Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony is a book written by biblical scholar and theologian Richard Bauckham and published in 2006 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans).

The book challenges the consensus by presenting the historical argument that the synoptic Gospels are based "quite closely" on the testimony of eyewitnesses, while the Gospel of John is indeed written by an eyewitness. The final chapter offers a theological argument against the dichotomy between the Christ of faith and the historical Jesus.[1]

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses has been described by many scholars as a paradigm shift in Gospels study.[2][3]

It was awarded the "2007 Christianity Today book in biblical studies" and in 2009 the Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing ("placed something of a bomb under a good deal of New Testament scholarship").[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ http://richardbauckham.co.uk/uploads/Books/Answers%20website.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/reviews/jesus-and-the-eyewitnesses/
  3. ↑ Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 6, 2, 2008, (special issue)
  4. ↑ http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/juneweb-only/123-42.0.html
  5. ↑ http://www.michaelramseyprize.org.uk/winner_2009.php
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