TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koester,Helmut
TI  - Ancient Christian Gospels: their history and development 
SN  - 0334024595
AV  - BS 2555.2 .K64 1990
PY  - 1990///
CY  - London, Philadelphia
PB  - SCM Press, Trinity Press International
KW  - Bible
KW  - Gospels
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Harmonies
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Commentaries
KW  - Q hypothesis (Synoptics criticism)
KW  - Apocryphal Gospels
KW  - Gnostic literature
KW  - Relation to the New Testament
KW  - N.T
KW  - Gospels - Critical studies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [xix]-xviii) and index; 1: ATHE TERM "GOSPEL" : The origin of the term "Gospel" -- The use of the term "Gospel" in the Pauline tradition -- The term "Gospel" in the Gospels of the New Testament -- "Gospel" in the Apostolic Fathers -- The term "Gospel" in Gospels from the Nag Hammadi Library -- Why did written documents come to be called "Gospels"? -- From the oral tradition to the written Gospel -- Apocryphal and Canonical Gospels -- 2: THE COLLECTION OF THE SAYINGS OF JESUS: Sayings of Jesus in early-Christian writings -- The Gospel of Thomas -- The Synoptic sayings source -- 3: FROM DIALOGUES AND NARRATIVES TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN: Dialogue Gospels -- The collections of narratives about Jesus -- The transmission of the four Canonical Gospels -- The story of the Johannine Gospel -- 4: THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS: The story of the Gospel of Mark -- Stories about Jesus' birth -- The Gospel of Matthew -- The Gospel of Luke -- 5: THE HARMONIZATION OF THE CANONICAL GOSPELS: Quotations in the Second Epistle of Clement -- The Gospel Quotations of Justin Martyr -- Tatian's Diatessaron / by William L. Petersen
ER  -