orthodoxy Jesus and Moses; Jesus and Augustus Chapter 9: Out of the Old Order and into the New: John Proclaims the Ultimate Return from Exile John the Baptist Appears John the Baptist Speaks Chapter 10: From Nazareth to the River Jordan: “You Are My Son, the Beloved; with You I Am Well Pleased” Looking Ahead Acknowledgments Reading List Synoptic Gospels Scripture Excerpts Index |
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